Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-12 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
If only AOL could have hung in there. ;-) Bob S > On Dec 11, 2017, at 18:56 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Without a page on Facebook, a great many consumers will never know your > product exists.

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
When the GDPR comes into force in May 2018, Facebook et al will be legally obliged to remove all of your data from its databases should you make that request https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ On 12 Dec 2017 4:28 am, "J. Landman Gay via use-livecode" < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That's kind of amazing, half the no-facebook people in the world are on this list. I'd be a boring participant anyway, I usually skip breakfast. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 11,

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > On 12/11/2017 03:29 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > > I don't know, I'm one of the six people on earth who doesn't have > > or want a Facebook account > > I'm one of the other six. Never been tempted by it. If you develop apps for others to publish, that

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 12/11/2017 04:36 PM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote: I guess I make it three. I signed up, and didn't log in, the day they announced their own email, just to stop someone else from being labeled dochawk. One thing I found while helping a neighbor get untangled from fb is that you can

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
I guess I make it three. I signed up, and didn't log in, the day they announced their own email, just to stop someone else from being labeled dochawk. Then at my reunion a couple of months ago, it came up that someone had a page for our class. We went through a comedy of errors trying to find

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 12/11/2017 03:29 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > I don't know, I'm one of the six people on earth who doesn't have or want a Facebook account. But Ghostery blocks any unwanted junk that comes in via a web page, and since you're viewing Facebook inside a web page then it's worth

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
If nothing else, there is a ghostery browser for iOS; it is what I use on the rare time I need one on my phone. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I do use Ghostery on my workstations/laptops, but this is of course on my iPhone. I'll see if there is any such thing. If it can't hook into Facebook tho, I doubt it will work, and Facebook is unlikely to provide a way to block ads as that is their bread and butter. Bob S > On Dec 11, 2017,

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I don't know, I'm one of the six people on earth who doesn't have or want a Facebook account. But Ghostery blocks any unwanted junk that comes in via a web page, and since you're viewing Facebook inside a web page then it's worth a try. Can't hurt. Even if it doesn't work completely there,

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Do they have Ghostery for Facebook? I'm talking about facebook pages where you click to read an article, and it takes you to a browser IN facebook where you are lambasted with ads. Also seems the more you scroll, the more ads there are. Bob S > On Dec 11, 2017, at 13:47 , J. Landman Gay via

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 12/11/17 3:15 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: I find that the browser combination of AdBlockPlus and uninstalling Flash does wonders. Of course, I also disabled third-party cookies and have HTTPSEverywhere and PrivacyBadger installed. Ghostery does most of this. I uninstalled

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 12/11/2017 12:59 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: A very good point. I block sites on facebook all the time because while trying to read an article, there are more ads than content, and I get so frustrated because the ads are designed so that if I try to scroll, and the page shifts

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
A very good point. I block sites on facebook all the time because while trying to read an article, there are more ads than content, and I get so frustrated because the ads are designed so that if I try to scroll, and the page shifts (and it will ALWAYS shift while scrolling) I end up clicking

Re: advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I've tried to get this discussion going before, and failed. So > perhaps a crasser start: > > Is anyone actually making money from livecode app's advertising, > either iOS or android? > > If so, how did you get it done, who did you use, etc.? Good news: Roxio reported

advertising,again, and is anyone actually making money from it?

2017-12-11 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
I've tried to get this discussion going before, and failed. So perhaps a crasser start: Is anyone actually making money from livecode app's advertising, either iOS or android? If so, how did you get it done, who did you use, etc.? All I have so far is that the folks that livecode supposedly