Facebook...

I had never been on Facebook until I was forced to join to keep up with my son’s college football team. They use facebook to keep the parents informed and up-to-date on everything.

I never cease to amaze myself how big of a fool and jack-*** I am! I have grown to love Facebook. I love the bush-crafting videos, building a survival shelter in a blizzard, truck camping, fishing, animals gone wild, funny animals, funny cats, etc.

I guess I am just going to have to live with the Feds knowing “this nut likes animal videos.”

I don’t use it 1% of the time for keeping up with the team. I watch bush-craft and funny cats!
 
For what its worth, as far as selling stuff{ non gun related } I have had very good luck on our nearest Craigs List over the past few years . Sold my Polaris Ranger, an antique Ford tractor, a trailer , used tires, and some tools that I no longer need. Might check it out ?
 
This site is social media.

Facebook is actually full of old people. I know a lot of young folks who consider it fogie-town and use the others - Instagram, X, Snapchat, or the various discords.

I like Facebook. It is what you make of it. My particular feed is full of pictures of dogs and family. During the silly season if one of my FB friends posts political stuff I snooze them for 30 days. A lot of times the first thing I see from them after their time-out is more political stuff. Snooze again.
 
I personally do not use Facebook. My wife does.

She uses it to chat with her Red Hat friends, and find out things that are going on up here at the lake. Stuff that does not generate getting on the local news, or a heck of a lot more details than the news does.

Learn a lot that way. Found out a lot of break ins up in one particular section, also a few boats stolen, a moose sighting that never hit the news.. What was that siren going down the road at 5 PM going so fast, a hit deer call.

This year generated a lot of noise complaints about the high powered boats that use the lake. The lake LEOs spend much more time on a couple lakes that are closer to the cities.
 
I'm old, way past 65, I use Facebook, personal account to keep in contact with friends and family. And probably more so to keep up with local news and events. Also have a business page, it was OK to post pictures of guns and knives as long as a price was not mentioned but recently account has been restricted for posting a picture of a shotgun and a rifle. Other businesses have had the same issue.
I also am the adminstrator for our local Ladies Ducks Unlimited page. And a moderator of a jewelry group.
My personal info has been all over the web for years, anyone can figure it out from my user name & location here. Go for it!
Free advertising is good until the higher up decides it isn't.
 
I've had a FB account for 15 years. I touch base with friends and family on it occassionally but mainly just use it in doctors offices waiting rooms as magazines of interest in waiting rooms are exceedlingly rare. My Face Book page is exceedingly boring.
 
While working as a law enforcement officer I never had a Facebook account (just wasn't safe on many fronts) although my wife had one that was open only to family members. Now that I'm retired I do have one and I use it more than she uses hers. I don't sell on Market Place because it's a hassle.
 
ladder13 said:
You would be surprised at some of the most respected and learned members here, past and present, who are on FB. It is what one makes it.
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facebook allows you to participate, voice your opinion and fact check certain news organizations. One might be surprised who may be paying attention. And it's better than yelling at the tv, pissing off the liberal neighbors, sleeping on the couch or discussing it with the dog.
 
ladder13 said:
You would be surprised at some of the most respected and learned members here, past and present, who are on FB. It is what one makes it.
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Loves me some Facebook. Groups I belong to include vintage Boston whaler outrages, 13" Boston whalers, raising ducks and geese and so forth. Facebook marketplace is neat to browse and I've just joined houseboats-with a bunch of swamp dwellers living on various houseboats.
Also found a long lost cousin living in Key West.
It is what you make it.
 
I am addicted in my old age to Facebook. Two kids with the grandkids posting stuff years ago got me started and I am a member of about 150 groups. These are my interest, mostly gun related, from long range shooting to S&W pistols to reloading, then the boating and local lake forums along with what is happening in the local community. It is what one makes of it as Cagunlawyer says. Years ago one could buy and sell guns, etc but now the management is anti 2nd amendment. I got throw in "Facebook jail" for a week last month. Some guy on a reloading forum was looking for .311 bullets and I posted a link where he could find them and zap, in jail ( no posted, comments, etc) for a week. A lot of great facebook forums are now gone. Using the dollar sign or any discussion of money connected to a facebook post will get you in jail and possible the loss of that group. I still enjoy looking at my many 22LR forums as people post their best group all the time and brag about their $100 rifle shooting small ( really large) groups with their latest cheap ammo purchased a wallyworld. The things we do in retirement!
 
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S&W, Ruger, Kimber and dozens of others. Car clubs, auto repair, ancestry, travel, board games, hunting, fishing, bird watching, runs the gamut.
Trouble makers, trolls, yep, just like anywhere else. Blocking them, just like here.
 
I've avoided FB like a plague, not really sure why, just really held zero interest for me. Then everyone I believe I know start talking about how Marketplace is so great, bought this and that one there for near nothing, sold tons of ****, etc...so I gave in..

Started my account, real name, real phone #, etc...all legit.

I got on there, trying to figure out what it is, then went to Marketplace. Quickly found a set of new take-offs, wheels & tires, for my F-150 as I was needing tires at the time, sent the guy a msg, was willing to go get them that day if he responded...then I just start looking at motorcycles, right off the bat I see that my friend was selling his Vmax, the only other Vmax in the area and we ride together. I sent him a msg that said "Damn bud, you're selling the Max?"

Bam, that was it! FB popped up with a screen that basically told me to piss off, it could not be appealed, and that my account would be deleted. I tried logging back on a few days later and was told that my account was to be delete with no further appeals available.

This all took place withing the span of about 30 to 40 minutes...I am still stunned and don't have a clue as to why!

Ok, fast forward to about 2 weeks ago, think I'll give it another try...nope, the things that popped up basically told me to piss off.....grrrrrr....

Long story I know, but I made a new account, all of it the exact same information, same email, phone, etc....

I can log in with my phone # but not my email. If I log in with my phone everything is fine, if I try with my email (that the account is setup with) it gives me the piss off screen....

I have zero clue as to why this is...
 
My vision of farcebook is an old lady sitting at her kitchen table, tongue hanging out, totally mesmerized for hours and hours reading all of the content.

Having said that I opened an account myself. My only reason was to be able to access businesses that do not have a web site, just to find out their business hours or read their menu. I have no friends. I access it only a few times a year.

Then it occurred to me that in addition to selling things on Craigslist, now I had an alternate venue in Marketplace. I always detail my first name and contact info in the writeup, and IN BIG LETTERS say that farcebook replies will not be responded to.

One time I had sold an item on CL and completely forgot about the FB add. Weeks later I went back to delete it and found I had a bunch of replies, some repeat replies asking me why I had not responded.

That's it. No more marketplace.
 
A Craigslist complaint would be emails from Nigeria or somewhere asking-
Do you think have those items? They have no interest in buying, they are just keeping track of the potential possibilities.
And after you post, I Will Not Ship This Item!
The still ask, Will you send it to me in Cincinnati?
But in spite of activating the dummy squad, I have bought and sold a fair amount of items on CL.
Once I ran a free come and get it ad.
Turns out the Freebie Folks are weirder than the cash folks.
Some of them demanded free delivery.
Some theory like when things are free why not include free delivery?
 
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Facebook can be interesting. I liken it to reading the newspaper. have bought and sold locally on marketplace with few hassles. My hobby is to report lots of posts, especially the political and alleged scientific ones, as being false information or offensive. So far I have not been banned.:D
It is a great place to keep in touch. My family has a private group that keeps me in touch with news. I no longer send Christmas cards and such because I feel it is more meaningful to write a personal comment on the receivers timeline. Hallmak can go cry a river.
But I am amazed at the amount of misinformation that gets posted, intentional or not. I guess the FB fact checkers work only with their own agenda.

John
 
StrawHat said:
Really?

This is a social media forum,

https://smith-wessonforum.com/forum.php

Kevin
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Yes, I suppose for all intents and purposes you could classify this Forum as social media - got it. That said, I do not think it is even close to being as well known or as common as FB, X, ISGM, TW, etc. I know that the main stream social media is where there are lots of issues and would like to think that many hackers and scammers don't even know this Forum exists. OK - that maybe wishful thinking but to the best of my knowledge I, nor other members I've talked to have had any issues. I am sure Big Brother monitors this and other gun Forums from time to time, but we are not doing or discussing anything wrong so we should be fine.

Every time we log onto a website, open up a credit card, register a car, fill out a credit application, etc. we open ourselves up for hacking, loss of privacy and potential issues. My wife and I are as careful as we can possibly be - but still allow ourselves to live life - cautiously of course. The only way to really secure yourself is to literally be off the grid for many years.

The popular and common Social Media sites is where I personally have drawn the line.
 
I like the FB for the ease of staying in touch with friends around the world that it provides. I sell on marketplace from time to time. You will get inundated with messages, and i often check profiles before ,I respond because there are lots of people from outside the country who want to nuy your stuff right now....all in all it works well

Sell the knives here.

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