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Goodbye, Facebook

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    xenon
    wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 16:54 last edited by xenon
    #11

    Tangent: https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-27-internet-forums-dying-off.html

    We're a rare breed here - and waaaaaay better for discussion than the mainstream social media platforms.

    I don't have FB on my phone - but I still check it from time to time on my PC. I started "unfollowing" people aggressively (they don't know you've unfollowed them - and you're still friends. You just don't see posts from them in your news feed).

    If I see someone post multiple times - and I can't remember the last post they made that I would want to commit to long-term memory. They go into unfollow.

    My FB is all baby pictures and birthday wishes now. Which is exactly how I like it. I visit about once a week.

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    • L Loki
      19 Nov 2020, 16:52

      None of my male friends use Facebook in any meaningful way and no one I know under 35 is a Facebook user.

      I am well aware of a situation where Facebook was incredibly useful for targeting older women and generated lots of business with each ad but was useless for the female 29 and under. Literally had no click throughs.

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 16:58 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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      @Loki said in Goodbye, Facebook:

      I am well aware of a situation where Facebook was incredibly useful for targeting older women.

      I thought that was just me, a/k/a Caspar Milftoast

      I was only joking

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      • M Mik
        19 Nov 2020, 16:46

        Who disagrees in what manner is not the issue. It is what and who they choose to silence and why.

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        jodi
        wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:00 last edited by
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        @Mik yes, I do understand that, what I meant was - due to the nature of online social networks, and how some tend to behave on them - when enough folks show up in a place, there will be differences of opinion, and I imagine eventually they will have to put some sort of rules/censorship in place that not everyone will be happy with. (And those in charge of deleting/censoring will make judgment calls that feel like a mistake, as in the original story).

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          Catseye3
          wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:08 last edited by
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          As luck would have it, I am right now reading Mark Manson's blog on curing distraction. He says many useful things, but this is to the point of this thread: "Apply the Law of “Fuck Yes” or No to your social media connections – Go through all of your friends/follows lists, ask yourself two questions: “Is being connected with this person adding value to my life?” and “Does this person/group help me grow (i.e., overcoming fears and anxieties) or make me weak (i.e., amplifying fears and anxieties?)” If the answers aren’t emphatic FUCK YES’s then you need to unfriend or unfollow them. If you get hung up on someone or something and wonder if they’re worth keeping, the fact that you have to stop and wonder if they’re worth following is a sign that they’re not worth following. Get fucking ruthless. This is your attentional health we’re talking about here."

          For the whole post: https://markmanson.net/attention-diet

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          • X xenon
            19 Nov 2020, 16:54

            Tangent: https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-27-internet-forums-dying-off.html

            We're a rare breed here - and waaaaaay better for discussion than the mainstream social media platforms.

            I don't have FB on my phone - but I still check it from time to time on my PC. I started "unfollowing" people aggressively (they don't know you've unfollowed them - and you're still friends. You just don't see posts from them in your news feed).

            If I see someone post multiple times - and I can't remember the last post they made that I would want to commit to long-term memory. They go into unfollow.

            My FB is all baby pictures and birthday wishes now. Which is exactly how I like it. I visit about once a week.

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            jodi
            wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:10 last edited by
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            @xenon yes, I unfollowed a few, but then started snoozing them for 30 days, because they are still people I care about, family, old friends from places we no longer live, even some forum friends I’ve never met IRL, Seriously the best posts are when people share pictures of what they are up to in their daily lives. The occasional funny meme is ok, but mostly I want to know about them.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:11 last edited by
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              One thing I've noticed on Facebook is how many of my schoolfriends have identical twins who must have been separated at birth, since their childhood appears to have consisted solely of playing in WW2 bomb craters, riding bikes through muddy swamps, climbing on enormous climbing frames and generally having a freaking high-old time filled with poverty, but by 'eck they were 'appy.

              All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

              I was only joking

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              • D Doctor Phibes
                19 Nov 2020, 17:11

                One thing I've noticed on Facebook is how many of my schoolfriends have identical twins who must have been separated at birth, since their childhood appears to have consisted solely of playing in WW2 bomb craters, riding bikes through muddy swamps, climbing on enormous climbing frames and generally having a freaking high-old time filled with poverty, but by 'eck they were 'appy.

                All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

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                Aqua Letifer
                wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:13 last edited by
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                @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

                Link to video

                Please love yourself.

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                • J jodi
                  19 Nov 2020, 17:10

                  @xenon yes, I unfollowed a few, but then started snoozing them for 30 days, because they are still people I care about, family, old friends from places we no longer live, even some forum friends I’ve never met IRL, Seriously the best posts are when people share pictures of what they are up to in their daily lives. The occasional funny meme is ok, but mostly I want to know about them.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:15 last edited by
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                  @jodi said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                  @xenon yes, I unfollowed a few, but then started snoozing them for 30 days, because they are still people I care about, family, old friends from places we no longer live, even some forum friends I’ve never met IRL, Seriously the best posts are when people share pictures of what they are up to in their daily lives. The occasional funny meme is ok, but mostly I want to know about them.

                  That's what I want it for. The political stuff I generally stay away from unless I find an article interesting. But even then I take no position on it, sjust share and they can make of it what they will

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • A Aqua Letifer
                    19 Nov 2020, 17:13

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

                    Link to video

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:19 last edited by
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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                    All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

                    Link to video

                    Funnily enough, I saw them play King George's Hall in Blackburn, Lancashire (the place with 4000 holes) in 1978.

                    I was only joking

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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:19 last edited by
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                      😆 Awesome. Paul Weller's the shit.

                      Please love yourself.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:21 last edited by
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                        I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

                        Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

                        I was only joking

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                        • D Doctor Phibes
                          19 Nov 2020, 17:21

                          I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

                          Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

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                          Aqua Letifer
                          wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:26 last edited by
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                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

                          Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

                          That could really go either way, yeah. 😁 (Would SLF play in Blackburn, though? Were people generally cool with them playing anywhere outside of Northern Ireland? I can see the government not being too cool with their subject matter.)

                          Please love yourself.

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:37 last edited by
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                            No, I definitely saw SLF play. They put on a great show.

                            They weren't actually particularly controversial, considering what some of the bands were like - they got a lot of airplay on John Peel - the BBC's solitary punk DJ at the time

                            I was only joking

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                              Rainman
                              wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:45 last edited by
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                              Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                              You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                              And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                              🤡

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 18:01 last edited by
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                                Speak softly, and carry a bloody good pair of running shoes.

                                I was only joking

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                                • R Rainman
                                  19 Nov 2020, 17:45

                                  Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                  You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                  And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                  🤡

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 04:48 last edited by
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                                  @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                  You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                  And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                  🤡

                                  Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    Klaus
                                    wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 06:48 last edited by
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                                    I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                                    I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

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                                    • K Klaus
                                      20 Nov 2020, 06:48

                                      I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                                      I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

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                                      Aqua Letifer
                                      wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 07:07 last edited by
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                                      @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                      I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                                      Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                                      Please love yourself.

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                                      • A Aqua Letifer
                                        20 Nov 2020, 07:07

                                        @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                                        Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

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                                        Klaus
                                        wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 10:39 last edited by Klaus
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                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                        I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                                        Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                                        I randomly searched for the word "Germany" on Parler. It's not a very partisan word.

                                        Look at how often words like "QAnon" or "Nazi" or "Trump" show up in the results.

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                                        I'm not saying it can't change or grow. But right now it seems to be populated mostly by hard core Trump fans and conspiracy theorists.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 17:27 last edited by
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                                          Parler requires your phone # to create an account, forget it

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