Gloria E wrote:I'll tell you why I'm afraid of and no longer using Facebook. I discovered that it was sending inviations to people I didn't know, asking if they wanted to be friends with me.
I'm not gonna set myself up as a "defense attorney" for Facebook, Gloria, but I've been a user for four years and I think I know a bit about how Facebook works.
Facebook DOES NOT send friend requests! Users send friend requests and there ARE some nefarious users there just like there are in all walks of our current "electronic" lives. Facebook DOES point out SUGGESTIONS of people you might like to make friends with and they do that based on friends-of-friends analyses. If you're friends with Joe Schmuck, FB might show you a suggestion on screen of one or more of HIS friends that you might like to see. But, they DO NOT send friend requests on that basis.
If you got friend requests from someone you do not know, it was because that person looked you up and sent a friend request. All you have to do is discard that request and your "security" is NOT compromised! You can also click one place to BLOCK further communication from that person.
I recently got a friend request from a "lady" in a foreign country who obviously was up to no good. When I checked her page, it said that I could "sign up" to see her nude photos on her web page! Yeah, sure. Rejected and blocked. I think in four years I've gotten two or three like that.
But on a daily basis, I get sidebar recommendations from Facebook of suggested friends I don't know, just because Susie Smith is my friend and she has a friend named Moe Jasper. No harm, no foul. I just ignore those sidebar suggestions. And finally, just like Windows and all other aspects of electronics, there are the occasional "hackers" who somehow break in and invade someone's account. But those are very FEW and far between. If you want an example or two of that kind of stuff, let me know.
Different strokes for different folks. If you don't like Facebook then you should do as you're doing - avoid it.