Quote: (10-03-2015 07:36 PM)Merenguero Wrote:
Quote: (10-03-2015 07:11 PM)DaveR Wrote:
When it comes to women, I think it's better to communicate with past bangs by email for a few reasons:
- they'll need to think about what they're writing rather than just reply in short bursts. That makes them feel more emotionally invested
- you can better control and target the information you provide to each girl
- makes you sand out from the 100 hungry betas on their Face Book.
I'm not being critical here and am genuinely curious when I ask, is there any reason to use Facebook? I apparently created an account back in 2008 or something and have never once signed on. It just seems like I would be setting myself up for way too many headaches by using it.
I don't see any reason myself, but that fits with my personality. I don't really value having a lot of friends and would prefer to keep my inner circle small but very close.
Some people are more outgoing and value having a lot of friends and acquaintances. Maintaining those connections in today's world is probably difficult without Face Book, because it's what most people use to communicate these days. It has replaced gossip ('the grapevine') for many people.
I'll admit that I do have an account, but it's registered under a fake name and burner email address, and I don't have any 'friends', photos or other personal details on the site. It's useful for a few things:
- background checks on potential LTRs. There have been incidents where my slut radar has been off. Sometimes you have to be logged in to view someone's photos and posts.
- Friends sometimes send me links to their FaceBook albums and I have to be signed in to view them.
- Was able to find that a friend had passed away. I probably would have found out eventually anyway, but it did make the process a lot easier. I couldn't just call because he travels a lot and doesn't have a constant number - email was his primary way of communicating. I admit this is a fringe usage case.
Quote: (10-03-2015 07:53 PM)Tex Wrote:
And has anyone else experienced this phenomenon where you fuck a girl and the next day Facebook digs her out and suggests her as a friend, like it somehow knows? Because that's happened twice in a row to me already.
It probably scrapes your phone number (and maybe text messages) from her phone, What's App and similar services. Even if there isn't a hard link between your number and profile, Face Book can figure it out through your friends' contact lists. For example: your number isn't linked to your account, but a friend may have your number recorded against a contact labelled "Tex Alpha" in his phone. Face Book can read his contact list and then figure out that the Tex Alpha in his phone's contact list is the same Tex Alpha in his FaceBook contact list. At that point they have the required information to link your name, phone number and FaceBook profile. My guess is that they can make such a connection for at least 90% of people under 50 years of age in the US, UK and similar countries. Even if you haven't ever used the site, they probably have enough information to link your name and number.
Through deduction, they can probably also name/identify most people in photos with reasonable certainty, even those who haven't used the site. The only way to avoid that is to refuse to have your photo taken with cameras that you don't control.
So if you have a profile, make sure your privacy settings are locked down so that non-friends can't see your contacts, photos, posts, etc. Some others on the forum have also mentioned using fake names and burner numbers for girls. It's annoying to carry two phones, but probably worth it if you're engaging in 'pump and dump' or anything else that may bring out a woman's inner insanity.