We can't live without Facebook - Page 3

jaysay · 04-10-2011, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Neil

My parents have a place in Tenerife and lots of the Brits over there use it, they find it more reliable than MSN and others for voice and video chat.

I was in a English pub near there place chatting on my mobile using Skype on the pubs free wifi to a uk landlane for about 20 minutes, the cost was just over 20p and call quality was just the same if I had been on a land line

My Daughter uses it and she lives in China

emamum · 08-10-2011, 20:58

I use it, i like to be able to keep in touch with my dad in ireland and see pics of my brothers and he gets to see my little ones. ive got family in america and china, plus the ones in bradford and tys family down south, its easier than ringing or emailing them all phots and them sendong them back

I also got back in touch with an old friend on facebook.....and married him in april ;-)

jaysay · 09-10-2011, 09:32

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Originally Posted by emamum

I use it, i like to be able to keep in touch with my dad in ireland and see pics of my brothers and he gets to see my little ones. Ive got family in america and china, plus the ones in bradford and this family down south, its easier than ringing or emailing them all phots and them sendong them back

I also got back in touch with an old friend on facebook.....and married him in april ;-)

See Ema just how dangerous facebook is

Margaret Pilkington · 09-10-2011, 10:08

I have friends and family scattered all over the globe, but I do not need facebook to keep in touch......photo's go on Flickr, you can decide who actually sees them......all other communciation is by e-mail.

I do not like facebook, and feel that my choices suit my needs.

mobertol · 09-10-2011, 14:23

Well, I'll be seeing and speaking to my son, Ricky, tomorrow morning at 11 again -can't wait. It's much cheaper than using the phone to India. Although apart from this I've never really used Facebook all that much...

Nice to hear a +ve story though like Emamum's -the wonders of technology!

mobertol · 09-10-2011, 15:17

Just been on to my mum, she's out in New Zealand at the mo. visiting my sister. She wondered if it was possible for us to do a 3 way video link on Facebook tomorrow with my son. It would be 11am for us, 11pm for them - anyone know if this is possible? Please advise!

Neil · 10-10-2011, 11:28

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

.....photo's go on Flickr, you can decide who actually sees them....

You can decide who sees them on facebook, can be only yourself, just 1 person or a few you select.

Its more friendly than email because other family members can chip in and feel part of the chat, you can also lock down who can see your posts to just friends and no one else and just have a few family members as friends.

Margaret Pilkington · 10-10-2011, 11:49

As a family we are scattered over many time zones, so facebook doesn't make a practical difference.......and anyway even as a family we sometimes bitch about one another

.....No, I just don't like or trust facebook.

My e-mails are friendly anyway.

Margaret Pilkington · 10-10-2011, 11:50

In fact, I would go so far as to say I loathe Facebook!

jaysay · 10-10-2011, 17:45

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

In fact, I would go so far as to say I loathe Facebook!

To be honest I haven't been on facebook for weeks now

Margaret Pilkington · 10-10-2011, 19:46

I have just had to upgrade my Yahoo Mail........and there it is sitting like a bloated poison toad.......a button that links to Facbook.
I asked if there was any damn way I could remove it.........No, of course there isn't.
Don't be silly, this insidious entity wants to be part of everything we do in life.
I'm just surprised there isn't a facebook button on my bedroom ceiling!

cashman · 10-10-2011, 21:12

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Originally Posted by jaysay

My Daughter uses it and she lives in China

could she not get any further away from yeh?

Neil · 11-10-2011, 00:32

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

In fact, I would go so far as to say I loathe Facebook!

Why do you loathe it, what experiences of it do you have to make you feel so strong if you have never tried it?

Margaret Pilkington · 11-10-2011, 06:23

I haven't tried it........but I have seen the damage it can do........and my daughter used to use it. What I have seen of it, appears shallow....facebook 'friends' you are never likely to meet........the chatter.......NO. Not for me thank you very much.
It is insidious. Lots of advertisers want you to 'like them' on it........competitions appear exclusively on it...so if you aren't on it, then you cannot enter.
Petitions are on it, so again, if you aren't on you are excluded.
Just my opinions, of course. Give me Accyweb any day of the week.

jaysay · 11-10-2011, 08:32

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Originally Posted by cashman

could she not get any further away from yeh?

Welcome home cashy, missed your costic wit