b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I just cut out people who post nonsense and it’s kinda fine. That's the perfect solution for me: if I did that I'd have no friends or family who use Facebook left 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I want to delete my account, but I do enjoy keeping up with certain people through it. And I'm in some enjoyable groups...for the most part. I just can't help but be amazed by how petty and hateful people can be over the dumbest shit. And the fucking misinformation. Christ almighty. I've removed a lot of the worst people and unfollowed some others(like family). It's helped some. I've also turned off all notifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I only created a fb account because it was required when I did contract work. Now that that is in the past I only keep it around so I can video chat with my parents on their portal (yeah I bought it for them) and because it's the only place I chat with people about 1/4 - 1/8 scale arcade replicas which I think is too much/nerdy for this board. The rest of FB I don't give two shits for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It’s pretty easy not to be FB friends with dipshits, but it probably helps that I’m from a historically blue county in mid-Michigan. I’ve effectively purged my friends list of anyone with opposing political views, thus creating an echo chamber, which is fine because none of it fucking matters. Hell, even this place, for all its intelligent and nuanced discussion, can get pretty echoey at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: It’s pretty easy not to be FB friends with dipshits, but it probably helps that I’m from a historically blue county in mid-Michigan. I’ve effectively purged my friends list of anyone with opposing political views, thus creating an echo chamber, which is fine because none of it fucking matters. Hell, even this place, for all its intelligent and nuanced discussion, can get pretty echoey at times. Cept here it's echoey like this 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Uaarkson said: It’s pretty easy not to be FB friends with dipshits, but it probably helps that I’m from a historically blue county in mid-Michigan. I’ve effectively purged my friends list of anyone with opposing political views, thus creating an echo chamber, which is fine because none of it fucking matters. Hell, even this place, for all its intelligent and nuanced discussion, can get pretty echoey at times. Even amongst like minded folks with similar political views the ignorance and misinformation on Facebook is astounding. I've only ever lived in three blue states and most of the people I've intereacted with are pretty reasonable... until you see their Facebook feeds. Far from spreading right wing political views, the bigger problem with Facebook is its blatant distortion of fact and truth. The worse part is Facebook KNOWS this is happening and allows it anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 This site is a social as I get with media. I have a facebook account, but it has absolutely nothing related to me on it, and I use it for promos only. I have twitter, but I have never tweeted once. I think of twitter as a listening post that transmits oddities. Overall though, this kind of stuff is human crap salad. Facebook is the toilet of mankind's soul. In honor of that fact, "Webtoilet" is the name of my account! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I'd be sad to lose the NUMTOTS group @b_m_b_m_b_m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Facebook is a right wing hellhole. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, osxmatt said: Facebook is a right wing hellhole. Im so shocked the billionaires are republicans! wait... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, osxmatt said: Facebook is a right wing hellhole. That sounds about right. Facebook is awful and literally at fault for much of the hyper partisanship and shit like QAnon going around. You think grandma is on Reddit and 8chan learning about Satanic cabals or whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Ghost_MH said: That sounds about right. Facebook is awful and literally at fault for much of the hyper partisanship and shit like QAnon going around. You think grandma is on Reddit and 8chan learning about Satanic cabals or whatever? I had one grandparent left come Trump and I think he may have been the only person who hated Trump more than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jason said: I had one grandparent left come Trump and I think he may have been the only person who hated Trump more than I do. There's the old cliche about how "I liked that band before they were cool!". Senior citizen progressives need a shirt that says, "I hated Trump before he tried to kill us all". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 When my grandfather was on his death bed, his last words were “Damn, I wanted to see Trump lose.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 52 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: When my grandfather was on his death bed, his last words were “Damn, I wanted to see Trump lose.” Sadly, if my dad were still alive I have no doubt he would have been a hardcore Trumphead. He was the type that would have been drawn to Trump's tough guy act. Lifelong John Wayne fan. My mom never really liked Trump, but she disliked Hillary even more. Mainly because she was the type of person that never thought Trump could win so she devoted very little time to having much of an opinion of him at all. While she was mostly resistant to my criticism of Trump ever since his election(again, more indifferent than actively a fan) this past year with the virus has really turned her against him. Where as for the first three years I found myself sometimes having to stop myself from going off on yet another Trump rant, now she is the one sending me anti-Trump stuff on Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Not sure if algorithm or coincidence. Today I saw a Toyota hybrid ad (part of a series featuring owners of Toyota hybrids) on Facebook and on seeing the 2 names in the caption I checked it out. It was my last elementary school teacher and his wife. Bit of a weird way to find out he had a stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heydude93 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 The most surprising thing about any of this is how long it took all the myspace boomers to arrive there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Turns out there's an off switch for this shit, but zuck doesn't want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Turns out there's an off switch for this shit, but zuck doesn't want to This isn't really news. Facebook employees have, for years, written up algorithms that would fix many of the problems associated with Facebook. It just hasn't happened because Zuck is a terrible person. Nobody is forcing his hand. The largest social media conglomerate on the planet is run by a right wing sycophant who's more than glad to make authoritarian governments happy, but will do nothing for the mental health of its users. As long as the unwashed masses keep clicking and the authoritarians don't ban them, he's happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Jesse Eisenberg deserved an Oscar for making Mark Zuckerberg too likable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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