Viewing Facebook

[Hopkirk]

Can I view a company's Facebook page without having an account?

I have never done FB, and don't want to create an account.

[barry1010]

Try it
https://www.facebook.com/Warnerhotels

[barry1010]

I don't use my real name for FB, I'm anonymous if that is what bothers you

[Hopkirk]

That may be the solution, Barry.

If I try without an account, it is almost impossible because I keep getting big banners saying to log in or register.

[barry1010]

You might find it useful for other things, Hopkirk.

[Hopkirk]

People I know are deleting their FB accounts.

[barry1010]

I get better results complaining to big companies on FB and/or Twitter than I do by email or phone.
It's a great source of local news if you join the right groups.

[Maydup]

Same here, I'm on Facebook to follow local groups, traffic and travel, What's On guides etc, but not in my real name and with all possible privacy levels ticked.

[Arksided]

I have an account in my real name, but are very selective whom I accept as a friend only two I've never met (They're ABers btw).

Only joined selected groups and I do have an ad blocker on there as well as all bells and whistles selected for privacy.

[Buenchico]

I opened an account in my real name in order to view an online contact's photo gallery, which she'd invited me to do. Within about 20 minutes I got suspended for 'suspicious activity' and, despite having sent proof of my ID to Facebook several times, my account has never been reactivated. I'd never even posted anything!

Facebook's rules prohibit the use of fake identities and they close around 20 million accounts per day because they suspect that those users haven't used their real IDs, but plenty of people still seem to be able to join under an alias anyway.

[Buenchico]

To go back to Hopkirk's original question though, the settings used by a company on its Facebook pages can affect whether or not you can see everything there (as well as an restrictions imposed by Facebook itself). I'm frequently amazed to find businesses whose 'websites' turn out to be nothing more than Facebook pages where, instead of making them 'public', they've chosen to restrict access only to Facebook members!

[Arksided]

Selected clientele only for those sort of businesses Beunchico ;-)

[Hopkirk]

I asked my wife and daughter if they could view it, but both have closed their FB accounts.

FB is so last decade.

Is it going the way of Myspace?

[Arksided]

When I opened MySpace account everyone seemed to be wittering on about this new site called Facebook… I still left it for a few Years thinking it won’t take off.

[Hopkirk]

I told my wife I would never get a mobile phone.

When I got one, I said I certainly would never waste my money getting a touch screen one. (I did of course, and now couldn't survive without one)

I'm not always so resistant to technology though. I splashed out on a Betamax video recorder in the 80s.

[Arksided]

Having that kind of foresight, do you know what the next big thing is going to be.

So I know what to avoid ;-)

[Hopkirk]

I'm taking delivery of an electric car soon.