On 06-01-20 11:11, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Well.. data is already like currency. So, why can't it be become legal tender? ..or as a minimum like a credit/voucher? Maybe my idea would better make the basis of a sci-fic novel. :(

That would make me instantly rich! :D And yeah I like the SF novel idea. :)

I liked the Time Bank system that some BBSes adopted back in the dialup days. If I remember correctly, some systems even allowed banked time to
be gifted to someone else on the same bbs. Imagine if that concept
were adapted into an inter-bbs thing! ..allowing time to be sent to someone else on another bbs. :)

I never really had experience with time banking. It was less popular on the BBSs I used.

Fastforward to the 21st century.. data is like currency. Bank it, or send it to someone else on another system.

It really doesn't cost more at the cell tower to share the data love whether the data is being used or not.

What cell tower? Assumption time there. :D Sure, I have mobile data, but that's the smaller amounts for when I'm not at home. Heavy lifting is done by landline, where I have 100/40M and unlimited data.

Hmm, mobile data, that's a lot more expensive here too, but I find the
VDSL good for doing the heavy lifting at home, save the 4G for while
I'm out.

Mobile is the only option for me at home. Many people have satellite dishes for their TVs, and then came along the sat dish services for internet. The 3-month intro prices in big bold letters on their fliers make it look cheap. But the tiny print nearly triples the $/mo.
Besides, most people I know that have the sat dish internet experience throttling- down after a certain time of day and/or GB usage. Latency still seems to be an issue with sat.

Yeah, satellite has huge latency. I'm on VDSL here. Sadly, politics meant I didn't get FTTP that was being rolled out in earlier years, but the VDSL still works OK.

Answer::: Trigger the mobile version: m.facebook.com

Oh, OK. I'll have to try, though I'm normally not a big fan of mobile format sites, they can be dumbed down a little, depending on the site.

I find that some sites "look" like mobile style - especially when adopt the Menu button that looks like a hamburger.

Yeah, that's true. Some do the mobile to desktop transition well, others have one or the other as a poor cousin.

But m.facebook.com gets rid of a lot of clutter that just benefits
their trakking and clickbait tricks.

OK, will have to give it a try at some stage.

I just noticed a new pic posted on FB by someone else. A picture of a garter snake, no caption, just a couple of silly "messages" below it:
"I hate those." "Ewww." "Where'd you find that?".. or the odd response with a glyph. NO real conversation worth hanging around for. FB
fosters pathetism.

Yeah, those posts are a waste of time. And the reverse those people who plead for likes...

Hmm, I haven't seen those ones on FB, but it wouldn't get past "Message Notifications", where it would promptly be ignored, deleted and reported
if possible. :)

The scam was via the phone, not FB. These were very gullible and

You must have conflated the two. ;)

trusting people. At that time, they had regular email (which also
caused them to fall victim to some phishing scams and the occassional virus).

My decades of experience and natural ability to spot familiar patterns is my best defence against those scams.


... Why get even, when you can get odd?
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