If you were going to make a facebook account ... or LinkedIn

[GunsForBucks]

would you do it on your main machine or one that you don't mind getting hacked too bad?

I just don't know how safe FB is or if I should worry about it.

Need it to promote stuff, I wanted to avoid them for a long time.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

go to library make new email, find a prepaid phone for the forced phone number fb demands.

no company should ever have your geolocation every 4 minutes. that is unsafe

[GunsForBucks]

Not a bad idea honestly.
New email just for FB - check

I have an emergency phone I don't really use anymore.. but would want 2FA on something I keep handy.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

that phone will have to stay powered off or better battery out and only used in city not at home

it will phone home geolocation if turned on. Which means facebook will have access to that stord geo location data pinpointing you for advertising

just depends how extreme you want to go lol. its very hard to preserve your human rights nowadays

[WarHeRo]

are those two even good for anything? i have neither of them. steam is enough

[GunsForBucks]

Well I'm promoting a book. I wanted to put a flyer up with the qr code in the main office for the community and they suggested FB since they have community FB pages etc

I really don't want to but it seems the most effective way to reach the local audience.

LinkedIn was for more academic crowds and the book I wrote is basically about physics and marketed as curricula. At least I heard that is what LinkedIn focuses on more... IDK just from what I read on the authors forums.

[a profile]

I have no way to seed a safe machine in the first place.

[GunsForBucks]

Just wondering if FB gets hacked every other week or something is more my concern.

The fewer ties I have to them the better in that case.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

i think fb demands your real name and stuff too, i dont remember but it was pretty deep into knowing all about you on signup. why not have a friend promote it for you who doesnt care about privacy

[GunsForBucks]

ugh....

Well I did decide to rejoin society to publish a book so I can't really back down over that.

I think it will be ok if I just make it for the book rather than me and put as little as possible there other than links to amazon for the book

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

doubtnyoull have problems just trust zuckerberg to keep you safe

[PaulKrawitz]

Regardless of the machine, I'd rather die before I make an account on either one of those websites...

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ugh....

Well I did decide to rejoin society to publish a book so I can't really back down over that.

I think it will be ok if I just make it for the book rather than me and put as little as possible there other than links to amazon for the book

well ya see, face book can gauge people's interest in your product without telling you or them about its popularity.

it can then take this information to, idk, some publisher in amazon's sphere, or in the larger publishing sphere, and say 'hey this book is worth this much but the author thinks it's worth this much.' then they can negotiate you down on price.

meanwhile, if the book had gained popularity normally, the publishers would be desperate to cut you a lucrative deal to get in on it before someone else does.

in scenario a, you're a wage slave and will be compensated minimally for your efforts per normal.

in scenario b you're a creative with unlimited potential.

[AdahnGorion]

FB? rofl.. Who do you think I am.. Biden?
Linkedin is perfectly fine on your main machine and with your avarage official mail.

[R-S!N]

No need to join another corrupt landfill. This Steam client is toxic enough.

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