I feel like a new man!

[Mehen]

Why? I quit facebook, that's why.

It was too creepy, I wasted too much time on it, and it just turned into a forum for me to poke fun at people. That's what this place is for - I can poke fun at people I will never have to see face-to-face
(That and I'm going to be applying for some government jobs, figured there was nothing on my account that could possibly help me.)

[cjolley]

I have facebook and myspace blocked by our router.

[VJ]

I have a facebook account but don't really use it. It is more of a "reserve my name"-kind of thing, just to be sure... I do use it sometimes to chat to people that don't have msn: the Miranda-IM client supports the facebook protocol, so basically you don't need the facebook website.

[Tjalfe]

funny, the more computer savvy a person is, the less they tend to like facebook.. I am on there, but rarely post anything.. unfortunately it is the only way I get to see family pictures from the extended family

[VJ]

Well, if you must use facebook, then get Firefox/Chrome, install the GreaseMonkey plugin, and get some facebook filtering script (I use fbpurity) to get rid of all those quiz-results and game-messages.
Some greasemonkey scripts also work in Opera.

A bit off topic, but there are other interesting scripts for Greasemonkey: add youtube download links, ....

[Dr Mordrid]

We have a private family site that my cousin and I maintain. Much more secure and backed up regularly.

[Tjalfe]

that requires the extended family to be more computer savvy than they are. they can barely handle facebook as it is

[Dr Mordrid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_2

Gallery 2 home: http://gallery.menalto.com/

One of my favorite G2 sample sites....

[gt40]

You wouldn't believe how much I've gleaned about my daugher and what she's up to through facebook - things she won't speak to us about, but has no problem telling the rest of the world. Nothing bad, mind you, she's really a good kid, but there's certain things that she doesn't like to talk to he parents about.

[Dr Mordrid]

Before Facebook we told our friends such matters face2face :shrug:

[Tjalfe]

I do have such a gallery site for my own family, but the cousins and other relatives don't think they can figure it out \

[Evildead666]

Have a facebook page which I visit about once a month, maybe less.
I don't post, just see how many old school friends have found me on there...

lots of peple send me quiz's and sh*t, but i just ignore them 99% of the time...

[VJ]

Try the Greasemonkey with fbpurity: it hides all the quiz-things (but gives you a toggle option near top right should you want to see them), only leaving the news updates. Makes life a lot easier.

[Evildead666]

I still won't check it.

I only check email like once a week....

[cjolley]

Btw, if you have kids you need to know about this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...9092328AAWp49X

Scary because these sites must be put up by adults yet all kids seem to know about them.


This is even worse, a Yahoo group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pick-A-Proxy/