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27. I would get rid of Facebook but I use it to keep tabs on relations.

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Thu Feb 23, 2017, 05:04 PM

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Good-bye, Facebook [View all] BadgerMom Feb 2017 OP

do you know exactly how Cambridge Analytica got access? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #1

I don't know BadgerMom Feb 2017 #9

one scary thing I read was that just 2 people infiltrating FB could alter their news feed algorithm Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #30

DKos BadgerMom Feb 2017 #74

I did romana Feb 2017 #2

I did the same thing... Freedomofspeech Feb 2017 #3

personally, i don't miss pictures of other peoples' desserts. unblock Feb 2017 #6

I'm still on FB, and it's too bad that more people PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #44

Amen to THAT! Plucketeer Feb 2017 #45

reminds me of a george carlin bit: unblock Feb 2017 #72

I'll survive BadgerMom Feb 2017 #8

Thanks BadgerMom Feb 2017 #7

I opened an account last month with a fake name & birthdate. GentryDixon Feb 2017 #4

I don't use it either, except for a bogus one with fake info Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #11

Yep. GentryDixon Feb 2017 #14

Me too. I have a fake account & no friends. I hate Facebook. Always have. Native Feb 2017 #41

Sorry - won't work. erronis Feb 2017 #59

Fuck facebook mikeysnot Feb 2017 #5

I use a fake name greymattermom Feb 2017 #50

I would close my FB account except StarryNite Feb 2017 #10

Good for you! BadgerMom Feb 2017 #13

We don't know how it will turn out StarryNite Feb 2017 #58

Can we help? BadgerMom Feb 2017 #61

Thank you for your concern. StarryNite Feb 2017 #66

Damn them! BadgerMom Feb 2017 #70

Thank you! StarryNite Feb 2017 #71

This is what I think... Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #12

Would you please cite the source of the Cambridge Analytics use? Otherwise, it's an unfounded claim ancianita Feb 2017 #15

Facebook changed their settings. And a lot of the data is taken doing quizzes. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #16

Thanks. I've suspected they collect when I've done surveys. Stopped months ago. ancianita Feb 2017 #18

Right BadgerMom Feb 2017 #19

What money did you send and why? Raine1967 Feb 2017 #37

Everyone on FB is spending valuable time getting sponsored content, etc. moriah Feb 2017 #54

+1 BadgerMom Feb 2017 #62

Eyeball time and ad space and personal clicks / data are money. You, they, we can spend it elsewhere Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #67

+1 Exactly. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #51

I love FB. It is what you make of it, and how your protect your info. n/t Lucinda Feb 2017 #17

I agree BadgerMom Feb 2017 #21

In post 19 you said you sent money. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #38

It said: moriah Feb 2017 #55

I sent no money. BadgerMom Feb 2017 #63

Would have been good except your last sentence wimped out Warpy Feb 2017 #20

I deactivated until 3/1. Then I'll go. BadgerMom Feb 2017 #22

re: goodbye face book AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #23

I've never had an account with FB or Twitter to begin with. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2017 #24

Me neither. They are where I draw the line. marybourg Feb 2017 #68

OK. I give up. How is FB "supporting" CPAC? WillowTree Feb 2017 #25

Major cash donation is one way. sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #28

Wow! Didn't know that. Thanks. WillowTree Feb 2017 #29

I deleted my accounts last November. Couldn't take the lies posted daily. Takes over 30 days for the sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #26

I would get rid of Facebook but I use it to keep tabs on relations. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #27

i basically ingore facebpook. topo lazy to delete it. use it for a few epals. post left wing DU. pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #31

Never joined, never will. bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #32

You have my support. Your reasons are valid. Enoki33 Feb 2017 #33

i only use facebook to post anti trump and.... samnsara Feb 2017 #34

Dumped Facebook three years ago, Canoe52 Feb 2017 #35

I left Facebook a year or so ago... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #36

I like FB. I use it for the resistance. I use it to stay in touch with family and friends. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #39

Thank you for making sense. N/t obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2017 #46

I'm still waiting for an answer about the money sent the OP talked about. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #47

She didn't say SHE sent money in that post. She said they -Facebook - supported CPAC. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #52

Thank you for addressing that. moriah Feb 2017 #56

Thanks. BadgerMom Feb 2017 #64

I think O/P is upset obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2017 #53

Bingo BadgerMom Feb 2017 #65

I can't LittleGirl Feb 2017 #40

If I lived abroad, I'd probably be active on FB too. Native Feb 2017 #43

I like FB. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #48

CPAC BadgerMom Feb 2017 #57

I totally get it BadgerMom Feb 2017 #60

Yes Facebook mines and sells your information. wcollar Feb 2017 #42

That $100,000 donation to CPAC from Facebook says a lot. AJT Feb 2017 #49

Recall that one of the co-founders renounced his citizenship BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #69

Never been to facebook, where is it? nolabels Feb 2017 #73

I have personally never liked Facebook. But... Egnever Feb 2017 #75

I left facebook Buckeyeblue Feb 2017 #76

Stay if you like, leave if you don't. Pretty simple... Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #77