# Yes, Facebook is evil. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613 "2011-12-18T03:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/41 "2011-12-21T05:30:26Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Also interesting, because I have Firefox 8.0 on my Windows box and 8.0.1 on my Mac. Both say they are up to date. The Firefox website also says 8.0.1 is the current Mac version. Yes, the 8.0.1 is what I have now and “About Firefox” claims I am up to date. Conversely I am playing my game on Safari 5.0.3 which is how old? But that’s where the game works! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/42 "2011-12-24T00:19:46Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Also interesting, because I have Firefox 8.0 on my Windows box and 8.0.1 on my Mac. Both say they are up to date. The Firefox website also says 8.0.1 is the current Mac version. First of all, [Firefox 9.0 is out](http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/mozilla-unleashes-faster-smaller-firefox-9/). And I figured out why I’ve had it for a while. On that machine, I signed up to beta test Firefox a couple of years ago. Apparently, it’s still feeding me beta versions on that computer, but I hadn’t noticed. So that Mac is always one ahead of my other computers, including the Windows machine at work I’m typing this on. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/43 "2011-12-24T02:27:26Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:42, topic:606613”] First of all, [Firefox 9.0 is out](http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/mozilla-unleashes-faster-smaller-firefox-9/). And I figured out why I’ve had it for a while. On that machine, I signed up to beta test Firefox a couple of years ago. Apparently, it’s still feeding me beta versions on that computer, but I hadn’t noticed. So that Mac is always one ahead of my other computers, including the Windows machine at work I’m typing this on. [/QUOTE] This thread reminded me to check if Firefox 9.0 was still in beta stage. Evidently, 10.0 is now in beta stage. So there you go. I learned something today. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/44 "2011-12-24T05:44:27Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:42, topic:606613”] First of all, [Firefox 9.0 is out](http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/mozilla-unleashes-faster-smaller-firefox-9/). [/QUOTE] It must have just come out, since I updated Firefox (I think) last week and got 8.0.1 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/45 "2011-12-25T00:31:37Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > It must have just come out, since I updated Firefox (I think) last week and got 8.0.1 The article is dated December 21. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/46 "2011-12-25T03:11:31Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:45, topic:606613”] The article is dated December 21. [/QUOTE] I looked upthread and it appears I updated before 12/19, so I must have just missed 9.0 ---
**Author:** ![kyrio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kyrio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyrio)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/47 "2011-12-26T04:29:31Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I haven’t logged into Facebook in six or seven months. Are you saying that they’re still collecting information about my Internet and email use without being logged in? I keep [facebook.com](http://facebook.com) on FireFox’s NoScript’s forbid list, if that makes a difference. Since you have them blocked in NoScript, and if they aren’t using a different domain for their scripts, you should be okay. Otherwise, yes, they would be tracking you on every site you visit that has a Facebook like button or that uses that hideous Facebook comment system. In fact, they would be tracking you even if you didn’t have an account and would use that information after you made one. They are still selling that information, regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/48 "2011-12-26T04:36:32Z")
Facebook is for 13-year-old girls and 50-year-old guys who prey on those 13-year-old girls. ---
**Author:** ![kyrio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kyrio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyrio)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/49 "2011-12-26T04:36:45Z")
Also, Firefox is currently about as good as IE, though both are much better than Safari. Upgrade to something better like Opera, or if you like having no options and having all of your browsing habits sent back to Google, try Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/50 "2011-12-26T16:31:02Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Facebook is for 13-year-old girls and 50-year-old guys who prey on those 13-year-old girls. You are _way_ behind the times. With hundreds of millions of people on Facebook, it’s one of the largest job-search aids in the world (more people credited Facebook with helping them to get a job last year than LinkedIn). Of my 600+ Facebook friends, only a handful are under 20 (mostly relatives), and the majority are business-related connections. Many are over 60. ---
**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/51 "2011-12-26T16:53:29Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I don’t get Facebook-I have a site, but I check it every 4-6 months. I have a friend who posts daily on FB-he links to local news stories, and he must have several million FB friends. > What do you get for such efforts? A cookie (I hope). Facebook - never had it, never will. (curmudgeon /OFF) ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/52 "2011-12-26T18:23:05Z")
Oddly enough I got a Facebook update in email a minute ago, a relative had posted something or other. But when I went to log in, Facebook told me my computer was infected with malware, and suggested some links to “clean” it up with. One of the links offers the same virus protection I use 24/7. :smack: So now Facebook has me on Limited usage, it says I can’t post anything for a certain amount of time. Like I care. Anyone else ever run into this? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/53 "2011-12-26T19:31:53Z")
> [@Bloodless\_Turnip](#): > > Oddly enough I got a Facebook update in email a minute ago, a relative had posted something or other. But when I went to log in, Facebook told me my computer was infected with malware, and suggested some links to “clean” it up with. > > One of the links offers the same virus protection I use 24/7. :smack: > > So now Facebook has me on Limited usage, it says I can’t post anything for a certain amount of time. Like I care. > > Anyone else ever run into this? You got an email that was purportedly from Facebook, clicked the link in the email to log in, and then got a bunch of malware warnings? I think you were phished. ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/54 "2011-12-26T19:49:49Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > You got an email that was purportedly from Facebook, clicked the link in the email to log in, and then got a bunch of malware warnings? I think you were phished. The link on the Go To Facebook button graphic is [www.facebook.com](http://www.facebook.com) though. It didn’t take me anywhere strange. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/55 "2011-12-26T20:13:33Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/56 "2011-12-26T20:35:55Z")
> [@Bloodless\_Turnip](#): > > The link on the Go To Facebook button graphic is [www.facebook.com](http://www.facebook.com) though. It didn’t take me anywhere strange. Huh. Well, searching “limited usage Facebook” turns up absolutely nothing. There’s a “limited profile” but that’s a privacy setting that you select yourself, not something that Facebook does as a security thing. I still suspect malware of some sort in your case. ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/57 "2011-12-26T21:11:43Z")
If you go to the help section [here](http://www.facebook.com/help/warnings-and-disabled-accounts), and click on “I received a warning message but I think it’s a scam”, you get an error message. lol [This](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111222225218AAvONAy) person seems to be having the same issue I am. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613/58 "2011-12-26T22:40:33Z")
OK, I searched on the exact error message (FYI for future reference, if you get an error message that you don’t understand, it often helps to search for the exact message, in quotation marks) and got some results. People seem to think that deleting your browser history and cookies will solve the problem. For what that’s worth, since you purport not to care anyway. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613.md?page=2)