I do my best to keep my private life to myself but sometimes other people have problems so we go on Facebook Messenger or What's App

Rule #1. We can’t change others We can only change ourselves :) Rule #2. Keep you identity private. Rule #3. Pass this along for your safety and others 👩‍🏫

I love Facebook for the groups that post photos they have taken of places. I stay away from airing anything private.

you can stop people from invading your digital life, intelligence and due diligence along with top notch security,, and stay away from sites like that,,

I stick to following cats and dogs. I've met nothing but wonderful people on Twitter this way. Just stay away from the trolls and haters and block them.

Don't answer the phone and say "Yes" They can use that to say that you have agreed to anything.

Don’t think you should your private problems on Facebook. There is a saying “Do not air your dirty laundry to others”.

Why’s this keep popping up as a question with no points

Be careful EnBird

I received phishing messages from LinkedIn and Facebook for many times. I don't add on people as friends on social media platforms unless I know them already but I keep on getting new dodgy invitations wanting to become my friend. I think everyone should be careful on the internet these days.

don't put personal information on social media & use to keep in touch with my international friends

I don't like social media. If a person talk face to face not Internet.

I haven't had a problem with them.

I agree with you wholeheartedly

I choose to avoid all of them myself. I don't have time to waste on such things. Life is short, and it is a precious gift from our Creator, and so I use my time wisely. I use rewardia to earn points for Walmart gift cards, and I haven't spent a penny there in years. I get all of my paper goods, vitamins, shampoo, and I even got 2 new pair of Time & Tru jeggings for FREE! I delete all history every time I leave a site, such as this one, and do as much as I can to feel safe in a very dangerous world. ;-D

It can have problems but keeping in touch with family and friends is important

It's a choice to keep your life private or not. Many people feel invisible online or that it is another dimension and not quite real. Why else would anyone post nude photo's of themselves. Many years ago I watched a Jerry Springer show and was horrified at just how much of their person information people were prepared to "air' or share on TV. Do they enjoy the spotlight, being the centre of attention or notoriety. At the end of the day, who really cares. It's not me or any of my family and it's no-one I know so whatever floats your boat.

It doesn't invade your privacy if you don't put anything private out there. Some people like to share everything and then if they have people target them, then it is their own fault. These sights are meant for fun/entertainment not oversharing and moaning about stuff that nobody finds interesting.

That's freedom of speech.

I ignore those who like to air out their dirty laundry on social media sites, they're just looking for sympathy likes and comments. But yes, some really bad people can definitely use all of that against them in scams and whatnot. No one wants to hear your sob stories except those who can take advantage of them... I also don't like it when people use social media to spread lies, misinformation, bigotry, and propaganda. This has become a real problem over the last couple of years.

We live in an age where a lot of people seem dedicated to giving total strangers a lot of personal information about themselves..I don't know why...it happens on here too...that has nothing to do with privacy...it is people placing trust in complete strangers..or worse...and I have no idea why they do it......

I don't use any of these "sites for simple souls." Hiding behind the cloak of anonymity they can say anything that comes to their little minds. There is no way to fact check them, and and there is certainly no room for rational discussion. There are trolls that get their jollies harassing people, bigots, misogynists and just plain creeps just waiting to drop a bomb on someone. Not to mention the fake news. No thanks! I stay as far away from that nonsense as possible.Edited 15-Dec-23 15:51pm

I only do Facebook, when it suits me. 😉

I never put anything personal about my life on social media. I do wish my family and friends happy birthday etc but nothing much more that that.

Main reason I avoid social media like crazy. I prefer to be a Greta Garbo in my life.

Every government department know more about you than you realize. I recently got my tax done at a place I had never used. One click of a computer keyboard and she had everything needed and I hadn’t even told her. Centrelink are the same. Only thing they don’t know is last week’s breakfast.I use Facebook / Messenger but only to connect with friends and relatives in Australia and overseas and very alert to what is said

I dont put anything up my life is personal

If you don't want anyone to know your business then keep it to yourself, but I do think a lot of people out there do have unfinished business that they need to seek help for and not put it on Facebook etc. talk to the right people about your issues. Have a great Christmas x

I keep my personal life private and unfriend those that share too much information that I don't want to know.

If you want to keep it private do not put in on the net

All Antisocial Media is a Security Hole that is impossible to plug and they are turning their users into what they are selling.You don't even own what you post on those silly sites if you read the Rules which no one actually do you'll find everything you post becomes the property of the site to do with what they like so I would expect to see images of your children appearing in Kiddy Porn adds and other disreputable sites after you give them away.

Stay well clear of "Social Media" sites ... to mis-quote Obi-Wan Kenobi: "They're a hive of scum and villainy."

I will never understand why people bother to use those useless "Social Media" site sin the first place. :-\ They're mainly for egotistical idiots who think everyone else is interested in whatever silly thing they are doing. For those who want to communicate with family and friends, normal email and text messages are more than enough.Edited 16-Dec-23 07:37am

Quite agree. There are some topics and information that do not need to be shared.

the very name "Social Media" is an insult to all, yet stupid people persist in being signed up to it. Then when some child, probably tota;;y unsupervised by Lazy Parents, gets groomed by some pedophile the parents then start jumping up and down, demanding 'the Government", "the Police" anyone but themselves, do something, then more of these idiots, this thime Adults also sign up to Dating Sites and then they, too, scream blue murder when their New Best Friend rips them off to the tune of many thpusands, indeed there are repoprts of these pathetic fools handing over Hundreds of Thousands only to lose the lot They willingly hand over their Bank Account details their PIN to people they have only ever met on-line, get royally screwed and have their bank accounts emptied and then they demand that "the Government", "the Bank" compensate them for their own blatant stupidity! Join any of these sites At Your Peril. If you get ripped off then that is entirely YOUR OWN fault. If Parents allow their children uncontrolled access and they get groomed then that is entirely the Fault of the Parent/s for it is not as if there has not been many Hundreds of Thousands of Warnings issued by both the Police and Governments around the World.

Let's get one thing straight from the beginning: The term 'social media' is a complete misnomer. It should actually be called 'anti-social media'. Now that we have this cleared up let's take the next step. Don't go on any platform where you don't feel comfortable. And never give any personal information to anyone. Take, for instance, the discussion boards on Rewardia. You can be on these boards without having to give sensitive personal information. And there are a sufficiently large number on the Rewardia platforms, so that you can have a discussion with any of them. So: Stay off the antisocial media platforms. Can you do that?

sometimes, it's easy to forget your written comments, (which when hatched, never die), are not shared in a cosy little circle. We tend to forget that lots and loads of people are watching and reading. Some of those people are more ... um, nefarious in intention, than most others, but we kinda get lost in the moment. I guess it's the price paid for being able to say exactly what you want to say, about a subject of given interest, without being interrupted. So yeah, we should be careful of information shared on SM.

I agree and I admit I some times over share on here. I am not on Facebook and the likes of any other social media platforms. I try and help if some one asks a question and I like sharing my truth. If some one doesn't like it then don't read my comments. I don't always agree with every one but every one has a right to their opinion. I would never tell any one to stop or want to make some one else feel bad. That is not expectable and no one has the right to do that to any one.

If you could communicate clearly you might get a better response. But it seems you have very bad grammar as most people on social media do.

no more than a survey

F social media

If you don't like it, don't use. You apparently use these sites and are connected to these people, Change the people in your life, and get off social media, get better filter, AND it is UNTRUE that VERTICALLY everyone uses Internet. for SOCIAL MEDIA. I dont know anyone, we use internet for education and surveys.

I am very selected in what I choose to share but I agree - others do tend to over share their personal things for attention or what ever reason.

I completely understand what your saying. However there are times that these platforms are all someone has. And they reach out or vent on their page.

It seems like anyone can find out anything about anyone.

have never joined them ans will never i have a facebook but hardly use it

For this reason I decided to never join them. Although to begin with I joined face book, but I barely have anything to do with it.

I don't do social media either

I don't put too much personal information on my social media accounts in which something remains private.

Too much personal information about your business is not a good thing.

I don’t do social media

I agree that sometimes it makes you wonder why they post certain things that should be private. I use these sites mostly to keep in touch with my children and rarely post.

They can only invade your privacy if you allow them to eg by posting something that perhaps you wanted to keep private

Do I feel certain sites (online) are invading our privacy? NO (because you are not required to join any online site)! In additional, you don't have to read other people's dirty laundry (posted online) under any 'circumstances (period)'.Edited 15-Dec-23 09:45am

its the reason i created a bogus name for facebook,i only use it to stay in touch with my kids, who are the only ones who know my id there, job accomplished

What is the difference between social media sites and posting here on an open forum that anyone including scammers can access? If you don't do social media then why are you here posting, in some cases, personal information. Is Rewardia any more secure than facebook? I think not!Edited 15-Dec-23 07:59am

Generation go, generation comes, keep it simple. Technology is here to stay forever

I simply don't go there

I don't do social media! Too many people are being hurt through it.

HI Pamela, ty, have a great day..!!!!

I agree I only use it to keep in contact with my friends and family that dont live near me

I don't use social media at all, I'd rather live my life and enjoy it offline. I keep my life as private as possible.

don't go on them never have , never will

I hate that lots of these sites and sites in general ask you for too much information to join OR ask you for even more information after you join AND all of them want your biometric details at the moment under the guise of "2 factor authentication/security". Thankfully, factor identification is still voluntary. If these sites cannot secure your normal information, what makes them think we can trust them to secure our biometric information?

These sites exist to collect and share your information with companies. Ad revenues are very lucrative. But if you need to contact me, you'll have to use email or phone.

You are perfectly right!!

twitter is the worst site on earth

What does "vertically" everyone mean? Do you mean virtually?

I don't have facebook, I don't have twitter, I don't have instagram, I don't even have the etc's, and look a this I'm still alive!!!

I never used these sites before the pandemic. I am amazed at the cruelty I have seen towards animals throughout the world. Often those that send a video clip are paid and I hope that if it is true the money goes towards their cause. There are one or two that may be abusers of pups and kittens just to make a clip and be paid. I find it horrible that Facebook would allow this and do nothing even though it has been reported.Edited 15-Dec-23 05:19am

Yeah, you are right. I have overshared in the past. Hope not to do that any more.

narcissim nobogy cares rip off thy neighbour

Be aware that anything you post on any site will be there forever!

There is really no such thing as privacy or private thought now. The "so called " anonymity of the net" makes people feel they can open up about everything.

Do not partake of any :"worm manufacturing" Sites canned or otherwise!

A(greed). Data mining sites are the scammers buffet.Ever since our internet and devices get interwoven with commercialism, we are all left very vulnerable. Although I'm here for now, I will purposefully avoid X and all of those mentioned. Best with your security and sanity too.

Yes be careful.

OH "YES" NOT A GOOD THING, HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ON WHAT ONE PUTS OUT THERE.KEEP REALLY SIMPLE...!!!

THAT IS BIG YES ANYONE CAN FIND OUT WHO AND WHAT YOU SAY AT ANYTIME, DAY OR NIGHT( HEADS UP).

Yes it could bite you. You have to be very careful.

It is up to individuals. I don't get on those sites and I won't be. We all have choices.

Some things need to be private.

Well if someone airs their dirty laundry on one of these sites, it's their choice and the site didn't ask them to air their dirty laundry, so it's not the site invading their privacy if they chose to air their dirty laundry. The sites are there for us to use, but it's not required to post personal information/air our dirty laundry.