[Boatanchors] All Good Things

[GRANT YOUNGMAN]

Well, advertising is a bummer. that’s true.  I don’t get all that much, but I’m sure mileage varies.  It could be, too, that I’m just used to ignoring it — so I rarely “see” it.  I don’t find it generally any worse than filtering through the (most?) posts on the the many ham reflectors I belong to that I have no interest in.  You just scroll on past it.

There are “ad preferences” under privacy settings and tools, which give you some control over it, but it’s impossible AFIK to get rid of it completely.  If FB had a “for fee” ad free option, I’d be the first to jump in ...

If I were going to use FB for radio related stuff (which I generally don’t), I’d probably set up a separate account for JUST that.  That way my “radio” friends wouldn’t get deluged by family photos, dog photos, political rants, etc.  that I might send to my more “lunatic fringe" friends :-)  There really isn’t a way to separate posts by “topic” — only by sender.  I do get a bit tired of cat photos and what someone had for dinner …

I am a member of two radio groups (AM Classic, and Amplitude Modulation), and do enjoy the photos and project descriptions that show up there.  You can be a group member without “friending” all of the members individually, so group stuff stays separate from general posting feeds, etc.

Grant NQ5T





> On Dec 14, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Jim Liles <hallicrafterssr2000 at k9axn.com> wrote:
> 
> Grant,
> Is there a way to stop the incessant rolling of junk through your screen? There is an ongoing advertising blitz that I don't see on this list ----  well ---- with a couple of exceptions --- but the erase key works on the list but not FB or for that matter Yahoo.
> 
> A great day to you ---regards Jim
>