Blue Water Navy

I have my privacy settings to just friends and I do not do any of the applications/games etc. Thats where they get your info..once you get into the games and someone sends you something and you accept, the application opens your info up for those sites. Be sure you have your settings privatized and don't post too much private info on profile.

I have about 20+ friends on Facebook,,, several who are members here.

You have to be careful about the apps, as one of them, an IQ test, I think it was, which requires your cell # to get reults.. come to find out,, you are signing up for their, whatever it is, and on my next phone bill, I had an additional 30 dollars added to it... then you have to send a text message to them, to shut it down.. but you still have to pay that bill... guess I should have paid closer attention. LOL

Now there is something called "Farmville" and "yoville" apps,,, where you plow a field, plant your crops, harvest your crops, take to market, replow, replant, re harvest, etc...
What a waste of time.. I did it, just to humor a few of my friends,, jeesh,, I want that 1/2 hour of my life back..

I dont use Facebook that much.. Ive been on there more last night, and this morning, than I ever have,, same with MySpace...

I guess I just prefer forums better,,, read, comment, reply, and move on,, post if you want to, or not.. without all the silly games (apps) that go along with them.. Even my blog, gets to be a pain in the butt sometimes,, I wonder if I should have even started it....

Sry about your problems, Ken,, not sure how to remove them, but good luck with that (I almost added that app last night, "My Life"

Papaw

ExIntrepid wrote:

Papaw wrote:You have to be careful about the apps, as one of them, an IQ test, I think it was, which requires your cell # to get reults.. come to find out,, you are signing up for their, whatever it is, and on my next phone bill, I had an additional 30 dollars added to it... then you have to send a text message to them, to shut it down.. but you still have to pay that bill... guess I should have paid closer attention. LOL

Now there is something called "Farmville" and "yoville" apps,,, where you plow a field, plant your crops, harvest your crops, take to market, replow, replant, re harvest, etc...
What a waste of time.. I did it, just to humor a few of my friends,, jeesh,, I want that 1/2 hour of my life back..

Papaw, I know what you mean about watching what you get involved in online; I've been working with computers since '73, (way before AlGore invented the internet. Actually, I was working on it, specifically with X-25 packet switching and backbone configurations, when Al baby was going to divinity school!) but I digress...

As a rule, I seldom get involved with social networking sites, especially since they began using them to generate income. Places like the BWN, or Free Republic Forums are the main reason it was invented. Once it started to go commercial in a big way you have to pay attention to the site use disclaimers, which are like reading the really small print in an automobile add.

As for time sinks, I'd hate to tell you how much time I spent in SimCity (Not the Sims!) or even worse, RailRoad Tycoon!

So don't feel like the Lone Ranger... (Big Grin!)

—ExIntrepid

Sometime in the early 70's, I built my first computer, a Sinclair that used toggle switches for input, instantly making me a programmer. Sometime around 1980, the Z80 came into use and a wonderful program called Modem 7. I could transfer data! CPM, DOS, Machine Language, Fortran - gather data - then the INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GATHER LOTS OF DATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay,, I have succumbed to the will of Facebook, and FarmVille,,, I aint got time for nothing else,, seems Im getting up at 530 to harvest my crops, plowing fields, and replanting them all day long,,, Good thing I aint got a job.. this is wearing me out.. LOL

If yall are doing FarmVille, neighbor me,, lol,, I send gifts and fertilize crops..(I have sunk to new lows in decadent lifestyles. lol)

Papaw

Im thinking of signing up for that government program, that pays me NOT to grow crops,,, wheres that app.?

or the app to hire migrant workers to do all this stuff.. LOL

Papaw