After the latest school shooting, and my redneck relatives reaction to it, I've decided to quit Facebook.
After the latest school shooting, and my redneck relatives reaction to it, I've decided to quit Facebook.
Got rid of mine a few years ago. Got tired of all the memes, ads and watching some relatives make complete idiots of themselves.
Best move I've ever done.
Besides, everybody knows Facebook is now for old people![]()
Got rid of mine a few years ago. Got tired of all the memes, ads and watching some relatives make complete idiots of themselves.
Best move I've ever done.
Besides, everybody knows Facebook is now for old people![]()
Just a fun fact to the OP. The 'useless' quizzes are used to gleen answers to your bank security questions, among other things. It's amazing how simple minded we all are.Today, I'm initiating a self imposed exile to social media. Some of this may be temporary, other portions will not.
I think the meanness of some of the stuff I see (without getting overly PRSI) has just turned me off. I also think most of the stuff I see is useless, like those quizzes to see what type of villian, superhero, cartoon character you are.
49% of the world has less than a 100 IQ. The rest of us are just idiots.I have always assumed people just make up answers to those questions. Why would anyone put the actual answers? Maybe I have overestimated my fellow Americans yet again, gee.
Years ago I owned several large sites and holdings in other networks (millions in visitors) and we'd hold meetings on MSN Live (Live Chat, IIRC), or whatever it was called. MSN Messenger to me. I had made a throwaway and years later, around the time of the Skype integration, I had similar well wishes in the middle of July... My birthday is very early in the year. I don't appreciate third party services leaking such personal details to "friends," even if they're paid staff. Just one of those creepy features that turn me off from all social media. I see little point in airing your personal life, but perhaps that's a generational thing. Or not wanting to read what the in-laws are up to.A colleague at work wished me happy birthday one year. I looked at him strangely and said it wasn't my birthday that month.
He'd had a notification from Skype. Of course I'd just used a fake date of birth!
After the latest school shooting, and my redneck relatives reaction to it, I've decided to quit Facebook.
How can you say that? After all we've been through? I thought we were bff's!sure, you say that "now" If friends are there, they'll pull you back in.
It's easier for me because i don't have any friends... er. u mean not any that goes on social sites.
Crazy United States thought.Bumping because I finally got to sit near my mom while she went on her daily Facebook meltdown.
Her: “Did you hear what [political figure she doesn’t like) said? Holy crap.”
Me: “Yeah, I did. Two weeks ago. Don’t click ‘like’, because the site you’re reading from is garbage.”
Rinse and repeat. Wait, no — there’s no rinsing. It’s more like “lather and repeat”. She’s being gamed by the system for someone else’s financial benefit, and no matter how clearly it gets explained to her, I don’t think she cares.
Crazy United States thought.
Our Constitution ( short version ):
Amendment 1: Free speech of the people and press...
Amendment 2: ...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Seems that the freedom of the press and social media is infringing on the right to keep and bear arms. While I agree that better technology should be in place to evaluate the purchaser / owner of guns. I also believe there should be rules put in place that limits trolls, spam bots and protects 14 year olds in social media.
This is why I mentioned #2. Society ( media ) seems to have no issues with infringing upon #2, but let someone say a single thing about freedom of the press and all hell breaks loose.
I understand guns are made to take a life. I also understand that mobs do the same. Think witch trials.
We need to protect our society from 'harm' created by sensationalist bots. At least until we can educate the population on safe social media habits. This also applies to old media.
Even hurricanes at the weather channel are being sensationalized for ad revenue.
I'm sorry I was not clear enough. It seems you have misinterpreted my comment.Social media is not “the press”.
I did fail to recognize your point and can now understand how your mom would fail to see your point as well. Thank you for playing.In other words, it already has limits, the existence of which which you completely fail to recognize.
I did fail to recognize your point and can now understand how your mom would fail to see your point as well. Thank you for playing.
I have always assumed people just make up answers to those questions. Why would anyone put the actual answers? Maybe I have overestimated my fellow Americans yet again, gee.
No FaceBook. I have no friends and what family is left I hate.
"Awwwww... "
... but it's true that Facebook networks can bring to light things one would generally manage to have escaped knowing otherwise about assorted family members and real-life acquaintances as well. It's one of the reasons I've taken some sibs' tales about that to heart, and so have no FB setup.
You have some pals around here in other subforum threads who like to keep up with your Big Green Egg cooking adventures... and even in PRSI you not only have some friends but at least nine lives, man.