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Originally Posted by IainHarper
... It also gives Facebook an indication of your interests, which is one of the mechanisms their advertisers use to try and target you (mostly not very well).
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and why would I want that?
I run my own HOSTS file and that gets rid of most advertising. Blocking Googladservices is another good thing to do.
I don't want these "people" to know what my surfing habits are. Full stop!
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The HU page has nearly 1,100 "likes" up to now and the figure keeps rising, so it's useful to some people.
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Are you sure its not just saddo's tying to get their "friend" count up
John
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2 May 2011
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redboot its does not add the hubb page to your "friends list" and I certainly havnt had any attempts by people on there to send friend requests.
My god people its just another option, it puts the hubbs presence into another media form, no one is forcing you to click the like button or even join facebook.
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2 May 2011
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Originally Posted by pictish
My god people ....no one is forcing you....
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I was just asking some questions in all sincerity. It does seem a bit odd that no one's come on here and claimed their membership in the community of 1,100 stating why they punched the button and what they're getting out of it. That's really what I've been wondering, and I still don't really get it. Probably, that's just fine.
Thanks for the responses.
Mark
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Originally Posted by Redboots
Blocking Googladservices is another good thing to do.
I don't want these "people" to know what my surfing habits are. Full stop!
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Even if you block seeing the ads, they know who and where you are. Publicly they say they can narrow down your location to 30 meters. If you want to be hidden, you have to go the full Bin Laden and use flashdrive and a remote computer.
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