Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 5, 2013 18:47:48 GMT
Is anyone pretty experienced with Facebook?
I would like to use it more, but don't like the fact that it seems to tell everyone if I "like" something, or show a comment I make on a friend's thread.
Ideally, I would really like to keep separate my different worlds: stamps from culinary from distant cousins from people in my hometown from the couple of lines of work that I'm in. If it weren't against the FB terms, I'd have several different separate identities. I know about creating different friend lists, and I think I can make that work if I'm actually creating an original post, but I don't see how to control that if I "like" something or comment on someone else's post.
I've Googled on this, but haven't yet found an article that explains what I'm looking for, or at least in terms that I can understand.
Any tips, suggestions, or links to articles or references you've found helpful?
Thanks!
-- Dave
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 6, 2013 5:54:11 GMT
You can have several identities, even of the same name if that will help. So you can have stamps on one and other stuff on another.
But Facebook is not private, secrets are hard to keep.
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I.L.S.
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 6, 2013 11:45:50 GMT
F.B. is a crap-shoot like that. Here is a great example- Yesterday I had to break some pretty serious news that I only wanted my IMMEDIATE FAMILY and very close friends to know. I chose the correct groups to send the message too and to my dismay it was just shamelessly posted to the whole of the world! I was pretty annoyed. I doubt you'll be able to separate "the wheat from chaff" much better especially since the recent "privacy" update.
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Zuzu
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Post by Zuzu on Dec 6, 2013 14:33:50 GMT
At this time, I'm pretty sure you cannot control who sees your "likes" or comments on other people's posts. From Facebook: |
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Post by jkjblue on Dec 6, 2013 17:09:59 GMT
I just use Facebook for relatives and a few friends- keeping up with the nephews and nieces and that sort of thing. Assume anything posted could be public information. No stamp related stuff. KISS.   |
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Post by stampgeezer on Dec 6, 2013 18:20:58 GMT
I never indicate on facebook that I collect stamps. I use it only to see the latest pics of my Granddaughter.
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 6, 2013 18:35:58 GMT
Thanks for all this input! At least it means I haven't missed some obvious setting that I should've checked. ILS: I definitely appreciate what you're talking about. And that's my concern, too. Every time I even "like" something on FB, I feel like I'm sending an email out to everyone in my address book. Londonbus: I may try using multiple identities and see if I can make it work. (And that would coincide nicely with my multiple personalities.  ) Zuzu: Thanks for checking on this! I've tried consulting FB help on multiple occasions -- sometimes I can find what I want, but so often I come away empty-handed. You've managed to find the right spot. Thanks! Jkjblue: I originally started out on FB because one group of colleagues was on there, and it was the best way for us to keep up with each other. Now I have a couple of relatives on there who are not really part of that world. And more and more organizations are using it to issue fast-breaking announcements and the like. Plus there are several discussion and picture-sharing groups about my hometown. Add to this some stamp folks and a couple of other personal and professional interest areas for me, and it's a big mish-mash if it's all mixed together. I really would like to keep all these groups separate from each other -- for their sake as well as mine! .... So I envy your being able to keep FB just to one group of connections. -- Dave |
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Zuzu
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Post by Zuzu on Dec 6, 2013 19:41:04 GMT
Zuzu: Thanks for checking on this! I've tried consulting FB help on multiple occasions -- sometimes I can find what I want, but so often I come away empty-handed. You've managed to find the right spot. Thanks! Facebook's "help" is pitifully difficult to navigate. It's not intuitive at all. However, I seem to have a knack for ferreting out information on the Interwebs (thanks to my stubbornness and obsessive attention to detail). These responses struck me... do you avoid mentioning stamps simply to keep it simple, as Steve mentioned, or is there some other reason (related to privacy??)? |
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 6, 2013 20:29:26 GMT
(thanks to my stubbornness and obsessive attention to detail). I've found these to be especially helpful traits in philately.  (Seriously.) (And in the culinary world ...) |
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 6, 2013 20:33:17 GMT
I know a lot of collectors are concerned about their home being an easy target for theft if they're known to collect stamps. In fact, back in the day, the APS used to publish addresses in their membership directory. The story is the directory fell into the hands of some who saw this as the map to the buried treasure, so this practice was stopped. (Maybe this was in the 1950s or early '60s?)
Edited to add: This is why a lot of stamp people get a PO box. I have one, not only for that reason, but in order to keep any stamp deliveries safe and dry (especially when I used to travel a lot).
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