[OT] What does Richmond do with Livecode?

[Bob Sneidar]

I resisted Facebook for a long time, not only because of security concerns, but because I saw how much it can detract from my own productivity. The latter has come to pass for sure. As to the former, well they cannot find out more about you than you tell them. Just think of everything on Facebook as available to the general public, no matter how you try to restrict it, then post accordingly. 

They actually have some good vendors advertising on it. I found a really nifty round portable gas grill, and an outlet for military grade clothing and equipment. I suppose I could have gone looking for it, but I am not that imaginative a shopper, and sometimes when you google for something, you get a million unassociated hits that have nothing to do with what you want, and they always seem to pop to the top, and these days you are as likely as not to get a page of links to OTHER search engines. Really frustrating. 

The best thing about it though is that I get to really irritate my friends and family by posting things I think are really important, but they could care less about. ;-)

Bob


On Sep 30, 2012, at 12:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 9/30/12 1:39 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Richmond wrote:
>> 
>>> Possibly the best way to find out is to subscribe to the Facebook page:
>>> 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/devawriter
>>> 
>>> if you already have a Facebook account search for 'Devawriter' and send a
>>> friend request.
>>> 
>>> Richmond.
>> 
>> 
>> I saw your announcement.  CONGRATULATIONS Richmond!
> 
> Those of us who do not want to be involved with Facebook for any reason will never know what he did.
> 
> <rant>
> I understand that everyone in the world is on FB except the handful of us who don't care to post their private life in public places. I have now seen several promotions by some companies that only give away free product or coupons if you "like" them on FB. I am annoyed. The US has a law that forbids sweepstakes from requiring a purchase, but there is no law that says you can't limit your giveaways to a particular social media outlet. I was eligible for some free items according to all the stated rules except for the fact that I refuse to use FB.
> </rant>
> 
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