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MineralMan

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15. It's easier to control your Twitter feed than your Facebook feed.

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:03 AM

Oct 2019

I use Twitter, too, primarily as a business tool. I post frequently on the topic of Neuromarketing, a field in which I work. I have lots and lots of followers, but I follow almost nobody. That keeps my Twitter feed clean. I don't post on politics or anything else on Twitter. I use it for a very specific purpose. I have just one Twitter account, and that's connected to the business side of things.

I do follow links from DU and elsewhere to read other Tweets, but I keep my thoughts to myself when it comes to politics on Twitter. Posting politically would be detrimental to my business interests.

I have a business page on Facebook, too, which is separate from my personal feed. That page is 100% business oriented, and stays 100% neutral on politics and everything else. That's easy to do.

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On Boycotting Facebook [View all] MineralMan Oct 2019 OP

Thank you, MineralMan. AirmensMom Oct 2019 #1

My pleasure. MineralMan Oct 2019 #2

Dead on, except in one detail. Jirel Oct 2019 #3

Good points Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Oct 2019 #6

So does Google. Ads are everywhere. MineralMan Oct 2019 #8

I think people underestimate the threat here Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #20

Exactly this. n/t 5X Oct 2019 #29

Agree!! FB should suffer a boycott, they would soon be forced to change their ways Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #43

I don't use Facebook to learn things. I use it to keep in touch with friends MineralMan Oct 2019 #54

They asked me this morning HAB911 Oct 2019 #5

I've gotten things like that, too. MineralMan Oct 2019 #10

I basically follow the same system... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #7

Exactly. As a user, you have to USE the tools made available MineralMan Oct 2019 #9

Facebook doesn't give a rat's behind about your "input" as long as they get your personal data. Maven Oct 2019 #11

Really? If that's the case, why am I not seeing what you're describing? MineralMan Oct 2019 #12

Really? You're not seeing it because: Maven Oct 2019 #17

Thank you MineralMan, this is how I feel as well. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #13

It's easier to control your Twitter feed than your Facebook feed. MineralMan Oct 2019 #15

I am down to part time now and will fully retire in late 2020 or early 2021. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #19

Lots and lots of people use Facebook as a purely social gathering place. MineralMan Oct 2019 #23

I didn't say they control you. I said they use your data. Maven Oct 2019 #26

I don't care about that, either. MineralMan Oct 2019 #28

Your approach to this seems to be "if it doesn't affect me personally, why should I care?" Maven Oct 2019 #31

See. I don't care about your Facebook experience, to tell you the truth. MineralMan Oct 2019 #34

I've noticed a few posters here who love to lecture the rest of us about using facebook. cwydro Oct 2019 #37

? Maven Oct 2019 #41

I wasn't talking about you at all. cwydro Oct 2019 #63

I'm not lecturing... and I don't preach either. FB is making an American oligarch out of Zuckerberg Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #61

I was responding to the OP, and I wasn't thinking of you in my response. cwydro Oct 2019 #64

I just cannot agree!! That creep Zuckerberg is not our friend. Your F&F that luv you will find Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #46

I don't want Zuckerberg to be my friend. MineralMan Oct 2019 #50

It backfires because every click, every use puts more money in his pocket. Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #57

I don't click on anything on FB, except the reply button on my friends' posts. MineralMan Oct 2019 #69

Every time you use FB in any form you put money in their pocket. It's called click bait Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #106

I just introduced my new puppy on Facebook ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #14

Ooooh! Puppy! MineralMan Oct 2019 #16

They are. ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #27

Pet names. My pets' names all just came to me in a flash. MineralMan Oct 2019 #30

lol! ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #47

Give Mafia a shoulder rub for me, OK? MineralMan Oct 2019 #55

Ha! ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #72

Shadow it is, then... MineralMan Oct 2019 #78

One Other Note on Facebook MineralMan Oct 2019 #18

... Maven Oct 2019 #22

Sure. I know that. So does Google. So does Amazon. MineralMan Oct 2019 #24

Sometimes I identify the ads or posts as sexually offensive. LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #21

Very well said MM cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #25

Thanks! I don't see the ads, either, really. MineralMan Oct 2019 #32

Instagram is a great way to share. If everyone boycotted FB, they would change their evil ways Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #48

How does that meeting affect me? MineralMan Oct 2019 #56

That's a sad attitude Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #62

Instagram has been owned by Facebook since 2012. (It first launched in 2010.) nt Princess Turandot Oct 2019 #70

I know that!! They at least don't do political ads Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #88

Instagram Facebook cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #76

Are there ads on FB?? tavernier Oct 2019 #84

Here's a FB Ad: LeftInTX Oct 2019 #97

Hmmm lets see GusBob Oct 2019 #33

See. You're using Facebook as it was designed to be used. MineralMan Oct 2019 #35

Well Sir to me its more important than that GusBob Oct 2019 #39

As always - cwydro Oct 2019 #36

YouTube is a much worse offender LeftInTX Oct 2019 #38

That's funny. How do you use YouTube? MineralMan Oct 2019 #58

Lots of RW alt-right stuff LeftInTX Oct 2019 #71

I used to sigh and use FB for the same reasons, MM librechik Oct 2019 #40

I am thrilled I don't exist in Facebook's world. Never have. Claritie Pixie Oct 2019 #42

A voice of sanity... thank you! Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #49

agree with 42. I'm not trying to tell anyone else what to do. northoftheborder Oct 2019 #77

I live 5000 miles from my mother LittleGirl Oct 2019 #44

I'm the same. bamagal62 Oct 2019 #45

I live 1,200 from my daughter, about the same from a dear sis Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #52

I left FB a long time ago... yuiyoshida Oct 2019 #51

Good for you!! Great pics by the way. Twitter, yes no political ads and just as easy to use Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #59

Sounds like a pretty juicy rationalization to justify its use. LanternWaste Oct 2019 #53

Thank you MineralMan bdamomma Oct 2019 #60

The big money is in collecting and selling personal data dlk Oct 2019 #65

Agree... Mike Nelson Oct 2019 #66

Bien dit mon brave! Mme. Defarge Oct 2019 #67

Merci! MineralMan Oct 2019 #79

I never understood the allure of posting to Facebook. danclinger1000 Oct 2019 #68

You realize that you can restrict who sees your posts to MineralMan Oct 2019 #80

I post some political stuff on Facebook...not too heavy, unless I'm in a closed group LeftInTX Oct 2019 #73

I do what you do. Plus, don't take the surveys/play the games. bitterross Oct 2019 #74

Yes avoid the surveys and games LeftInTX Oct 2019 #98

Well of course you can keep Facebook if you want. sdfernando Oct 2019 #75

These are the same rationalizations all FB addicts use... Triloon Oct 2019 #81

"What is the point of all this verbiage?" MineralMan Oct 2019 #82

+1 hlthe2b Oct 2019 #83

Same. I use it as it was originally intended. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #85

Resepctfully disagree FrankBooth Oct 2019 #86

Thank you!! Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #89

OK. They're selling data about what I do to advertisers. MineralMan Oct 2019 #91

They sell you to 3rd parties FrankBooth Oct 2019 #95

Not boycotting, but I did sign off. The_jackalope Oct 2019 #87

You make a strong point Perseus Oct 2019 #90

Mark Zuckerberg and Cambridge Analytica thank you kindly for your patronage. Squinch Oct 2019 #92

They make zero money from me. MineralMan Oct 2019 #93

Yes. It's really a charitable organization, and they let you play because you're a nice guy. Squinch Nov 2019 #100

I use the system they provide, MineralMan Nov 2019 #101

Every time you click on ANYTHING on FB it generates advertising revenue.. don't kid yourself Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #103

This, of course, is true, and it has been described elsewhere in this thread, but I don't think Squinch Nov 2019 #107

Boycotts have often been effective, but the numbers must be substantial. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #94

I couldn't even get them to remove the NZ shooter's hate manifesto. I reported it every way possible NCLefty Oct 2019 #96

Thank you!! A voice of sanity Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #104

We clearly need an Anti-Facebook ck4829 Nov 2019 #99

I don't understand why anyone needs Facebook at all. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #102

You nailed it! I would add to your list FaceTime Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #105

I enjoy Facebook and my browser's "Ad Block" add-on... NurseJackie Nov 2019 #108

I have reconnected with many people from my past.... Heartstrings Nov 2019 #109