For those who ain't got them 😁

[Mark Anderson]

Hi men,

If you ain't , then your lucky people . Thames Cray's

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Hatter

 

[Paul Collins]

Facetwat only.

 

[Paul Whiteing]

Doesn't work even when logged in to Faceache

 

[Mark Swaby]

You need to be a Facebook member of the locks and weirs group, i can see it and Mark is a member

 

[Mark Anderson]

Hi men,

Yes , did not think of that when I linked the video . The video is of the ongoing harvest of Cray's from the Thames , and was just an interesting clip , as only during the week on my local canal I went through a packet of hooks to nylon on an evening trip with my dad . They were hanging on , or dragging my stuff into burrows or snags , even if I got my stuff back the size18 would be turned over , they are more than a pest . Funny thing is that a walker did not look happy when I dispached one with my foot .

Hatter .

 

[Ian Grant]

I can see it ! I've only encountered Crays once whilst fishing on the Thames, well it must have only been one or they would have had my bait off, but when reeling in i could see the grooves it left in my boilie ( which i now boil really hard after encountering them on the Loddon ) I've never had trouble from them before or since, how much longer though ? As far as ...... Faceache goes, I can't understand some peoples issue with it !!!! you can choose the groups you wish to visit or contribute to, you can choose what you wish to put on your own page, or any you visit, if you don't like what you see in a group don't go there simple, you don't have to chat fishing, you can just chat with old mates, family friends etc, etc, i get the feeling some have just gone on it seen something they don't like and have then formed an opinion instead of finding out more, I like it.... but one mans food is another mans poison i guess !

 

[Jason Goodwin]

The post is on the RDAA Facebook page as well and 1 of the comments says the location is not the Thames but the Blackwater at Swallowfield?

 

[Ian Grant]

That's more believable Jason !

 

[Stephen Crowhurst]

I can see it ! I've only encountered Crays once whilst fishing on the Thames, well it must have only been one or they would have had my bait off, but when reeling in i could see the grooves it left in my boilie ( which i now boil really hard after encountering them on the Loddon ) I've never had trouble from them before or since, how much longer though ? As far as ...... Faceache goes, I can't understand some peoples issue with it !!!! you can choose the groups you wish to visit or contribute to, you can choose what you wish to put on your own page, or any you visit, if you don't like what you see in a group don't go there simple, you don't have to chat fishing, you can just chat with old mates, family friends etc, etc, i get the feeling some have just gone on it seen something they don't like and have then formed an opinion instead of finding out more, I like it.... but one mans food is another mans poison i guess !

For me it’s a little more than that, I’m of that age that was there and involved when FB first case around and the shift from MSN to MySpace and then obviously to FB. I deleted my account about 11 years ago, it had started to become a bit of a monster. It creates or created for me issues with real life. I genuinely do not miss it and many people my age are turning away from it or finding themselves engaging less for these reasons and the way that the whole thing works, it’s designed to create controversy and argument, that’s not a conspiracy it’s literally how it’s programmed.

 

[Ian Grant]

Much the same as any form of social media Stephen, if you want agro and argument, it's easy to find it's not difficult, i have no such problems with it, though i've seen it, i ignore it, if you put people together on social media, or in person who have differing views on whatever subject sooner or later debate will turn into heated argument or worse ! Whether you participate is entirely your choice, Would you sit by a fire and enjoy the warmth, or get too close and let it burn you !

 

[Stephen Crowhurst]

Much the same as any form of social media Stephen, if you want agro and argument, it's easy to find it's not difficult, i have no such problems with it, though i've seen it, i ignore it, if you put people together on social media, or in person who have differing views on whatever subject sooner or later debate will turn into heated argument or worse ! Whether you participate is entirely your choice, Would you sit by a fire and enjoy the warmth, or get too close and let it burn you !

Very true but it’s the fact the very basis of how it works that’s problematic, there’s been more than enough press coverage of the sketchy ways it works to keep you engaged.
It obviously works for you, that’s fine, it doesn’t for me and it’s not simply because I don’t understand it, it’s the understanding of it that took me off it. It’s not inherently evil or anything like that but it’s certainly not an innocent tool to communicate with as many still believe.

 

[Phil Heaton]

I've found that since Facebook stopped me and everyone else I presume seeing all my contacts posts, a few of the more shall I say 'delicate' ones seem to take it personal that I don't comment any more. This itself causes problems as people think they are being ignored.
To be honest these days I just use Facebook to keep in touch with a couple of groups I'm interested in and never post anything personal on there.

 

[Ian Grant]

Facebook tips ... or how I do it anyway.... only post things that you don’t mind the whole world seeing, same with your profile info about yourself, only visit groups you enjoy interacting with, set your privacy settings ( bearing in mind the above ) to the level of privacy you deem appropriate for you, if you do all that you should have a trouble free experience, but if it’s not for you, then just don’t use it, it’s really no different to using this site !