[Rhodes22-list] Facebook

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Socialism?  Facebook?  I think it’s raw Capitalism.  They exploit your data, then lie to their advertisers.  Everything you put there is theirs, forever.  The price you pay to be connected.

I’m all for Capitalism, but can’t say I think their practices are admirable.  

Dave B


> On Feb 15, 2016, at 11:45 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Says the anonymous anarchist!
> 
> Hank
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:43 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
>> NOT going to inyourfacebook.
>> I know many people are socialized there so good luck and happy rhoding!
>> I prefer privacy and control over socialism.
>> 
>>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:16 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/General-Boats-Rhodes-22-Sailboat-155705167787639/timeline
>>> is a Facebook page not a group. As such, anything that you post to
>>> the page (as someone who likes the page) is NOT likely to be seen by
>>> any other person who likes the page UNLESS that person is also a
>>> friend of yours on FB.
>>> 
>>> You will note that the posts by anyone other than the owner of the
>>> page show up in the "Visitor posts" section on the left hand side of
>>> the page. Posts by the owner of the page will show up on the wall of
>>> the page and perhaps in the newsfeed of the people who like the page
>>> but even there the chance is low.
>>> 
>>> On a good day posts that I make to a page I administer
>>> (https://www.facebook.com/mainstayrockhall/) reach about 15-20% of
>>> the people who like the page. Facebooks proprietary algorithms
>>> determine who sees the posts made by a page.
>>> 
>>> Facebook groups are better. They can be open or closed. If someone
>>> subscribes to a group, there is a good likelihood that they will see
>>> the posts from the other members of the group. They do take a bit of
>>> administration to keep out the spam and the trolls and of course
>>> there are a lot of people who are uncomfortable with Facebook's
>>> mining of their personal information and/or posting in such a
>>> wide-open worldwide forum.
>>> 
>>> For our purposes - sharing info about our boats, I like the email
>>> list a whole lot better and I would like it even more if we could see
>>> who is sending a message. My second choice would be a threaded
>>> bulletin board like the ones at the trailersailor.com. Phil Herring,
>>> who runs all of the sailboatowners.com websites is a good guy.
>>> Facebook would be a distant 3rd.
>>> 
>>> I'm so glad that John and MJM have kept us going all these years. And
>>> thanks to Mike for giving us a new home.
>>> 
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22  Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> At 09:57 AM 2/10/2016, you wrote:
>>>> There are 84 people on the Facebook page.  If these conversations move
>> to
>>>> that, we should be in good shape.  And Facebook ties over to Stan's
>> website
>>>> and business, so it would help him out with a more unified web presence.
>>>> 
>>>> Rick
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