RootsBooster Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's entirely dependant on who your friends are. Don't be friends with people who share rubbish, or change the settings so that posts they make don't show up on your feed. Like I said, it's not so much them but mostly other people sharing crap onto their (my friends) pages. Either that or my friends/family comment on the crap stuff and it shows up for me then. I don't want to block it, it gives me a new avenue to tell everyone how they're all wrong In seriousness though, I find it sad that we've advanced so much with technology yet many of the people who use it evidently haven't advanced. I strongly believe that schools should be teaching critical thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) It's the data harvesting ones that really irk me. Things like "Just this morning I received my £500 Aldi gift card" Firstly, the profile it comes from is obviously fake and a couple of images on there have probably been stolen from someone's ligament legitimate profile, and secondly if you follow the link to whatever site, it's ALWAYS a case of filling in your details, including Name, address, Postode, mobile number, email address...Just so they can contact you if you win ... People then wonder why they suddenly get an explosion of spam from every direction. I've been into one of these sites and looked at the terms and conditions, and basically you're giving permission for them to sell or distribute your details to whoever they want for as long as they want, and you can't stop it! How gullible are some folk? Edited December 15, 2015 by PeteMorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's the data harvesting ones that really irk me. Things like "Just this morning I received my £500 Aldi gift card" Firstly, the profile it comes from is obviously fake and a couple of images on there have probably been stolen from someone's ligament profile, and secondly if you follow the link to whatever site, it's ALWAYS a case of filling in your details, including Name, address, Postode, mobile number, email address...Just so they can contact you if you win ... People then wonder why they suddenly get an explosion of spam from every direction. I've been into one of these sites and looked at the terms and conditions, and basically you're giving permission for them to sell or distribute your details to whoever they want for as long as they want, and you can't stop it! How gullible are some folk? So this £500 Aldi voucher, how do I get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I deliberately refuse to put personal details on my facebook page. I notice that now someone/something has made them up. Apparently I'm from Macclesfield, went to Doncaster college, and like Status Quo! Is this a case of Facebook abhorring a vacuum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 So this £500 Aldi voucher, how do I get one? Hahaha...That's the point...Nobody ever does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Firstly, the profile it comes from is obviously fake and a couple of images on there have probably been stolen from someone's ligament profile Loving the idea of a ligament profile Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I've blocked a few friends of friends who post nonsense. Just scanning through the top few posts on my feed there's Something from the guardian about how people eat fish fingers - fairly meaningless An article about how the number of women in computer science started declining in 1984 - Reasonable, although I'm not going to read it Xmas meal photo Star wars picture update Someone friended someone else Article about the Canadian prime minister and how he reacted to refugee's arriving Article about refugee's and life vests Couple more inconsequentials Status about whether children should be lied to re:StClaus, interesting discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's a case of take your pick...Here's a list https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%C2%A3500+Aldi+voucher+scam ---------- Post added 15-12-2015 at 12:37 ---------- Loving the idea of a ligament profile Pete Sodding autocorrect again....hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's the data harvesting ones that really irk me. Things like "Just this morning I received my £500 Aldi gift card" Firstly, the profile it comes from is obviously fake and a couple of images on there have probably been stolen from someone's ligament profile, and secondly if you follow the link to whatever site, it's ALWAYS a case of filling in your details, including Name, address, Postode, mobile number, email address...Just so they can contact you if you win ... People then wonder why they suddenly get an explosion of spam from every direction. I've been into one of these sites and looked at the terms and conditions, and basically you're giving permission for them to sell or distribute your details to whoever they want for as long as they want, and you can't stop it! How gullible are some folk? That's not on, is it? If I were you Mr Pete I'd complain to the NHS... EDIT: Oops... I'm going to have to learn to type a bit faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 That's not on, is it? If I were you Mr Pete I'd complain to the NHS... EDIT: Oops... I'm going to have to learn to type a bit faster! The no-win-no-fee Lawyer is being employed as we speak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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