Stupid Facebook location updates - RANT

W.Shakes-Beer

I really don't get it, why would you want people to constantly know your whereabouts?

I don't care if
"Barry Dunne has now arrived at Overflowing public toilet with shít all over the place"

or

"Mary Murphy is at Back seat of Ford Escort with her cax down"

I just don't see the point to be honest. Is there no privacy in this day and age?

/Rant over.

phasers

Phasers is reading a really crappy thread

Ghandee

Its designed so that you can 'check in' at various places, eg, a pub.
When you check in, a list of other people who have recently checked in there too appears.
So, you might not realise your mate is in the pub/Liffey valley/restaurant, but when you realise they happen to be in the same place as you, you can meet up etc.


Its not designed with shiiteing/riding in mind, at least I don't think so anyway. :rolleyes:

amdublin

I saw one:

Xxxxx is at - super king size bed with xxxxxx

TanG411

If I don't sign into my Facebook account in eleven days then it'll be permanently deleted.

That location update thingy is dodgy too. Shows somebody isn't at home and one can do mean things to their house.

sparrowcar

Rant alright... Who cares.
Just ignore, delete those who always post location updates or embrace it..either way it's not worth getting stressed about it!

Tefral

I can't undestand why people bitxh and moan about the features of a programme if they use it??Facebook isn't about privacy, if your that worried about it why use facebook at all. My brother said to me once "why the fcuk would I want a facebook page, I don't want to know anyones business and I don't want them knowing mine"

If it angers you that much just block out the people who use it. It's
not that hard. In fact it's easier than starting a thread here!!

TanG411

Download a Greasemonkey script called FB Purity.

It allows you to filter messages you do not want coming up on your newsfeed.

Ghandee

DerangedDreamer wrote: »

If I don't sign into my Facebook account in eleven days then it'll be permanently deleted.

That location update thingy is dodgy too. Shows somebody isn't at home and one can do mean things to their house.

What if more than one person lives in the house :eek:?

W.Shakes-Beer

Ghandee wrote: »

What if more than one person lives in the house :eek:?

You could probably check their page too

TanG411

Ghandee wrote: »

What if more than one person lives in the house :eek:?

Then the burglar is f*cked. :eek:

Barna77

Ghandee wrote: »

Its designed so that you can 'check in' at various places, eg, a pub.
When you check in, a list of other people who have recently checked in there too appears.
So, you might not realise your mate is in the pub/Liffey valley/restaurant, but when you realise they happen to be in the same place as you, you can meet up etc.


Its not designed with shiiteing/riding in mind, at least I don't think so anyway. :rolleyes:

Or you realise your mates are out and they didn't call you... :mad:

hatrickpatrick

Ghandee wrote: »

Its designed so that you can 'check in' at various places, eg, a pub.
When you check in, a list of other people who have recently checked in there too appears.
So, you might not realise your mate is in the pub/Liffey valley/restaurant, but when you realise they happen to be in the same place as you, you can meet up etc.


Its not designed with shiiteing/riding in mind, at least I don't think so anyway. :rolleyes:

This.
You see, you can always trust Ireland to take a feature designed for a fairly useful purpose, and turn it into something about sh!te.

A bit like how pages were designed to tell you about products and groups you might like, yet in Ireland it simply became a tool with which to turn Mass into an epic night out. :P

Redlion

It shows who's ma i'm with each day!

Bad form for the lads, in my opinion

Sanjuro

I dunno, it could be handy in some situations


Xxxxx has checked in at the kidnappers hidden camp at coordinates 4 degrees north, 60 degrees west.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

phasers wrote: »

Phasers is reading a really crappy thread

Phasers is not Pighead :P

Alessandra

I'm a nosey sod and like to know where my friends have been. Just hit the "hide posts from" button if it irks you.

smk89

I think we should concentrate on the plague of girls joining romantic groups first.

i really wanna talk to you, but i get paranoid and think that i annoy you
'You're beautiful' is the best compliment a girl can ever get ♥
I didn't lose you. You lost me
friendship isnt bout who youve known the longest, its who came & never left
Etc.

I have 1 "friend" who does this, the only reason I havn't deleted her is that it gives my an idea as to when she has arguments and gets dumped and is therefore easier

grrrrrrrrrr

Or you could just turn off hed location app and not use it. The idea they originally had was interesting tho. You can check in at a pub, hotel, shop and give a comment about it. OP dont think you fully understand it. Anyone with privacy issues should watch 'Finding David Bond', a documentary by Channel 4.

Chickenwing

Sometimes it can be interesting if they're abroad but if xxxxx is checking in at Bed its just ridiculous :P

OakeyDokey

I think it's fun to use at time.. others can go too far.