Recent Facebook Experience

[PattayaGuy2019]

I have been a member of facebook for about 20 years with never any problems. Since March this year when I logged on I was locked out of my account. They asked for my phone no. and then sent me a verification sms. After sending them the code they then asked for a picture. As they already have a scan of my passport from when I first joined I was a bit puzzled. So after about 5 days they unlocked it for about week my but then locked it again requesting another selfie. So I sent them another one. I had no real choice as there is so much stuff on my page. They unlocked it after a few days and I wrote them a very groveling polite message asking them what was going on. Guess what, they locked my account again and requested another picture for my own security of course. These bastards seem to control the world now with their online political campaigns and breaching every privacy law in the land. Selling your data to the highest bidder. God I wish there was an alternative I would love to tell them to *UCK themselves. I wonder is it the Thai's who control facebook in Thailand or the Americans.

[Salerno]

There is an alternative ... just don't use it 

[Puchaiyank]

These online social sites have been annoyingly intrusive for some time now...I simply refuse to play their games...when asked for copies of IDs, pics, access to your camera and contacts...I quit the App as quickly as possible...

 

Personally, I do not trust any of them with my personal information...????

[Halfaboy]

Never had one and I do not regret...

[JHolmesJr]

8 hours ago, PattayaGuy2019 said:

They asked for my phone no. and then sent me a verification sms. After sending them the code they then asked for a picture. As they already have a scan of my passport from when I first joined I was a bit puzzled.

Why did you give them all this info? I don't give them a thing and have all my settings configured so Im basically chatting with myself. Only use it to access some closed groups and check out some artisan products I like.

 

Never put the FB app on your mobile phone as it will access your mobile number and contacts.

Even if you use only WhatsApp, FB can access your info if you have their app downloaded.

They are the slimiest company around.

 

 

[neeray]

For some stupid reason, I "just barely" opened a FaceBook account about 5 years ago. I immediately regretted it as I do like to fly under the radar. "OpenBook" is just not for me.

 

Subsequently, I have received hundreds of annoying notices like "so and so wants to be your friend" or "here's a friend suggestion for you". One that they keep sending me is a friend suggestion of a lady who royally screwed me over on a business deal. Yeah, sure FB, with friends like her, I don't need enemies.

 

What a bunch of annoying, childish bull crap it is.

[sunnyboy2018]

8 minutes ago, neeray said:

For some stupid reason, I "just barely" opened a FaceBook account about 5 years ago. I immediately regretted it as I do like to fly under the radar. "OpenBook" is just not for me.

 

Subsequently, I have received hundreds of annoying notices like "so and so wants to be your friend" or "here's a friend suggestion for you". One that they keep sending me is a friend suggestion of a lady who royally screwed me over on a business deal. Yeah, sure FB, with friends like her, I don't need enemies.

 

What a bunch of annoying, childish bull crap it is.

But very population,  nevertheless. 

[Thaiwrath]

[Rimmer]

A nit picking troll post has been removed

[White Christmas13]

13 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Pretty hard to do if they live 6000 miles away

[bluesofa]

22 hours ago, Salerno said:

There is an alternative ... just don't use it 

Or, join with a false name.

[White Christmas13]

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Or, join with a false name.

I never ever gave them my phone number or anything else I just joined

with a nick name and that was it yes you can use any name you like

[ivor bigun]

I joined with false name,e mail everything, never post just look and like occasionally,my family know its me ,thats it.

Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[Salerno]

6 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Or, join with a false name.

I did, few years back kept getting emails from a hotel chain I used with decent discounts if you liked them on FB. So eventually, fake account using a throwaway email. So how come FB started suggesting colleagues from work to me as friends! Dodgy <deleted>. Still have the account with nobody linked to it, no details, no pic etc. just to have a look now and then. Wouldn't trust them as far as I trust politicians.

Edited August 4, 2019 by Salerno

[soalbundy]

Why does an adult use FB ?

[Mikisteel]

Shocking that Facebook requested upto date Images but expect much much more. Facial recognition audits, historic facial audits. A lot coming. Mates head of customer experience at FB so I'm aware of the coming trends.

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

I never ever gave them my phone number or anything else I just joined

with a nick name and that was it yes you can use any name you like

I joined FB using a woman's name ten years ago. I don't have anything on my page at all, apart from false about me info.

I only use FB to look at a couple of friends' FB pages, nothing else.

Apart notifications when a friend makes a post, the only stuff I get from FB is an occasional email suggesting how to make my friends recognise my page - yeah, and to help FB harvest my details at the same time.

[BritManToo]

11 minutes ago, Salerno said:

I did, few years back kept getting emails from a hotel chain I used with decent discounts if you liked them on FB. So eventually, fake account using a throwaway email. So how come FB started suggesting colleagues from work to me as friends! Dodgy <deleted>. Still have the account with nobody linked to it, no details, no pic etc. just to have a look now and then. Wouldn't trust them as far as I trust politicians.

FB trawls your contacts email and phone numbers from your smartphone & computer, along with your SIMs.

It also trawls their email and phone numbers.

If you've got theirs or they've got yours then you both get a suggestion.

Edited August 4, 2019 by BritManToo

[Salerno]

1 minute ago, Mikisteel said:

Mates head of customer experience at FB so I'm aware of the coming trends.

Bring it on I say, hopefully it will wake up some people and be the death of FB. If they (as in FB) think it can't happen remind them of what they basically did to MySpace.

[Salerno]

Just now, BritManToo said:

FB trawls you email and phone numbers from your smartphone.

 

Only use it on laptop, my suspicion at the time was somehow they got into my work outlook (throwaway email wasn't work related). And I tend to laugh at people with their conspiracy theories 555

[faraday]

18 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Or, join with a false name.

Yea, I seen your profile name on FB..."Large One"innit!

 

 

 

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, faraday said:

Yea, I seen your profile name on FB..."Large One"innit!

I think you must have be peering over my shoulder at me in the Gents.

[faraday]

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

I think you must have be peering over my shoulder at me in the Gents.

Busted!!

 

????

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, faraday said:

Busted!!

????

No, I am not a katoey.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

"As they already have a scan of my passport from when I first joined"

This makes no sense please explain.

 

I suspect the cause of your problems is using the identical password on Facebook and the rest of the websites you use.  

[Salerno]

18 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I think you must have be peering over my shoulder at me in the Gents.

That could explain the weird looking dude I saw walking into the gents with a magnifying glass in hand ????

Edited August 4, 2019 by Salerno

[Number 6]

39 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Why does an adult use FB ?

Actually it's only adults that use FB. Most teens moved on years ago. It's clearly an old persons website these days.

[Justgrazing]

36 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I joined FB using a woman's name ten years ago. I don't have anything on my page at all, apart from false about me info.

I only use FB to look at a couple of friends' FB pages, nothing else.

Apart notifications when a friend makes a post, the only stuff I get from FB is an occasional email suggesting how to make my friends recognise my page - yeah, and to help FB harvest my details at the same time.

My mate joined and told 'em he was a transformer called Optimus Prime .. When they asked for a pic' it was inevitable what he sent back .. 

 

 

[PatOngo]

54 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Or, join with a false name.

That's exactly what I did...……...called myself Bluesofa. ????

[emptypockets]

38 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Why does an adult use FB ?

Buy and sell cars, rent houses, property and a zillion other things. Check out the rapidly diminishing classified ads in any newspaper these days. Facebook has everything - weather, police reports not just people posting photos of what they are eating.

.Personally I don't use it but my son and daughter, both in their thirties do. They often send me buy and sell 'classified' from Facebook if I'm looking for something.