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mnhtnbb

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18. So if fb is so awful...why not create an alternative?

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 05:46 PM

Apr 2013

I happen to have gone independent a long time ago (yes, Howard Dean fan in 2004)
and describe myself closer to a socialist than a Democrat these days.

But I also keep in touch with a lot of friends and family on fb.

So, Will, I'm glad you were able to hear about your friends.

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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