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pcernie
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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ld-1226429Haven't read that yet myself but I'm less than pleased that Facebook will soon have my mobile number 
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
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Location: just behind you!
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facebook probably all ready has your number _________________Finally joined Flickr
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pcernie
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Legally they shouldn't, but when did that ever mean anything... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
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Location: just behind you!
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if any of your friends are on facebook then facebook can have your number perfectly legally as your friend could have willingly given them it. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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I know, I mean they shouldn't be holding it in the strictest sense.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Over here people seem to be leaving in droves. Threeam had over 500,000 downloads this morning, after the news broke, just in the Google Charts, moving it from nowhere (10,000 downloads) to 4th place. It was allegedly doing similar business over at the iTunes Store.
I sent the eldest daughter an SMS at 8, saying 'welcome to Facebook, resistence is futile' in German and I got the reply that she had already abandoned Whatsapp and was looking for an alternative.
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pcernie
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It might come to that for me too. The problem, like social media ironically, is convincing all those people to come with you...
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Been looking at the alternatives and Telegram looks quite good.
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Problem is that they market themselves as social networking and if they are anything like Facebook then I am not interested. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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Sorry, I'm missing something.
Can someone explain the brouhaha please?
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
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Think of it as the same as when Fb bought Instagram. Loads of initial noise about people leaving and that Fb would destroy the app and kill it off and blah blah blah … Instagram is still just as popular. Mark
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big_D
What's a life?
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Location: Bramsche
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Instawhat?
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Amnesia10
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Do you really want all of them?  Find a new service and only tell those that you really want to keep in touch with. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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pcernie
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I'm in daily contact with them and they're all on Facebook so won't see the problem as I do. The less info FB has on me the better IMO. And yes, I'd abandon Google and their services if they even had a near rival... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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My activity on FB and Google Plus is really minimal. I could close both without too many problems.
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