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catbyte

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68. No kidding. FB is how I reconnected with my college boyfriend after our spouses
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 08:26 PM
Aug 2018

died and we're very happy. It wouldn't have happened if not for FB because we were in different cities. You just can't lose yourself in it. I can't remember the last time I posted anything personal on either FB or Twitter. If I've got something to share, I PM it to trusted friends. The world doesn't need to know--nor do they care--who my sweetie & I ran into on vacation.

Some of us are mature enough to handle it. GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #1
This... yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #39
YOU TELL EM' BEBE!I got yo' back girl! JuJuYoshida Aug 2018 #42
No kidding. FB is how I reconnected with my college boyfriend after our spouses catbyte Aug 2018 #68
Juju lives in San Diego yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #72
I can handle it DownriverDem Aug 2018 #45
I don't have facebook any longer, just Twitter yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #76
No offense, but you have put tons of information about yourself on the internet. Right here. Tipperary Aug 2018 #96
None of that could lead someone to her door though ... (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #102
exactly... yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #108
Find a doctor who isn't a quack. johnp3907 Aug 2018 #2
No crap from me. phylny Aug 2018 #3
i would venture that barbtries Aug 2018 #63
I don't think the problem is social media. The problem is TRUMP. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #67
Could well be. phylny Aug 2018 #70
I agree with your doctor. And you. cyclonefence Aug 2018 #4
I think, but I don't know for sure, there may be something else that is in play GusBob Aug 2018 #5
so true KT2000 Aug 2018 #34
I spend some time on social media in the form of FB PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #6
I don't do FaceBook, I use Twitter as a news feed and I spend way too much time here. demmiblue Aug 2018 #7
DU is one of my prime news feeds, and it is also social media for me. erronis Aug 2018 #66
I used to love Twitter hibbing Aug 2018 #8
To a degree, yes Cyrano Aug 2018 #14
That may depend on how you curate your friends list. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #78
Isn't DU social media? n/t sl8 Aug 2018 #9
Indeed it is. Iggo Aug 2018 #11
Yes. Very much so. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #26
I say DU is not social media. Here's why. ancianita Aug 2018 #64
But over time DU has morphed... Phentex Aug 2018 #97
You're not wrong. Yet DU is still a forum. As it is, I'd call it an interesting hybrid. ancianita Aug 2018 #98
I consider it a news aggregator Sanity Claws Aug 2018 #80
With Ya! ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #86
It is! I said that downthread obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #88
I use social media as a tool in my job True Dough Aug 2018 #10
My doctor congratulated me for my excellent labwork. He told me that I had gone up and japple Aug 2018 #12
This would make a great Facebook post. Nt NCTraveler Aug 2018 #30
my doc is also Seventh Day Adventist KT2000 Aug 2018 #36
Your doctor is very silly. DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #13
thank you. my thoughts exactly. n/t Brainstormy Aug 2018 #48
exactly - more television time is the ticket DrDan Aug 2018 #15
Kill your TV first maxsolomon Aug 2018 #16
You are not wrong. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #27
I agree LeftInTX Aug 2018 #46
I agree completely re: FB. But I also watch TV. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #79
But DU is a classic example of social media. tandem5 Aug 2018 #17
So DU is a "Get off my lawn" site? Cyrano Aug 2018 #20
I wasn't making a comment about DU's demographics. tandem5 Aug 2018 #50
thank you, well put barbtries Aug 2018 #65
Yeah me too... tandem5 Aug 2018 #71
i think we're all hanging on by the skin of our teeth. barbtries Aug 2018 #82
Close enough. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #31
Yep Gore1FL Aug 2018 #60
Sorry I missed your message earlier... my modem was set to the wrong parity tandem5 Aug 2018 #73
DU is not a social media website. Oneironaut Aug 2018 #92
You know, Skidmore Aug 2018 #18
I don't see the appeal of twitter Mosby Aug 2018 #19
I'm addicted to Twitter - I will even check Twitter at stop lights womanofthehills Aug 2018 #93
I think I might try to filter better Mosby Aug 2018 #101
Great advice. .99center Aug 2018 #21
Good lord. You're on social media right now. What did he base this opinion on? Did he cite any WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #22
See post #20 above Cyrano Aug 2018 #23
That didn't answer my questions, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #24
My guess is he's seeing an increase in patients who are telling him they are becoming upset or Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #29
Using social media to consume distressing or frustrating news and content can definitely have an WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #33
Some people can't handle social media. Others can to different degrees. I think that new Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #91
Other than transparency and regulations with respect to... NCTraveler Aug 2018 #25
"Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" Tactical Peek Aug 2018 #28
I get more upset on DU than FB. Akacia Aug 2018 #32
I am in total agreement jodymarie aimee Aug 2018 #35
It totally depends on how you use it. milestogo Aug 2018 #37
absolutely. n/t Brainstormy Aug 2018 #44
Can you imagine the patients KT2000 Aug 2018 #38
DU is social media. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #40
Just block any bullies. It's easy. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #59
but im here...isnt this sm? samnsara Aug 2018 #41
you do realize that DU Brainstormy Aug 2018 #43
I actually troll some conservative websites. Mr.Bill Aug 2018 #47
Hey YOU! Get offa mah lawn!!1!1 🤣 sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #49
DU is social media where posters are anonymous. LeftInTX Aug 2018 #51
I am a Castaneda Freak thbobby Aug 2018 #52
Hate to be contrarian but I am old (still employed) MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #53
I've never been on any of that stuff Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2018 #54
Fortunately. Du is antisocial media. unblock Aug 2018 #55
Blasphemy! Sacrilege! How DARE you? trof Aug 2018 #56
It is pretty silly for any DUer to worry that Social Media might not be good for mental health. pnwmom Aug 2018 #57
You are using DU for the same purpose, are you not? Gore1FL Aug 2018 #58
DU is a form of social media IMHO, with a lot of the same issues as any kind of online progree Aug 2018 #61
i have fb for my extended family barbtries Aug 2018 #62
I'd be pissed off if my Doctor Texasgal Aug 2018 #69
Many medical problems are Cyrano Aug 2018 #77
What a pantload! Texasgal Aug 2018 #85
This exactly! obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #90
lulz obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #89
It is Pandora's Box. n/t Horse with no Name Aug 2018 #74
DU is a social medium. Do we imagine Hortensis Aug 2018 #75
Did doctor ask if you watch FOX? Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #81
Maybe he's seeing a deterioration mentally of some patients who have gone all Alex Jones or Q lunasun Aug 2018 #83
I've seen what happens to people who use social media! defacto7 Aug 2018 #84
"Was he taking anything else? Maybe he was already stoned?" LanternWaste Aug 2018 #104
You do you, and I will do me obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #87
I am off and on Twitter all day steve2470 Aug 2018 #94
I think your doc might be concerned about you. cwydro Aug 2018 #95
No ismnotwasm Aug 2018 #99
Social Media is not the problem...old folk should stay off it though HipChick Aug 2018 #100
Why should old folks stay off it? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #106
Anyone over the age of 25...except my mum HipChick Aug 2018 #107
And why? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #109
I think you need to chill HipChick Aug 2018 #110
It wasn't obvious at all. DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #111
Completely disagree. awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #103
Wonder if Anti-Social Media is OK? democratisphere Aug 2018 #105
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