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18. That's the Huffington Post. nt

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Facebook killed the internet & I�m pretty sure that the vast majority of people didn�t even notice [View all] KoKo Jan 2015 OP

I definitely noticed. Initech Jan 2015 #1

Me neither. I dropped Facebook as soon as they thought they owned their customers. on point Jan 2015 #3

I also won't play any game or use any app that requires social media access. Initech Jan 2015 #6

You're not a customer; you're a user... brooklynite Jan 2015 #56

I use it, but I remain keenly aware that it's a very public forum, regardless of privacy settings Ex Lurker Jan 2015 #5

Yup it can be very dangerous. Initech Jan 2015 #7

I find it easier to use Facebook to log in other yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #11

Why my dog signs in with her account and comments on every thing ha ha <--- true story sort of hollysmom Jan 2015 #29

I don't use it really. Agschmid Jan 2015 #2

I have it but don't use it, either. But, the article goes into more detail KoKo Jan 2015 #4

Hmm not sure I agree ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #8

was it facebook? hfojvt Jan 2015 #9

The solution may be to recognize that near-instant, near-global sharing RadiationTherapy Jan 2015 #10

Now look where you're trying to take this to Hutzpa Jan 2015 #12

I'm sorry near-instant communication between anyone anywhere in any medium RadiationTherapy Jan 2015 #19

Just imagine DU or one of its Conservative imitators.. MicaelS Jan 2015 #13

That's the Huffington Post. nt SwankyXomb Jan 2015 #18

I have a facebook account that I never use, and I never log in to sites that require me to use djean111 Jan 2015 #26

I wouldn't use it. Renew Deal Jan 2015 #57

As I read this link about the death of the internet on a web forum I'm pretty sure I am confused GusBob Jan 2015 #14

Web forums like DU are a dying paradigm Xithras Jan 2015 #27

Thanks for the explanation. I see it now GusBob Jan 2015 #31

The author took a confusingly circuitous route to his point. Xithras Jan 2015 #38

Yes, that is how it came off to me too. Lex Jan 2015 #42

Well said GusBob Jan 2015 #52

I guess you could read it that way...But, what registered with me... KoKo Jan 2015 #41

I hear ya GusBob Jan 2015 #51

For people with an distant / international cause or circle or family flamingdem Jan 2015 #15

I live in Arkansas and grew up in Idaho and lived in Kansas for 16 years... Blanks Jan 2015 #33

Ofcourse it's dead Hutzpa Jan 2015 #16

"all the while thinking it makes you look cool to your friends" What a silly assertion. RadiationTherapy Jan 2015 #20

To you it may be a silly assertation Hutzpa Jan 2015 #23

I am a media and communication scholar and I certainly am interested in your research. RadiationTherapy Jan 2015 #47

In your research, these people have told you that they think they look cool? Iggo Jan 2015 #48

How about high level academic and art discussion groups? There are tons on FB flamingdem Jan 2015 #43

But without Facebook nichomachus Jan 2015 #17

Where did I hear about Charlie Hebdo this AM GoneOffShore Jan 2015 #21

Then you've done your part nichomachus Jan 2015 #22

Well aren't you just the most perceptive person I've ever met? GoneOffShore Jan 2015 #63

Thread win! adirondacker Jan 2015 #24

Well, yo could always keep your circle of friends TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #28

Actually, that's what I do nichomachus Jan 2015 #30

I've never visited the place, much less signed onto it. hunter Jan 2015 #25

You & me both!! Coventina Jan 2015 #32

youngsters need to learn history alc Jan 2015 #34

Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #35

It's evolution. Blanks Jan 2015 #36

Oh, I agree! But, you needed to read the rest of his post.... KoKo Jan 2015 #37

I did read the entire article. Blanks Jan 2015 #39

Okay..for your view of it...but, I didn't think it was about HIM but about his observations.. KoKo Jan 2015 #40

I see Facebook as a gathering place. Blanks Jan 2015 #44

"...it's hard to find out just who it was that made it up in the first place." Lol, so true. nt greyl Jan 2015 #45

Sensationalistic hyperbole is killing journalism. nt greyl Jan 2015 #46

^^That. Orrex Jan 2015 #49

Big Time GusBob Jan 2015 #53

Suggestion Orrex Jan 2015 #60

Microsoft killed the Internet when they decided that pretty colors were more important than data. randome Jan 2015 #50

And video killed the radio star. Atman Jan 2015 #54

Every time I read people slamming Facebook I think one thing. bluedigger Jan 2015 #55

I don't understand what he's talking about... DetlefK Jan 2015 #58

If only someone could have written this 44 years ago Orrex Jan 2015 #59

Cyber Mobs and Trolls Killed Pseudonymous Forums, Facebook took their place carolinayellowdog Jan 2015 #61

Seven paragraphs of question-begging... Orsino Jan 2015 #62