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delrem

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7. Yah. But I won't sign up for facebook or twitter etc., so that makes me shit out of luck, I guess.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:00 AM

Apr 2013

If facebook weren't a company designed 100% on selling its customer information on to whatever purpose that brings in money, if it weren't so obviously so, I'd sign up. But as it is, this company is the antithesis of what I want the internet to be, and what the internet could be.

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Facebook and the bombings in Boston [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2013 OP

Yup, it has been quite helpful. n/t Agschmid Apr 2013 #1

Blessings. I have found that Facebook keeps me in touch.. PDJane Apr 2013 #2

The more data, the more profitable it is. period. delrem Apr 2013 #9

Maybe this isn't the right thread for your ire. Will's friends are ALIVE and let him know it. Hekate Apr 2013 #11

OK, thanks, and I'm kinda a fan of WilliamPitt. delrem Apr 2013 #13

Couldn't have known that from the 3 posts dissing Facebook Hekate Apr 2013 #15

OK. and I apologize. nt delrem Apr 2013 #16

Cell phone service wasnt shut down moobu2 Apr 2013 #3

that is what they say KT2000 Apr 2013 #4

my daughter had no other way nutsnberries Apr 2013 #5

she doesn't know about email? delrem Apr 2013 #8

Or twitter? Much, much faster than dealing with Facebook anneboleyn Apr 2013 #17

Facebooks on cellphones now!!!!! ..man this thing is going to be big. crazy homeless guy Apr 2013 #6

Yah. But I won't sign up for facebook or twitter etc., so that makes me shit out of luck, I guess. delrem Apr 2013 #7

Kinda reminds me of our Egyptian friends Oilwellian Apr 2013 #10

Oh Will I am so glad for you Hekate Apr 2013 #12

I have about four dozen friends and family in Boston Recursion Apr 2013 #14

So if fb is so awful...why not create an alternative? mnhtnbb Apr 2013 #18

Well said MrBig Apr 2013 #19

That says a lot about what Facebook's real purpose should be Generic Other Apr 2013 #20

Facebook was great for me during Sandy tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #21

The irony of those who bemoan Facebook on DemocraticUnderground with 5-digit post counts... Earth_First Apr 2013 #22

Stout? Are you saying you want a stout? Taverner Apr 2013 #23

For reasons like this Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #24