Originally posted by BrilloPad
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Facebook nuclear button
Collapse
X
-
-
If I could find a way of turning off all notifications of any description , I'd probably keep the account just to see what old friends are up to once in a blue moon.Originally posted by ChimpMaster View PostJust Unfollow people/groups and you won't get status updates.
Social media is a blinkin pain indeed.
I deleted my WhatsApp account recently because so many people kept adding me to groups - "let's go on holiday", "Friday night dinner", "My family group", "Photos from last week's wedding", "Look at ME Look at ME!!" .... zzzzzzzzzz - it was bloody annoying, even when I had all the groups on Silent. So I deleted it and everyone thinks I'm either depressed or about to run away from my life/wife or something. As if suddenly WhatsApp (or any social media for that matter) is now so critical to one's existence that if you don't use it then there must be something wrong with you.
Amazing how much time I've won back from not being involved on WhatsApp any more.
Rant over.
I haven't, as yet, successfully found a way to do that via their labyrinthine user interface
Perhaps I need to get my 12 year old niece over to sort it out for me.Comment
-
Deactivate rather than delete.Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostIf I could find a way of turning off all notifications of any description , I'd probably keep the account just to see what old friends are up to once in a blue moon.
I haven't, as yet, successfully found a way to do that via their labyrinthine user interface
Perhaps I need to get my 12 year old niece over to sort it out for me.
http://www.facebook.com/help/2505639...=hc_global_navComment
-
Where FB and whatsapp are a pain is when people feel they must document every fart they make. If you use it just as a communication tool(as opposed to a substitute for a social life), it can be quite useful. Since you can mute conversation and ignore posts and people, it's not really an inconvenience. A old friend of mine mentioned on FB he was driving to Southern Europe, I invited him to drop by on his way, and we met up - first time in over 20 years. I really think people do get overly precious about how awful social meedja is. It's no more than a glorified telephone. Or letter. You're only bombarded if you want to be or you are technologically incompetent.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
-
This.Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIf you use it just as a communication tool(as opposed to a substitute for a social life), it can be quite useful. Since you can mute conversation and ignore posts and people, it's not really an inconvenience. A old friend of mine mentioned on FB he was driving to Southern Europe, I invited him to drop by on his way, and we met up - first time in over 20 years. I really think people do get overly precious about how awful social meedja is. It's no more than a glorified telephone. Or letter. You're only bombarded if you want to be or you are technologically incompetent.
Even if you can't figure out how to stop FB from emailing you, just hit spam in your mail app.Comment
-
From what I recall, there seems to be many different levels of alerts all of which are configurable from different obscure places. And I swear they reset themselves because just the other night I forgot to put my phone on silent and was woken by an email telling me my sister-in-law had liked something on StuffOnMyCat.comOriginally posted by NotAllThere View PostWhere FB and whatsapp are a pain is when people feel they must document every fart they make. If you use it just as a communication tool(as opposed to a substitute for a social life), it can be quite useful. Since you can mute conversation and ignore posts and people, it's not really an inconvenience. A old friend of mine mentioned on FB he was driving to Southern Europe, I invited him to drop by on his way, and we met up - first time in over 20 years. I really think people do get overly precious about how awful social meedja is. It's no more than a glorified telephone. Or letter. ou're only bombarded if you want to be or you are technologically incompetent.
Anyhow, I just can't be bothered with it all. I just want it to go away so shall be following NLYUK's link.Comment
-
Either delete the app from your phone, or set up a filter on your mailboxOriginally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostFrom what I recall, there seems to be many different levels of alerts all of which are configurable from different obscure places. And I swear they reset themselves because just the other night I forgot to put my phone on silent and was woken by an email telling me my sister-in-law had liked something on StuffOnMyCat.com
Anyhow, I just can't be bothered with it all. I just want it to go away so shall be following NLYUK's link.Comment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Loan Recall Case Study: Amanda Today 06:00
- How IR35 inflated an £8.5bn consultancy bill — and tests Burnham at the Budget Aug 28 07:47
- Autumn Budget 2026: FCSA’s 5 contractor asks of John Healey Aug 27 04:15
- Andy Burnham's Zoom gripe doesn’t apply to IT contractors, say recruiters Aug 26 03:41
- Check your Loan Recall paperwork for the Isle of Man: it could matter Aug 25 03:27
- Budget 2026: Contractor advisers ask for ‘IR35 reset’ Aug 24 04:57
- Why might an umbrella company fail to pay its total tax bill to HMRC? Aug 18 06:08
- Contractors, here are the late payment fixes that the Lords just turned down Aug 17 08:03
- How will HMRC's Direct Debit plan affect contractors paying VAT and PAYE? Aug 13 23:54
- HMRC's new 'reckless' tax offence: an IR35 game-changer for contractors? Aug 13 13:50

Comment