I've never played anything there. I've been warned they will suck your life away from you.:willy_nilly:
Yes, a lot of people get really hooked on them and spend way too much time playing..
I am semi-disabled, and I need to take breaks and sit down very often, so it gave me something different to do at those times.. I always read or do some crafts.. and the little farm and little frontier were cute at that time.. but I never got addicted to them like some of the people that play all the time..
I deleted and blocked them because they changed the games so much, especially FarmVille, that they have no resemblance to the games I started playing over a year ago..
I got fed up with all the spamming on the walls and feed of friends and family that never played.. but mostly, I got disgusted with the huge invasion of privacy going on...
Facebook gave all apps so much power, that now you can't control your own privacy as far as what they can access..
I'll give you just Zynga's shenanigans, but this is the same for any application you might be using there, not just games, but even the little hearts, smiles and flowers people send to each other..
In order to play a game, or use any application, like FarmVille and FrontierVille, you have to give them complete control.. that is the little window that pops up and asks you for permission, and you have to agree or leave the application.. If you agree, then they have access to:
** ALL information from your account...
** This access includes: your name, address, religion, work information, school information, telephone and credit card information, if you have written it there, gender, marital status, friends, hobbies, photos, videos, notes, likes, comments, your wall and feed.. EVERYTHING that you have in your FB page, is accessed...
Now comes something most people have no idea is happening, and this is the real kick in the teeth:
**When they access your information, they also access the following:
** ALL the information from the accounts of every single one of your friends, family and even business associates..
**This access includes: names, addresses, religion, work information, school information,gender, marital status, friends, hobbies, photos, videos, notes, likes, comments, their walls and feeds.. everything that they have there, is accessed...
** PLUS... ALL information from their friends, families and business associates, in the same way as above.. :mad
I use Facebook to stay in touch with my family and childhood friends... Most of them live in Europe, Australia, Asia and South America, and it's the only way we can all be in contact at the same time...
None of these people play those games and some have never even heard of them, yet, Zynga has been accessing ALL of their accounts since the time FB changed their policies last year..
When I found out that they had been inside my 90 year old father's account, which was opened for him and my mother to keep in touch with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, I was absolutely livid!!..
I did a lot of digging and research.. and that's when I learned everything I wrote above..
There are many privacy settings people can change to protect their privacy, but FB is always one step ahead and changes them without notifying the users..
They make many changes every Fridays after 3:00PM Pacific time..
How's that for an eye opener?..
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