[or-roots] OregonPioneers on facebook

Dale Harguess daleharguess4 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 3 09:21:32 PDT 2012


Thanks for all the good information and encouragement.  Some day I will get
my courage up to venture out there.  Not today.......
Dale in California

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Dan JM <mygenrw2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> I am using Gallery to post pictures and comments on my site.
> No cookies, no adds, no spam, no junk, just a fun place.
> free.
>   I went to face book once, to see my grankids pictures by my Dau, I was
> instantly compromised and took 3 years to get rid on the reoccurring trash
> from going to face book and having to sign in. Same thing happened with My
> Space. Just not ever going back to that. I have to many groups and members
> to get my pc ruined.
> Dan M
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Leslie Chapman <opera_70 at yahoo.com>
> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 02, 2012 10:39 PM
> *Subject:* [or-roots] OregonPioneers on facebook
>
>   Dale and all Facebook neophytes.
>
> It isn't really as intimidating as it seems at first glance. With respect
> to Stephenie's page you have two options if you wish to comment you can
> either "like" the page; see box with "Like" in it next to Message opposite
> the title. Note that if you use the "message" button, your message will be
> private to Stephenie and or anyone she has authorized to manage her page,
> as opposed to anything you post to the page itself which is view-able by
> anyone with access to the page.
>
> Or you can friend Stephenie which it appears to me the only way I can do
> is send her a private message as I don't see a provision for requesting to
> be a friend of the page, But I have mostly never asked to be a friend, just
> sort of got  friended anyone that asked me.
>
> As to the lack of info on the facebook page, most of her stuff is at
> another site, as I understand it Stephenie has set up this for discussion
> page, It can be sort of like a chat room, but the advantage here is the
> conversation is available and the conversation can go on for months.
>
> do be aware there are a lot of scammers that have various gambits to
> either just mess with your page or try and con you out of money etc. I have
> a personal vendetta against timeline so absolutely refuse to do anything
> with any of the apps. It is best to omit your year of birth from any place
> on face book, as well as birth city and a lot of the stuff people will send
> you from time to time are just ways to try and trick you into posting to
> much personal info in hopes of using it to scam you. One of my cousins is
> 143 years old on her face book page. Lots of luck stealing her identity.
>
> Les C
>
> >
> I have a password and all that on Facebook but I just don't know how to
> use it.  Don't have any teenagers in my family.
> <
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