anti-facebook site

bianchimoon

now there's a neat idea owned by cyclists as well
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29409541
since deleting my facebook page last year not felt the need for something like this but if i did, well maybe!

arran77

I saw this.

The guy who started it says he didn't see it as a threat to Facebook when he started it....yeah right

bianchimoon

arran77 wrote:

I saw this.

The guy who started it says he didn't see it as a threat to Facebook when he started it....yeah right

we can only hope, doubt it will get mainsream tho

verylonglegs

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

bianchimoon

verylonglegs wrote:

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

metronome

bianchimoon wrote:

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

I unfollow all the showboaters

Facebook's ideal for keeping updated on interests though. For staying up to date on the field I work in it's invaluable (I'm not a scarecrow). Also good for cycling related news, music and other interests.

southdownswolf

bianchimoon wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

Is Vtech on Facebook then?

tlw1

southdownswolf wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

Is Vtech on Facebook then?

not sure, but Arrans wife is

bianchimoon

matthew h wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

Is Vtech on Facebook then?

not sure, but Arrans wife is

You seen the pics of her too?,
(I was going to say draped across vtech's bonnet, but it just didn't sound right)

arran77

bianchimoon wrote:

matthew h wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Bit surprised to see the tech analyst say nobody has moved away from a platform due to advertising or data mining. Is he one of these experts who never actually talks to anyone else or does any research?

thats the reason i deleted facebook, along with it just being a way of peeps showing off on what new car they had, where they'd been on holiday, where they'd eaten.. arghhhh keep it to yourselves!

Is Vtech on Facebook then?

not sure, but Arrans wife is

You seen the pics of her too?,
(I was going to say draped across vtech's bonnet, but it just didn't sound right)

:shock:

marcusjb

bianchimoon wrote:

now there's a neat idea owned by cyclists as well

One with a very checkered history in the bike industry!

Sleeper Cell

Speaking as somebody who couldn't give a toss about other people, especially those I don't know, Facebook completely perplexes me.

mr_goo

I am anti social networking. However a friend of mine told me that it is an extremely tool to use against companies that 'screw you'. He related a story of his partner being ripped off by a gas servicing company. So he went to war on them using Facebook. They phoned him to ask him to stop bad mouthing them on the internet. He told them the campaign would continue until they repaired the faulty item they had installed. The company sent an engineer to his partners house within the week to make good all repairs and they also provided a voucher for a free boiler service.

Social Networking seems useful to me now. So I shall be using this as leverage against a certain insurance company who are trying to fob me off with unsuitable replacements to repair my bike and kit that got damaged in the summer when their customer knocked me off.

bianchimoon

Mr Goo wrote:

Social Networking seems useful to me now. So I shall be using this as leverage against a certain insurance company who are trying to fob me off with unsuitable replacements to repair my bike and kit that got damaged in the summer when their customer knocked me off.

sounds a good project, be interesting to see if you get a result, I have an outstanding insurance issue that may/may not go my way keep us informed how you get on