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Female Side<br />
Facebook<br />
I use Facebook to keep<br />
in contact with family and<br />
friends. Especially ones far<br />
across the country. I can keep<br />
in touch with friends and family<br />
after moving to a different<br />
city. I play some games on<br />
Facebook. Mainly Bejeweled<br />
Blitz. In fact that is the last one<br />
I play anymore. Why don’t I<br />
play more of them? Because<br />
I do not want to be spammed<br />
with all kinds of advertisements<br />
from all kinds of companies.<br />
It clutters things up, irritated<br />
everyone I know, and makes a<br />
big mess.<br />
Paul and I were discussing<br />
this recently. What is with<br />
all these Facebook games that<br />
will not let you even see their<br />
page without granting them<br />
total access to your page? Why<br />
do they need complete control<br />
of my page? Especially if I just<br />
want to see their game.<br />
I went through a purge<br />
a few months back where I<br />
removed companies that were<br />
spamming my page. I want to<br />
see messages from friends and<br />
family. I want to see messages<br />
from <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Gaming</strong>.<br />
I want those, and none of those<br />
fit into my definition of spam.<br />
But constant advertisements<br />
about something related to<br />
some company or some game<br />
gets lame - very quickly.<br />
I do not understand this<br />
business model either. We will<br />
let you play our game as long<br />
as we can freely advertise to all<br />
of your contacts.<br />
Long ago we locked<br />
down the <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong><br />
<strong>Gaming</strong> facebook page. We did<br />
not want all the garbage drowning<br />
out the messages we wanted<br />
to send out. Facebook became a<br />
quick and easy way for readers<br />
to keep up with new stories. All<br />
they had to do was like us on<br />
Facebook and they would get<br />
the news, reviews, previews,<br />
and more. And sometimes we<br />
put special things up on Facebook<br />
that never appear on the<br />
website. Like coupons, or short<br />
announcements.<br />
Paul created a personal<br />
Facebook page so he<br />
could check out some of these<br />
games. But then he connected<br />
with some old Air Force buddies<br />
and decided he did not<br />
want to subject them to that<br />
kind of advertising either. This<br />
is one of the main reasons we<br />
rarely cover Facebook games<br />
here at <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Gaming</strong>.<br />
We have to grant them<br />
total access to everything, deal<br />
with all the spam messages,<br />
and finally remove them.<br />
I am curious to see<br />
what our readers think. Do<br />
you mind getting spam messages<br />
from a friend, or do you<br />
mind your own board filling<br />
up with advertisement messages?<br />
All so you can play a<br />
game on Facebook. Is that a<br />
trade off you are willing to<br />
make? Do you shrug your<br />
shoulders and say that is how it<br />
is? Or does it bother you? Have<br />
you voiced your opinion to<br />
anyone?<br />
Anyone out there use<br />
Google+? Is it any better? We<br />
plan on checking that out in the<br />
near future. It all comes down<br />
to time, and right now its baseball<br />
season for the kids. Paul is<br />
doing a wonderful job coaching<br />
on the team our youngest child<br />
is on. I have known for many<br />
years he is a wonderful teacher.<br />
God bless your family,<br />
Yolanda Bury<br />
<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Gaming</strong>
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