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Blue_Adept

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2. If you live in America you've always provided space to racists and fascists

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Original post)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:13 AM

Sep 2017

And guess what, they use Amazon too

And twitter

And CNN

And a billion other things.

The only way to not be involved is to find yourself a nice little island away from everyone and cut off from existence entirely. Because every tool you use, every service you're involved with, in some way is going to be connected with things that will (or should) abhor you, from child labor sweatshops to the racists and russians.

Enjoy!

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I'm deleting my Facebook account [View all] Cirque du So-What Sep 2017 OP

and Facebook still TODAY minimizing and lying about the scope & magnitude! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #1

If you live in America you've always provided space to racists and fascists Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #2

Enjoy what? FB f*up majorly this time around. Consumers can retaliate if they want to. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #5

Correct. Ghost Dog Sep 2017 #8

If an individual thinks they can live without Facebook and those other services True Dough Sep 2017 #27

I live very well without FB Skittles Sep 2017 #43

Twitter and Facebook are both cancer. AngryAmish Sep 2017 #3

The people that use it for disturbing things are the cancer Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #4

I disagree. This year these platforms were not just passive tools. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #13

Twitter is the leading news source today. Facvebook is the leading news distributor. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #34

You're missing out on people telling you what they had for dinner and when they went to the bathroom dalton99a Sep 2017 #6

You must have some terrible friends if that's what you see on your Facebook timeline Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #7

Amazing logical inference there dalton99a Sep 2017 #9

Hey, I'm just going by what you posted that people would be missing Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #11

I agree Plucketeer Sep 2017 #33

Exactly Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #35

The amazingly reality-challenged, Ghost Dog Sep 2017 #10

Good for YOU! I posted a "boycott Facebook?" question BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #12

I really wish they'd get sued. They f*cked up majorly. Did not care. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #14

Cute Bigman Srkdqltr Sep 2017 #17

You've got over 4K posts on DU Plucketeer Sep 2017 #36

I just learned time use the pictures /emojis yesterday thanks to a very BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #41

I deleted mine in November. Takes a month or more to be gone sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #16

Didn't a Russian oligarch buys a stake in Facebook several years back Maggiemayhem Sep 2017 #18

many folks have apps that block ads on facebook, I know i haven't seen an ad since i started my m-lekktor Sep 2017 #20

With 1.15 billion active daily users and counting I am sure they won't even notice! m-lekktor Sep 2017 #19

I don't trust the current negativity directed toward peoples' media leftstreet Sep 2017 #26

Don't retreat Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #21

Deleting fb account alicenuffer Sep 2017 #22

you're never deleted from the FB borg Skittles Sep 2017 #44

Go fishing instead. ileus Sep 2017 #23

Go fishing instead alicenuffer Sep 2017 #24

More info here! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #25

you'll probably pull more tail from snapchat clu Sep 2017 #28

We need a viable alternative to corporate, capitalist social media. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #29

commentary on news sites clu Sep 2017 #32

I deleted my Facebook account long ago. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #30

this is a long post clu Sep 2017 #40

Facebook sucks. milestogo Sep 2017 #31

Do you have cable or satellite television? hunter Sep 2017 #37

satellite TV (directTV) clu Sep 2017 #39

I'm tempted to create an account just so I can delete it. nt Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #38

It will never be deleted. bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #42