[Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!

Tue Jul 12 03:52:56 UTC 2016

You do now and you'll have to update the main facebook app shortly 
anyway since new features are going to be implemented.  Something on the 
order of end to end encryption for one.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Mark Tardif via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:52:47
> From: Mark Tardif via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
> 
> You mean you actually have to install Messenger separately?  I don't recall 
> having to do that, unless I'm unaware of something.  I just click onto 
> Messages and go down to new message and select the friend/friends I want to 
> send the message to.  Is that not the way to do it?
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 7:21 PM
> To: Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk ; Judy Jones
> Cc: Jude DaShiell
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
>
> facebook really needs to give people the opportunity to install facebook
> messenger as soon as they try to read their first message and not mark
> that message read.  Why facebook split itself into two apps is beyond
> me.  There is a facebook accessibility group on facebook it's possible
> to join or @fbaccess on twitter.  A better social networking application
> is vorail since vorail does stuff by voice and not photos thank you very
> much.
>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:20:37
>> From: Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Judy Jones <jtj1 at cableone.net>,
>>     Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
>> 
>> I feel your pain immensely, my good sister!At 08:43 PM 7/31/2014, you 
>> wrote:
>>> The
>>> 
>>> thing that gripes me about FB is the SMS messaging.  One only gets part of 
>>> the message.  There have been numerous complaints, but have never found a 
>>> real FB human to talk to - just a forum of other people with similar 
>>> issues and no answers.
>>> 
>>> If anyone on this list knows how to get to an FB tech support person other 
>>> than snail-mail, please let me know.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Judy
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka Short via blindtlk
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:21 PM
>>> To: Mike Freeman ; Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
>>> 
>>> I am not a big fan of FB or other social media either  Mike, etc.  I hate
>>> how  fb is hard to change things and is not as intuitive as it was in the
>>> beginning.  I would love to give up my account, but peoplerely on it so 
>>> much
>>> I haven't yet.  I'm not a regular on there so I'm overwhelmed when I do 
>>> get
>>> on.  I don't mind texting so much.  Rest is just a time waster with
>>> soundbites that are not well thought out most of the time.  I prefer email
>>> or an old fashioned phone call!
>>> 
>>> eRicka  S.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Freeman via blindtlk
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:15 AM
>>> To: 'Eric Calhoun' ; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
>>> 
>>> Facebook (and all other social media) have one object: to make money.
>>> Although Facebook may have some ADA obligations (it would be interesting
>>> were DOJ to take this up), I caution that our influence is limited by our
>>> extreme minority status.
>>> 
>>> Take this in the FWIW department. AS you can tell, I'm not a fan of social
>>> media.
>>> 
>>> Mike Freeman
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric
>>> Calhoun via blindtlk
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 8:47 AM
>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Don't give up on Facebook please!
>>> 
>>> Danielle, I'm eric at pmpmail.com on Facebook.  Don't throw the baby out with
>>> the bath water.  Facebook wants to hear from us!
>>> 
>>> Eric, and Danielle, add me please!
>>> ..
>>> 
>>> ..
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