I'm a member of a couple of networking sites, and I tend to give a lot of info. Yet I've never been bothered by/fallen victim to these scammers everyone talks about, within 11 years of being online. Any potential scams come via my e-mail (one thing I DO hide on networking sites), and to me are so obvious as to be laughable. "Oh, I won the European lottery again? That's the 5th time this month!" *delete*
Belinda
Perth
On Tue Sep 2 4:47 , "Dave Torr" <> sent:
<>Whilst I personally do not like Facebook there is no fear of anyone getting
your details unless you choose to supply them. What I think is an area of
some concern is that it is another potential way for scammers to make
contact with you and seek to deprive you of your money. Whilst I am sure
that all Birding Aus readers are far too sensible to fall for such scams,
around 800,000 Aussies lost money to fraud last year and in Victoria alone
the amount lost was recently reported to be £250 million. Like most bits of
the Internet it can be used for good or evil, and so long as people only
give the basic minimum data to register and never post any other details and
never respond to unsolicited contacts then should be fine!
2008/9/1 Carl Clifford <m("mac.com','','','')","top.opencompose('carlsclifford");">>
> Angela,
>
> Your personal details would not go into the Birding-Aus Facebook page
> unless you provide them. How else do you think they would be obtained and
> posted?
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
>
> Angela McGuire wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am not to keen to have the facebook set up as I am not in favour of
>> having my
>> personal details displayed for all to see (e.g. drunken photos from the
>> weekend
>> may be one example). Not that my involvement is the be all and end all but
>> I am
>> merely stating my reasons as others may have the same reasons not to be
>> involved. Unless a group set up is different?
>> Angela
>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 16
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:20:38 +1000
>>> From: "Katherine Bronte" <m("gmail.com','','','')","top.opencompose('wrendreaming");">>
>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Facebook and Birding-aus
>>> To: "Dave Torr" <m("gmail.com','','','')","top.opencompose('davidtorr");">>
>>> Cc: Birding Aus <m("vicnet.net.au','','','')","top.opencompose('birding-aus");">>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <m("mail.gmail.com','','','')","top.opencompose('9463cff40808290120y32eb2f55te4737d2086bb52fd");">>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>> Maybe a group and a link could be set up.
>>>
>>> I like to think of Facebook as huge social experiment. Also allowing
>>> opportunities for others to learn somethings in a different way. Some of
>>> the
>>> applications are crap but some can be used as learning tools.
>>>
>>> The question of Gender and Age......statistics of course - statistics!!
>>>
>>> Katherine
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Dave Torr <m("gmail.com','','','')","top.opencompose('davidtorr");">> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can see some benefits for attachments - but as I said I see no reason
>>>>
>>> why
>>>
>>>> you don't just set up a group (maybe Russell would object if you called
>>>> it
>>>> Birding Aus!) and see what happens - I would definitely not be too happy
>>>>
>>> if
>>>
>>>> "normal" posts started to appear there and we ended up with two parallel
>>>> birding aus systems that we needed to read! But the market will decide -
>>>>
>>> if
>>>
>>>> people prefer Facebook your system will get users and BA will wither and
>>>> die
>>>> - if not then the converse will happen.
>>>> (I am naturally suspicious about any site that requires my gender and
>>>> date
>>>> of birth before allowing me to register)
>>>>
>>>> 2008/8/29 Kurtis Lindsay <m("bigpond.com','','','')","top.opencompose('littleheath1");">>
>>>>
>>>> Graham,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adavantages of a facebook group include those I listed in my previous
>>>>>
>>>> email
>>>>
>>>>> "It would be an easier way to post links, videos and pictures without
>>>>>
>>>> having
>>>>
>>>>> to go through other sites like photo bucket.com. At the same time, I
>>>>> believe it would bring the already friendly, personal Birding-aus to an
>>>>>
>>>> even
>>>>
>>>>> friendlier level, to a level were listers can get to know one another a
>>>>> little better just like members of a club."
>>>>> Currently, to post an image or video on the BA list, you must log into
>>>>> a
>>>>> seperate website and attatch your pictures throught that, then make
>>>>> sure
>>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>>> is of the right size etc before you can paste a link to it on a
>>>>>
>>>> Birding-aus
>>>>
>>>>> bound email. With a facebook group, videos and photos can be attatched
>>>>> directly onto the page.
>>>>> The benefits aren't endless, so I'm not going to lie or try and over
>>>>> glorify facebook, I don't even work for them! I am simply putting
>>>>>
>>>> forward
>>>
>>>> an
>>>>
>>>>> idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> If a group like this was set up on facebook it would be entirely up to
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> individual what they post on it, when and where they access it, how
>>>>> long
>>>>> they look at it let alone whether they even join. I understand many
>>>>> workplaces frown upon access to such social networking sites on their
>>>>> computers, and I'm definately not forcing anyone to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Kurtis
>>>>>
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