Is Facebook Heading To A Demise?

[kct1975]

Personally I have never had a Facebook account and if I can help it, I Never Will!

Not to be a 'Tin Foil Hat' guy, but I don't need the world to know about me and what I am doing.

I don't trust Facebook's Priavcy Policies and never will.

I have friends, family and aquantices. And I prefer to keep in touch with them by phone, email, text message, and tools like Google Photos.

I'm also a member of this forum and other forums like this, so I am part of some Social Networking.

The difference is that with this forum and other forums I an remain mostly anonymous, and chose what personal information I decided to share.

Personally my biggest problem with Facebook is it is set up to almost force you to share your personal information.

I just don't like sharing my personal information with total strangers. For example, while I am proud of being having Batchelor Degree, I don't need strangers around the world knowing about it or where I went to college.

Unfortunately the ways things seem to be going, however, it seems that eventually people like me might eventually be forced to join Facebook to simply be a part of any group or community. It also seems that a lot of companies are moving to Facebook. I can see a point in the near future where I might have to have a Facebook account just to order a food delivery (like pizza )

Taking to several Millennils it seems that my desire for privacy is odd to them. They seem to have no problem with total strangers knowing about their lives.

Since the Millennils will be the majority soon I gusss is that at some point I will have to Fall In Line and finally join Facebook and Twitter, ect.

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[MTK]

Originally Posted by kct1975

Personally I have never had a Facebook account and if I can help it, I Never Will!

Not to be a 'Tin Foil Hat' guy, but I don't need the world to know about me and what I am doing.

I don't trust Facebook's Priavcy Policies and never will.

I have friends, family and aquantices. And I prefer to keep in touch with them by phone, email, text message, and tools like Google Photos.

I'm also a member of this forum and other forums like this, so I am part of some Social Networking.

The difference is that with this forum and other forums I an remain mostly anonymous, and chose what personal information I decided to share.

Personally my biggest problem with Facebook is it is set up to almost force you to share your personal information.

I just don't like sharing my personal information with total strangers. For example, while I am proud of being having Batchelor Degree, I don't need strangers around the world knowing about it or where I went to college.

Unfortunately the ways things seem to be going, however, it seems that eventually people like me might eventually be forced to join Facebook to simply be a part of any group or community. It also seems that a lot of companies are moving to Facebook. I can see a point in the near future where I might have to have a Facebook account just to order a food delivery (like pizza )

Taking to several Millennils it seems that my desire for privacy is odd to them. They seem to have no problem with total strangers knowing about their lives.

Since the Millennils will be the majority soon I gusss is that at some point I will have to Fall In Line and finally join Facebook and Twitter, ect.

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I totally get the privacy concerns but do you use a cell phone and credit cards? It's nearly impossible these days to totally protect your info.

[kct1975]

Originally Posted by MTK

I totally get the privacy concerns but do you use a cell phone and credit cards? It's nearly impossible these days to totally protect your info.

To answer your questions...yes to both

I also use a lot of Google Apps and services.

I do not, however, wish to broadcast all of my personal life and details about myself to random people.

I do, however, understand that with ever technology I use and every app or service that I use, I am trading some of my personal information.

I have come to accept that fact.

I just don't want to be Pushed into sharing details about my life or my activities, which I feel that services like Facebook do just that.

The way it seems things are going, is that both Google and Facebook are becoming not only services, but also Single Sign On services. I can actually anticipate the day where there will be some comerical vendor site that will require me to log into their site with my Facebook credentials. So my assumption is that at some point, like it or not, I will be almost forced to have a Facebook account.

And when that day comes, I will do what is necessary, and sign up for Facebook, but I will put as little info about myself as possible into the account.

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