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Finally deleted my Facebook

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ScolaIsBallin, Aug 12, 2012.

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Do you still use facebook?

  1. I still use facebook

    121 vote(s)
    60.2%

  2. I don't use facebook

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  1. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    quality post. thumbs up. would friend.
     
    #101 B-Bob, Mar 26, 2018
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  2. King of 40 Acres

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    My Facebook has been deactivated for almost a year. Haven't missed it at all.
     
    #102 King of 40 Acres, Mar 26, 2018
  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    So where are people going? MeWe? Diaspora? Offline?
     
    #103 B-Bob, Mar 26, 2018
  4. Commodore

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    https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...ook-cambridge-analytics-regulation/456941002/
     
    #104 Commodore, Mar 26, 2018
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  5. Buck Turgidson

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    Heh, Commodore.
     
    #105 Buck Turgidson, Mar 26, 2018
  6. el gnomo

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    The answer lies in TRON, breh.

    https://globalcoinreport.com/reasons-why-tron-could-become-a-suitable-social-media-alternative/
     
    #106 el gnomo, Mar 26, 2018
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  7. mtbrays

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    I deactivated my account several months ago after years of barely using. I realized that none of the friends I am closest to - the friends who call/text after big life events, who I talk about the NBA with, who I see socially - were active on it anymore. A few had even deleted their accounts. Instead of seeing posts from the people I find most interesting, I began to exclusively see posts from people I stopped talking to immediately after high school. It just wasn't interesting anymore.

    Once I combined that feeling of pointlessness with the recent revelations of Facebook's role in the world over the last few years, it was easy to deactivate. All in all, Facebook is a net negative on society.
     
    #107 mtbrays, Mar 27, 2018
  8. Commodore

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    #108 Commodore, Mar 27, 2018
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  9. cebu

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    facebook is useful if you're far away from home to connect with your family and friends.
     
    #109 cebu, Mar 27, 2018
  10. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
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    Its most successful surveillance and spying apparatus in the history of human civilization. It got that way by people thinking it was for connecting to family and friends unfortunately.
     
    #110 Joshfast, Mar 27, 2018
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  11. cebu

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    cellphones too.
     
    #111 cebu, Mar 27, 2018
  12. Buck Turgidson

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    But can't you just text/email or, shockingly, call them? That's what works for me.
     
    #112 Buck Turgidson, Mar 27, 2018
  13. fallenphoenix

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    Call my family? Ew.
     
    #113 fallenphoenix, Mar 28, 2018
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  14. KingCheetah

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    #114 KingCheetah, Mar 28, 2018
  15. Buck Turgidson

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    Acting like a grownup does indeed suck. I feel your pain.
     
    #115 Buck Turgidson, Mar 28, 2018
  16. Commodore

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    Zuck knows what he does to everyone else; guy is creepy

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    #116 Commodore, Mar 28, 2018
  17. cebu

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    call them with your cell phone, same thing they track your gps phone.
     
    #117 cebu, Mar 28, 2018
  18. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    I'm not going to say that i'm too smart to be swayed by advertising that is targeted specifically towards me, but I do feel I'm too cynical. And if anyone wants to spy on my boring life.........more power to them.
     
    #118 Pole, Mar 28, 2018
  19. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Bully.
     
    #119 Xerobull, Mar 28, 2018
  20. fallenphoenix

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    The fact is that they shouldn't be allowed to. That's the same as people saying, "I don't care if the government spies on me. I got nothing to hide."
     
    #120 fallenphoenix, Mar 28, 2018
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