Facebook

[tom_tom_go]

Jimbo makes a good point regarding using any social media platform while employed.

You may find your employer has a policy already in place.

[Big Jim]

The C in W advise is that nothing is to be posted that brings the C in W into disrepute or could leave the poster or the subject vulnerable to abuse or exploitation. Provincial, Diocesan and Local safeguarding policies are also to be considered.

There is also a distinct difference between me posting as Rev'd Fr. Jim XXXX and posting as Bigjim. Mine is a personal page and I do not accept friend requests from anyone in the Parish. They can do that through the Church page.

[TonyW]

FB is a tool and like any tool, how good or bad it is depends on how you use it.

Wise words there Big Jim! And it only knows what you tell it. In my case that is not very much.

Facebook is a tool, and there is a tool that can make Facebook more to your liking called Facebook Purity. It is an extension that can be downloaded for free (https://www.fbpurity.com/) and it will then allow you to tailor Facebook to your needs. Amongst many other things, it hides all adverts and allows you to hide annoying and irrelevant stuff from your news feed. Fed up with reading your friends banging on about Brexit? Simple, just put "Brexit" in the text filter and you will never see another Brexit post again. It is so good that Facebook bans all mentions of it! Thoroughly recommended.

[Big Jim]

ooh that sounds good. I think I will look at that.

[FWLR]

And me Tony. Thanks for the info.

I do agree that FB is mainly rubbish. To much going on about this and that. I don’t reply to stuff that I feel has nothing to do with any interests I have. I now have mostly things that are railway related, 16mm organisation, narrow gauge, garden railways, you get my drift.

[TonyW]

I now have mostly things that are railway related, 16mm organisation, narrow gauge, garden railways, you get my drift.

Whenever my dear wife looks at my Facebook feed she says "But it is all trains, and planes, and buses" ... and she is almost correct!

[FWLR]

Yes she is….

[TonyW]

And here is Facebook at its best...

In 24 hours a Facebook appeal has raised nearly £2000 for the repair of the garage roof at the Llechfan Garden Railway (Talyllyn Railway) that was destroyed recently by a falling tree. More details here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mrfs

[markoteal]

In 24 hours a Facebook appeal has raised nearly £2000 for the repair of the garage roof at the Llechfan Garden Railway (Talyllyn Railway) that was destroyed recently by a falling tree. More details here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mrfs

Yes - demonstrates the positive power of FB - I also will be looking up the fbpurity site!

[tom_tom_go]

I might start an appeal for my railway...

[FWLR]

I might start an appeal for my railway...