Facebook problem...I guess...

Not that I much care BUT on my DAW which I recently re-located to the B suite downtown, I can no longer log into my facebook account with getting a "you are attempting to log in from a computer you've never logged in before, therefor your account is locked...please answer these security questions in order to continue....yada...yada...yada."  If I answer my canned FB security questions I can log in fine.  Yesterday I tried logging in on my DAW about 3:30 and, again, got the blocked thingy.  Screw it, I said. And just didn't go through all the trouble of logging in.  Then last night I was logging in from my IPad and FB told me that I had tried to log in at 3:30 from a computer in southern Missouri...was that really me?  Since occasionally...and for whatever the heck reason...my isp actually uses a server in Missouri I said yes, that was me and logged in to FB (all this just to read an article a friend had touted...sheesh).
 
Plus...now every time I try to log into YouTube I get a IE dialog saying that it can't log in and needs to shut down...but if I just click "x" on that dialog YouTube opens right up. 
 
Any idea why I'm having this particular trouble on this one computer?  It doesn't seem like a virus to me. 
 
Your thoughts?
 

First problem I see:
 
Facebook.
 
It's the debil I tells tya.

I see only one failure 'Ol Pal.  You're trying to use Feckbook. 

Whatcha wanna go on FB for ol Pal ? I thought you wuz supposed to be intelligent. ;

yorolpal
Like I said...it was simply to link to an article a friend had touted.  No biggie.  Although I keep telling myself that whenever I finish my (now mythical) new CD project I'll need to have a real...and not just pretend like I have now...facebook "presence".  Whatever the hell that is.  Or do I?
 

FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

yorolpal
Like I said...it was simply to link to an article a friend had touted.  No biggie.  Although I keep telling myself that whenever I finish my (now mythical) new CD project I'll need to have a real...and not just pretend like I have now...facebook "presence".  Whatever the hell that is.  Or do I?
 

Whenever journalists and people in the business talk w/ my wife, they ask for Wikipedia and Facebook details. They don't want to spend time browsing through your web site and reading about you and your feelings. They want the short version, and pictures. And a way to keep in touch/follow and interact. So much that we didn't bother getting her web site back online.
 
People want to read one or two sentences about how successful you are, how well you are doing and to see a pic. If you happen to be a beautiful girl, all the better

I'd already noticed that way back when I had my own pages for my project. Even if I'm just an ordinary guy, nothing got me as much traffic as new pics. 
 
That being said, traffic is like money - you need traffic to generate traffic. Facebook can help amplify it, but it won't do the basics for you. If people don't know who you are, they won't look you up.

paulo

bapu
 
FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

You're supposed to look up people you didn't really like much years ago and tell them what you had for lunch first.

Can I get yer email, errm Fakebook login? You must be dying to know about my beacn chhezeburger  oh drats......

bapu

yorolpal
Like I said...it was simply to link to an article a friend had touted.  No biggie.  Although I keep telling myself that whenever I finish my (now mythical) new CD project I'll need to have a real...and not just pretend like I have now...facebook "presence".  Whatever the hell that is.  Or do I?
 

FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

Have you used paid advertising though? It's a good way of building likes, and the more likes you have the better you look to potential customers who may view your Facebook page. When people visit your business website these days they expect to see a Facebook link (maybe Twitter too) and they're going to think very differently about a company that has 3000 likes than they do about a company that only has 50. 
 
I have built a pretty good "like" base (currently around 3500) by two ways - running Facebook ads and sponsored posts. The ads targeted people above a certain age in a certain area who have expressed an interest in dogs (we work with dogs) and brought them to my Facebook page (although you can have the ads link to your biz website too). Once or twice a week, I'll run a sponsored post for about $20 (targeting maybe 50,000 people) - usually a fun or interesting photo which generates a lot of likes. When people like the photo, it appears on their friends newsfeeds as well. This leads to more likes. Then some of them in turn will like the page itself. 
 
It's all about generating content which catches people's eyes when they scroll through their newsfeed. I can honestly say business has improved since using Facebook, although it's hard to put an exact figure on how much of that is directly due to Facebook. But one thing I'm 100% sure of is that when people find my business site online and click the Facebook link, they see those 3500 likes and are reassured that the business has some kind of reputation. It makes all the difference. 

paulo

bapu
 
FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

You're supposed to look up people you didn't really like much years ago and tell them what you had for lunch first.

One thing that disturbs me about connecting with people you haven't seen for 20 years on Facebook are the ones who send you a friend request and then don't respond to messages. You know the ones - you accept their request, then send them a nice note saying "Hey how ya doing, haven't see you in ages! What are you up to these days?" and they don't reply. Then why send the request? Either they just wanted another friend to add to their friend count, or they took a look through your Facebook, realized you're having a better life than them and backed off out of embarrassment. It's really weird. Happened to me loads of times and to other people I know too. 
 
Facebook exposes weirdness in your friends that you wouldn't otherwise have noticed. My best friend from the age of 4, who lives back in the UK and with whom I have never had a cross word, unfriended me a while ago. I wrote him a little message asking him why, and he replied "oh yeah sorry man I was just messing about, accidentally unfriended you" and then re-friended me. Two weeks later, he unfriended me again and I got the message. Really really bizarre and to be honest by that time, I'd given up wondering why.

I've recently had a bunch of old pals from back home sending me friend requests and then never giving sign of life. They never interact, never like a status, never send a message. Almost like they only stalk you. Which is kind of weird  if those folks used to be good friends.
 
Maybe I'm old school or something, but usually, when I send a request to someone (which is like once every 3 years) I also send them an accompanying message, even just to say "Hi, how have you been? Remember me?" Even folks who used to be very close friends. It just seems rude to do otherwise.
 
Sometimes I'll even send a short message BEFORE I send a request.
 
A little while ago, I got back in touch with an old pal and we started discussing and he said something like: I know you must have answered that a million time but, how did you end up in Vegas?
 
Fact is, he was the first and the only one out of dozens of old friends to even ask. lol
 
The other thing that I can't get my head around is people "poking" you. I've had people adding me and then after a few weeks of radio silence, poking me. What's that suppose to mean? Aren't you able to type "hi"? What does one expect from a virtual poke - to be virtually poked back? That the other will start a conversation?
 
Speak! Bark if you can't speak - can you bark?
 
 

It is. FB even makes pokes suggestions. lol
I just never got it.
 
I've also looked up and/or stumbled upon a few old sweeties of mine and girls I had a crush on but who remained friends only. All I can say is, man am I glad life had other plans for me! :P
 
 

I totally know what you mean.

My newsfeed consists largely of updates posted by companies and manufacturers I follow like Apple, Gibson, Cakewalk...
 
I've un-followed a huge bunch of pals one after the other because I ended up being mad at the world before I even had the time to finish my morning coffee.
 
I started by getting rid of all the people who posted conspiracy theory stuff - that also rid me of most of the pro-marijuana propaganda, most of the alternative medicine junk as well as most of the pseudo-science and supernatural junk.
 
My other biggest pet peeve is people re-posting things without even verifying. As if the first thing most people think of when they're faced with something that looks too good to be true in 2014 is to share it. :/
 
Like that mockumentary about sirens... I don't know how many times I bursted that bubble. But then people don't read comments, so you inevitably have a bunch of them adding comments after you've posted a link that says "HOAX"... OMG, Sirens really exist! I knew it in my heart!!!
 
Meh....
 
Me, I try to keep a balance. I don't see the point in debating politics on FB, especially not in an open debate. Same with religion. I try to keep my posts positive and light. I post about guitars, my cats, my wife, about records that I like, or DVDs that I just bought.
 
I never posted a pic of my diner though, and I don't intend to.

craigb

sharke
I really should prune my friend list a bit methinks 

By soaking it in warm water for a long time?

Raisin the bar as usual!

sharke
 one thing I'm 100% sure of is that when people find my business site online and click the Facebook link, they see those 3500 likes and are reassured that the business has some kind of reputation. It makes all the difference. 

I don't doubt that works for you, but to me it makes no sense, it's just a bunch of people who went ....aaaaw look at the cute puppy (or whatever) and pressed a button, most have no clue who you are or if your service is any good, so it baffles me that other people may then decide to give you their business based on this. I dont do FB, but I see promos all the time offering some incentive to "like" something.  So company X puts out and ad and says "like" this product and you might win one. 10,000 people think, ooh a freebie and press the button and from this other people think - well that must be good because 10,000 people like it, I think I'll get one. Doesn't say much for the average FB user really.
 
 

paulo
Doesn't say much for the average FB user really.
 

Average Facebook user is a human being, so implicitly dumb in most cases.