[nfbwatlk] Facebook Frustrations

Tue Jun 12 15:42:11 UTC 2012

I have to say it helps keep in touch with friends and family that you have moved away from, and want to stay in contact with. 

Also, if someone is writing on your wall harassing you " cyber-bulling " you can block them, or even de-friend them.  I myself don't have anyone on my friends list I don't know. 

You can put your privacy settings to be such that only curtain people can see curtain things.  It is all up to the user. 

I had a problem with being hacked into, but that was like 5 years ago, and fixing it was a different process back then. 

Yes, Mike, hacked; and other companies have had there networks hacked into too. 

Beth 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij@ panix .com> 
To: " NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" < nfbwatlk @ nfbnet .org> 
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 8:33:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [ nfbwatlk ] Facebook Frustrations 

Humberto: 

I'll grant you Linkedin has a purpose. However, I contend that sites such as 
FB don't really facilitate socializing; the current generation confuses 
interacting with true information and emotion exchange. And they take it all 
waaaay too seriously. For example, I think cyber-bullying stinks bigtime ! 
But there's a simple way to avoid it; turn the computer off or don't visit 
sites where it takes place. 

But this isn't the proper venue for social debates. (grin) I just couldn't 
resist pulling Kris's chain. 

Still, I wouldn't patronize a site that has such bum interfaces or makes you 
explicitly opt out of stuff in order to increase privacy. It oughtta be the 
other way around. And I can't believe that people "like" pages belonging to 
businesses -- that just sets them up for unwanted ads or exploitation: "did 
you know that your friends like Seifenblasers' Sexy Sartorial Sensations?". 
:-) :-) 

I'm glad Debby came up with a solution -- sort of -- for Kris's problem. 

Mike 

-----Original Message----- 
From: nfbwatlk -bounces@ nfbnet .org [ mailto : nfbwatlk -bounces@ nfbnet .org] On 
Behalf Of Humberto Avila 
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 8:12 PM 
To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List' 
Subject: Re: [ nfbwatlk ] Facebook Frustrations 

I couldn't agree more, Debbie. We are living in a generation where social 
media is part of our lives, like it or not. There are so many things that we 
could do with social media these days. There is the professional side of the 
social media spectrum, with sites like linkedIn and others that allow you to 
network with other people to find employment. There are also sites to 
entertain and at the same socialize people, like Facebook , twitter, and even 
a new site call Pinterest . Believe it or not, these sites, especially 
Facebook and Twitter, have many users whose primary goal is to use those 
sites to allow just another way of communication. The NFB has a Facebook 
page, so does probably ACB , the AFB, and many other organizations targeted 
at specific people. Then many artists have social media pages and accounts. 
Just like e-mail was the fashion about 5 or even 8 years ago, communicating 
on social networks like Facebook is quite the norm and a wave that is 
hitting everywhere. Trust me, I'm not one of those teenagers or young adults 
who spend so many hours sending videos or links or messages or wall posts on 
Facebook to so many friends even at 3 in the morning. While I do use 
Facebook , I stay in moderation. I do read books, and use e-mail for many 
tasks like school and communicating with people in a private manner. But 
Facebook has opened up another tool in my toolbox for communication for 
those who I care or trust. 
I do also support fundraising for the NFB and its programs and attending 
events for those fundraisers is always great. But for people who are always 
tech savvy and want technology everywhere like me can use Facebook or 
another online tool such as the Google Calendar in gMail or Google Plus to 
plan events and remind people who are interested on the events via that 
network or online communication or a simple text message, which most of the 
online platforms I mention offer--send texts for free to a mobile phone. 

As to the problem of Facebook thinking that there is suspicious activity on 
a user's account, if I were Christine, I  wouldn't know how to respond to 
the "verify your pictures" thing. Of course this is so inaccessible to us 
the blind with no question. I would complain to Facebook , and push for more 
accessibility when these things arise. I can understand  organizations such 
as the NFB are probably going to set priorities over petition for Facebook 
accessibility on all its sites versus fixing employer's attitudes about 
blindness in America. They'll probably go the second rout more often that 
the first one. However, blind people are also using these sites, so, if we, 
including myself and Christine, want to use these sites as flawlessly as a 
sighted person, we need to push for the accessibility ourselves and put all 
the leg work it takes. If so many blind people are using Facebook and are 
reporting the same problem Christine is having, then it might be fair to say 
that a nonprofit organization such as NFB should be able to vote upon the 
accessibility of the Facebook site in regards to what you can do to restore 
accounts flagged as hacked or suspicious of some evil activity done on that 
site. 

Just my personal humble opinion, for what it's worth. 

Cheers, 
Humberto 

-----Original Message----- 
From: nfbwatlk -bounces@ nfbnet .org [ mailto : nfbwatlk -bounces@ nfbnet .org] On 
Behalf Of debby phillips 
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 7:08 PM 
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [ nfbwatlk ] Facebook Frustrations 

But Mike, lots of my sighted friends don't email anymore, or very 
much.  They do Facebook .  I even got a wedding invitation via 
Facebook .   Sheesh !   Den't people send out wedding invitations 
aoymore ?  Crazy!    Peace,    Debby 

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