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Title: ABANDONED
Post by: buglvw (Howard) on February 25, 2015, 05:38:52 pm
Is this site still working? Or did everyone go to FLA.  sunnybeach
Surely Shawn or Ant are working on something.  19weld
Oh were is Karen when you need her?  4thinking6
I'll even settle for  jack
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 25, 2015, 05:46:50 pm
No kidding. It's dead around here buddy!
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: lovebus (jack) on February 25, 2015, 07:27:46 pm
If you would be on more and post something it wouldn't be so dead  tongue
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 25, 2015, 07:45:06 pm
Ok where and when is the March BWTB? I want a western omellette
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: lovebus (jack) on February 25, 2015, 08:38:08 pm
 4thinking6 Don't know, Marc didn't post it yet.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Baha (Shawn) on February 25, 2015, 11:58:57 pm
Greetings from Orlando... Just saying
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Ant (Pop's Garage) on February 27, 2015, 10:56:25 am
I'm sick :-/
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: VWPANZER1 on February 27, 2015, 01:56:03 pm
  My rule of thumb is; if it's 40 degrees or lower I'm not in the garage, heat or no heat.  cold-

  Kathy car is setting outside the garage with the front wheel off, like some kind of hillbilly homestead. As soon as the temp gets near 50 degrees I'll finish the CV joint boot installation. I have my doubts as to how good the rubber cement will stick at low temperatures.   snowplow 
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on February 27, 2015, 02:20:58 pm
Posting on Facebook is quicker, and easier!
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: buglvw (Howard) on February 27, 2015, 04:17:45 pm
Posting on Facebook is quicker, and easier!

 tongue
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: lovebus (jack) on February 27, 2015, 04:56:26 pm
 tongue

Posting on Facebook is quicker, and easier!

No its not.   tongue
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 27, 2015, 05:14:08 pm
tongue
No its not.   tongue

Maybe the admin of the SJVWC fakebook page should change the privacy settings of the page so that all can see so those that don't have an account or deleted their account can view the page. It may spark  more energy on this site!

 Flag*

Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on February 27, 2015, 05:20:25 pm
Sure it is! On facebook I don't have to hunt down what topic it's under. And I don't have to enlarge the screen to see what I'm typing! Also events created on the facebook page go right to my phone. Instead of clicking on the Callender to see what is coming up.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 27, 2015, 05:23:09 pm
Fakebook is so MySpace 2009.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on February 27, 2015, 05:24:26 pm
I looooooove facebook.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 27, 2015, 05:30:57 pm
One of the funnier videos on YouTube is when a guy visits his Fakebook friends to just hang out  most of the people he visits have no idea who he is.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: grungeant (Anthony) on February 27, 2015, 11:31:47 pm
Fakebook is so MySpace 2009.

Dude, I loved myspace.... before everyone had a fancy background.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Celly on February 28, 2015, 08:52:16 am
Facebook loves you!  Facebook loves everyone who has helped them make over 200 billion dollars in a little over 10 years.  How you say?  How can facebook make so much green, i'm glad you asked.  They are data mining ALL facebook users.  That means they track your internet activity and key words searches and statistically prepare a spreadsheet for advertisers,investors, employers and potential employers!  In essence, they are using you (and your habits) to conduct targeted advertising and investment campaigns.  They also help (sell) employers and potential employers the ability to look at your facebook account in depth.  (you can not hide anything on facebook from these types of inquiries) Big brother is watching and he is collecting your data and selling it! 

Now I'm not saying to stop using Facebook, it's your life you do what you wish. 

What I am saying is that the SJVWC Facebook page is clearly effecting the club site... how, it divides us.  The posts that were normally here on our website are now on our Facebook page and this makes the SJVWC site not the place for banter...but instead Facebook.  So the people who don't access Facebook (because we refuse to be part of a perpetual advertising/mining campaign) are out of the loop. 

I fell in love with this site because of the banter (both technical and otherwise) with people that were like minded and enjoyed the VW hobby.  This site was always our site, not facebooks, not twitters, not myspaces  but www.sjvwc.net .  We made the rules and you followed them or you would be scolded by Jack.   I just don't see the allure of giving up something special to be part of a mega advertising machine. 4thinking6

In short, I love the  Flag* .net  11&*



       
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 28, 2015, 09:49:23 am
Very true Celly.

Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on February 28, 2015, 09:51:55 am
Celly should be a politician, or one of those people who drop of religious flyers on my front door!
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 28, 2015, 10:10:03 am
He's so right.

Folks never read the " I agree" clauses and just click away
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: lovebus (jack) on February 28, 2015, 10:26:20 am
 hug  WELL SAID Celly  11&*  The Banter is definitely fading here and it hurts to see it so. You are right on.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: VWPANZER1 on February 28, 2015, 04:50:29 pm
  Yes, I agree, put nothing on Facebook that will come back and haunt you. 

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Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Ward73VW on February 28, 2015, 06:02:23 pm
Facebook is still easier then the website. That's why everyone uses it
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Ant (Pop's Garage) on February 28, 2015, 06:06:43 pm
It's 2015. I can't click upload imagine and browse my photo gallery. This site is out dated. I understand nothing's free. No ones going to upload pics if it's hard. It's like work. I post it on Facebook. 500 people can view and get back to me with a response in seconds. I don't care if big brother knows what I'm doing. If your not doing anything illegal what are you scared of?
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Daverted on February 28, 2015, 06:20:45 pm
I'll be a true politician, I like both, and then I kissed a baby lol
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 28, 2015, 07:28:07 pm
It's 2015. I can't click upload imagine and browse my photo gallery. This site is out dated. I understand nothing's free. No ones going to upload pics if it's hard. It's like work. I post it on Facebook. 500 people can view and get back to me with a response in seconds. I don't care if big brother knows what I'm doing. If your not doing anything illegal what are you scared of?
Disagree about being outdated.

The SJVWC site is a wealth of VW knowledge. Jacks videos are extremely informative and have been viewed by thousands of folks. Some of the threads are also packed with lots of information that answers many questions

I'm not scared of anything.



Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Ant (Pop's Garage) on February 28, 2015, 07:31:06 pm
No. The information on this site is priceless. That you can't replace. But not being able to quickly upload pics and videos is a problem.
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: rich67vw on February 28, 2015, 08:37:49 pm
BTW, Fakebook accounts are extremely easy to hack. No real tools needed, just common sense. The entry point is the security question, if you pretend to forget somebody's password or email address.

Questions like " Where were you born?" " What sport do you like? What is your favorite color? should never be answered with the real answer as they are too easy to guess or publically available. All those can be answered with a word that means something only to you like "Rustoleum" etc.

Many sites are linking to your Fakebook password because they want to make it even easier for folks. "Easy" makes it even easier for those with bad intentions.

Didnt Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel just do a bit where he walked up to folks on the street and basicallt got passwords out of them by just asking?
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: Baha (Shawn) on March 01, 2015, 09:14:19 pm
Greg is correct about the additional steps. I don't post on Facebook very much, but when I do, it's done in seconds. I can't immagine why there isn't a simple machines app, but hopefully it's in the works. As for the privacy settings, we're as open as we can be
Title: Re: ABANDONED
Post by: matt on March 03, 2015, 08:07:43 pm
 

  Don't care at all for facebook, I agree with others, esp Cellly,  This site is THE place! Please don't say loading of pictures is hard work... there is nothing hard about it... a little time consuming maybe, but so what - still can be done, an helps maintain the site.  Facebook is maybe a nice complimentary, .........be sad if this site turns into a complimentary of Facebook SJVWC.