Facebook is driving me freakin' nuts

Magus · 12-04-2010, 11:12 PM

Now, this may be old news, because it's been a few weeks since I tried to log on to Facebook, but it's driving me nuts. Now they want me to give them my phone number so they can send me an automated message verify that I only have one account on Facebook? Are they kidding me? For one thing, I probably have two, since I think I made one a long, long time ago, and then made a new one, but frankly it didn't even have my real name attached to it or my current email, and I never use it, so...yeah.

Also, they assume I have a mobile phone and number. I don't have a mobile phone number. I have a pay-as-you-go phone I use for the few emergency calls I make or the few job-related calls I make but since it charges me half a minute just to check or send text messages, I'm not going to make the mistake of giving Facebook the number since I'm sure they will probably, even if they only sent me "important" things, end up costing me lots of money.

I'm also assuming that this thing isn't going to work with with my land line if it's via a text message, nor would I ever want to give Facebook my land line phone number even if it was an actual automated recording to my house.

Does anybody know of a way around this, such as through email or some other method? Why is Facebook being so idiotic recently? I've heard complaint after complaint over the past year about their invasions of privacy, but didn't see much to worry about personally because I have very little on there for people to see in the first place, and keep it set to the strictest privacy settings, and only use it to look at one or two of my relatives' accounts. But now they're even getting to me with their inanity.

EDIT: Well, going through the Yahoo! Answers page (which is rife with complaints that Facebook isn't returning any emails or requests), I figured out how to send a question to their Privacy Policy department about how to get around this/why they are collecting people's cell phone numbers. Unfortunately, people have complained it has taken weeks to get a response, if they get one at all, so we'll see how it works out.

Here is to seeing my brother's Thanksgiving photos in January!

12-04-2010, 11:12 PM	#1
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Facebook is driving me freakin' nuts Now, this may be old news, because it's been a few weeks since I tried to log on to Facebook, but it's driving me nuts. Now they want me to give them my phone number so they can send me an automated message verify that I only have one account on Facebook? Are they kidding me? For one thing, I probably have two, since I think I made one a long, long time ago, and then made a new one, but frankly it didn't even have my real name attached to it or my current email, and I never use it, so...yeah. Also, they assume I have a mobile phone and number. I don't have a mobile phone number. I have a pay-as-you-go phone I use for the few emergency calls I make or the few job-related calls I make but since it charges me half a minute just to check or send text messages, I'm not going to make the mistake of giving Facebook the number since I'm sure they will probably, even if they only sent me "important" things, end up costing me lots of money. I'm also assuming that this thing isn't going to work with with my land line if it's via a text message, nor would I ever want to give Facebook my land line phone number even if it was an actual automated recording to my house. Does anybody know of a way around this, such as through email or some other method? Why is Facebook being so idiotic recently? I've heard complaint after complaint over the past year about their invasions of privacy, but didn't see much to worry about personally because I have very little on there for people to see in the first place, and keep it set to the strictest privacy settings, and only use it to look at one or two of my relatives' accounts. But now they're even getting to me with their inanity. EDIT: Well, going through the Yahoo! Answers page (which is rife with complaints that Facebook isn't returning any emails or requests), I figured out how to send a question to their Privacy Policy department about how to get around this/why they are collecting people's cell phone numbers. Unfortunately, people have complained it has taken weeks to get a response, if they get one at all, so we'll see how it works out. Here is to seeing my brother's Thanksgiving photos in January! __________________ The Valiant Review Last edited by Magus; 12-04-2010 at 11:18 PM.