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L. Coyote

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34. Twitter is the leading news source today. Facvebook is the leading news distributor.

Reply to AngryAmish (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 11:24 AM

Sep 2017

They are NOT cancer, they are just platforms. The content is the problem, not the medium.

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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