[Blindtlk] Any assistance for Facebook?

[Jess]

Jim,
I haven't had that problem and I've changed my network several different 
times. I'm also visually impaired.
Jessica
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Subject: [Blindtlk] Any assistance for Facebook?


> Howdy,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of any technical support for Facebook that 
> one could call or email.  I think there's a bit of a problem with it, and 
> I don't think I'm the only person who had trouble with it, as a sighted 
> friend of mine found the same things.
>
> I noticed that when people join facebook, one can right away see where 
> people are from.  I was told that this was done by joining a network.
> So, if I wanted to let people know I was from Seattle, WA, then I had to 
> join the network that said, Seattle, WA.
>
> I went to "settings" and then to "networks" and when it told me to join 
> the network, I typed in "Seattle."  It then gave me some choices, but it 
> always went back to asking me about a school email and basically only 
> thought that I was either a student or someone involved with a school in 
> Seattle.
>
> When I had a sighted friend do it for me, she experienced the same thing. 
> Someone else tried it on her computer for her account, and she experienced 
> the same thing.
> So, I'm wondering if this is a Facebook problem.
> I couldn't do any of this on the facebook mobile page, but I could do it 
> on the regular page, and that's what I did.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts?
> Jim Portillo
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