If you haven’t seen any Facebook links to this blog since
April, you are one of many who I unintentionally cut off from Facebook status
updates by setting my privacy settings too tight! Please accept my apologies,
and welcome back to Tuesdays with Terry!
There’s a lot of pondering to catch up on since the last
post you may have seen; I have continued to post weekly despite the accidental
security block. I just never realized the Facebook links weren’t visible although
I was wondering why my status updates weren’t getting any comments or likes!
Speaking of Facebook security, how about this proposed new
policy that allows Facebook to use even more of your information publicly
without any approval other than your forced consent to their new usage policy?
I’m not real keen on giving up more control of my identity without my approval
or appropriate compensation just because Facebook is a useful communication
device. At least on a blog I maintain copyright ownership of what I write. People
can see my image and other material I publish but it’s my choice. I’ll probably
keep using Facebook, but I may strip out as much personal material as possible
and just use it more like email or Twitter.
Since I’m ragging on Facebook let me share a couple other
thoughts. When you see “scare” posts about personal security or contaminated
foods or other provocative stories, please check them at www.snopes.com before
sharing. Many of these stories are simply intended to spam Facebook or
perpetuate myths with the assistance of concerned Facebook users.
Also if you’re encouraged to share something like a recipe
or other story to “make sure it gets posted to your timeline” please think
twice about whether all of your Facebook friends are interested to see the
story or if that’s really where you want it saved. If you think we’ll be
interested, go ahead and share it. But if you really just want to save it for
personal use, open a document on your computer and copy the story or recipe to
the document. That way you don’t have to go to Facebook to retrieve it, and you
always have it, even when you don’t have an internet connection. Not that some
of those recipes aren’t very enticing; just think twice about sharing please!
Well, sorry about the rant; I’ll shut up now and try to be
more positive in future ponderings.
Welcome back…
-Pondering Pops
You nailed it with Snopes and the recipe and story postings! Always check Snopes before perpetuating a story or "fact" you found on the internet or email, and don't post recipes and stories or crafts to Facebook - That's what Pinterest is MADE for!
ReplyDeleteAmen to that, I should have mentioned Pinterest!
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