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On 2018-03-29, Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-03-29, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>> 	However if you don't give the right address then you miss out on
>> the mailings of money off coupons.
>
> I'm perfectly willing to forego those and other "perks" - it's not worth
> it to me to give them any real personal information. A lot of stores
> though are getting away from such mailings and using emailed coupons (you
> can always use a free random address for this) or just spitting out
> special deals along with your receipt at point of purchase.
>
> Basically they are buying information and I'm not selling.
>


I agree. My children all use Facebook, one keeps telling me that
unless I use my real name, I lose the benefit of it, and may be cut
off completely. Hah!

IMHO, facebook is about gathering data, and its OK as long as you
accept that. 

(my real name can be easily found, if they want to, by matching up my
contacts, and finding out who is missing)

Years ago, I was having a quiet drink, when a relative who had lost
his job arrived in to whine. and started to tell about how he was
keeping up with his friends that had been let go as well, through
Facebook, so, being relaxed, I got imaginative, and joined up as
well, using a combination of friends names, people who had joined the
greater population who know if heaven or hell exist.

Reminds me of once, on a business trip, a man who was travelling with
me helped put in the time by telling the plot of a TV soap he had
just seen. Dallas. TV for thickos.

Anyhow, now when I logon to Facebook, I get a reminder of what books
I have viewed on Amazon.

One thing I like about the US is the concept of the "Free Citizen",
so what is the correct behaviour of a "Free Citizen" to Facebook?..
Lie Like hell, as most people do now with pollsters.

I remember, when I used it more, Stallman had a thing in Emacs, using
which you could pepper your messages with strings like "AlQueda",
"Din" or "Marx".. That was in a better time, I wouldn't really like
guantanamo.

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