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Cricket67 |
nctry: "Just like here, you scroll past the stuff you don’t want to read. There is good and bad in most things. Political stuff is never good... even if it starts out ok, it deteriorates quickly. " THIS! I read a story last week on the facebook page about a father/daughter relationship which was one of the best things I have read anywhere online in a very long time. |
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quark2222 |
Plus, the Russians are putting all their fake news stuff there. I can easily get that elsewhere on TV. Just kidding. No interest in Facebook or any clones thereof. Tomster |
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egknuti |
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Banksiana |
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Jaywalker |
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nctry |
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whyzata |
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timatkn |
outsidethebox: "goatroti: "I find Facebook to be a wonderful resource. I stay in touch with friends from far away and others from long ago. Some of my friends have gone off the deep end with fake news, I just observe. I am in touch with some of my students from the past... my little Grade 7s of a few years ago are now having babies of their own. Yea I have to agree with he last 2 posts. I know you can go down the rabbit hole real easy on FB but for me I really like keeping up and connecting with people. I have a large family and seeing all the sports and fun activities my nieces and nephews are doing gives me ideas for my kids and is fun to see. I am not saying previous posts are wrong—-many of the political posts on both sides have been tracked back to Russian hackers to sow dissent. But I can ignore stuff pretty easily too. |
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LittleRiver |
The real problem is that FB does not provide adequate controls so you can customize it to filter out the crap you don't want to see. There is a piece of software called FB Purity, an extension you load into your web browser, that gives you the controls that FB should have given you. It's shareware, free to download and use -- pay if you like it and want to support the developer. It works great. You can filter by type of post, type of image, keywords, etc., and you can even completely turn off things like the (biased) FB News pane. I'm not associated with this software or its developer in any way, other than being a happy user. I'm just glad it's available, otherwise I couldn't stomach using FB. It runs on most web browsers for PC's, Mac's, Linux, etc., however it does not run on mobile platforms (tablets or phones). Therefore I only use FB on my computer and not on my phone. |
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Savage Voyageur |
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MikeinMpls |
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MikeinMpls |
TrailZen: "MikeinMpls: "I am so glad I am way behind the Facebook curve. I can't get my regular work done the way it is...Facebook sounds like it has the potential to be a huge time suck. I have a job that requires occasional court testimony. Facebook is considered discoverable in court, so opposing counsel could find a Facebook page and impeach me (i.e. ask me all kinds of questions to weaken my credibility) based on what is on my page, who posted it, who I follow, and who follows me. I don't need that. Anyone who wants to reach me knows how to...and those I want to contact, the same. Mike |
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MikeinMpls |
PeaceFrog: "MikeinMpls: "I am so glad I am way behind the Facebook curve. I can't get my regular work done the way it is...Facebook sounds like it has the potential to be a huge time suck. You mean you DON'T need to know when your high school classmate goes vegan or when one of the Kardashians gets their hair cut (with cute bangs of course)? Why don't you just volunatrily live in the woods or something? (Thats acutally quite appealing.) All in pure fun Mike |
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PeaceFrog |
MikeinMpls: "I am so glad I am way behind the Facebook curve. I can't get my regular work done the way it is...Facebook sounds like it has the potential to be a huge time suck. Never had it and never gonna get it. Time suck for sure. Don't need to know everything about everyone 24/7. |
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PeaceFrog |
MikeinMpls: "PeaceFrog: "MikeinMpls: "I am so glad I am way behind the Facebook curve. I can't get my regular work done the way it is...Facebook sounds like it has the potential to be a huge time suck. Right on. I'm with you Mike. See you in the woods. |
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goatroti |
As for mis-information, it's everywhere, even on this so called blessed site. When an ad appears on my Facebook I just tag it as sexually inappropriate and let Facebook's censors work it out. I do that with all ads. Like many things in life you take the good with the bad... I find more good than bad. |
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outsidethebox |
goatroti: "I find Facebook to be a wonderful resource. I stay in touch with friends from far away and others from long ago. Some of my friends have gone off the deep end with fake news, I just observe. I am in touch with some of my students from the past... my little Grade 7s of a few years ago are now having babies of their own. Agreed. The criticisms are pretty juvenile. |
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TrailZen |
MikeinMpls: "I am so glad I am way behind the Facebook curve. I can't get my regular work done the way it is...Facebook sounds like it has the potential to be a huge time suck. I gained 1.5-2.0 hours of reading time per day by dropping FecalBook 4+ years ago! Time suck, indeed. TZ |
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Wharfrat63 |
When I watch my adult children lay on the couch with their phone a foot from their face, drinking from a straw in their Camelback bottle, I can see I may have been correct. For those who would like a good read on the effects of techo-crap, a good prescient book is Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. I believe it was written in the 1950s. Get outside, it is good for you. We all know that. |