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uppityperson

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2. Reasons and how to stay on facebook. Use it, don't let it use you.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 09:38 PM
Oct 2017

Last edited Mon Oct 16, 2017, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Lock down your privacy so no one can see or share anything you wrote or tagged you in without your permission.
Accept only those family friends you want to.
Shut down your page so no one can post a new post.
Share with those few union actually care about.
Limit the time you spend there.

ETA block all games and programs.

ETA
Reasons: to be able to contact all those close people aft one time.

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don't use it or twitter Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #1
Reasons and how to stay on facebook. Use it, don't let it use you. uppityperson Oct 2017 #2
Absolutely right, my dear uppityperson! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #3
I do all these too Generic Other Oct 2017 #4
My dear Generic Other! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #5
Yes we are Generic Other Oct 2017 #6
Thanks for letting me know! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #7
Pretty much Johonny Oct 2017 #24
quit it 3 years ago Canoe52 Oct 2017 #8
I never joined and don't plan to join. nt Blue_true Oct 2017 #10
What a bunch of self-important nonsense mythology Oct 2017 #9
Easy to say but it sucks you in, very addictive. Canoe52 Oct 2017 #12
No worse than DU. And when I post political stuff there pnwmom Oct 2017 #14
So don't use Facebook if you don't like it. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #11
Really? It would have taken that long? Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #13
Someone very close to me who lived in another city. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #15
No worries. I understand. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #19
Of course. LunaSea Oct 2017 #23
I killed my TV nearly a decade ago. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #34
We arrange most of our activism via Facebook LeftInTX Oct 2017 #16
Like any other digital platform, it's a tool you can use well or poorly. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #17
I love seeing these kinds of threads...on an online discussion board. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #18
Damn, all that and not even one mention of the Russians? Blue_Tires Oct 2017 #20
This. nt EarthFirst Oct 2017 #22
I sense a vain Millenial dig here... EarthFirst Oct 2017 #21
Then by all means... LunaSea Oct 2017 #25
WTF? Were you under the impression that only millenials use Facebook? And if there Squinch Oct 2017 #28
I've never been on it. Don't care to try. Squinch Oct 2017 #26
I did abandon it crazycatlady Oct 2017 #27
I opened an account to use a different app that used Facebook to sign in Blindingly apparent Oct 2017 #29
I made a Facebook account to play candy crush, didn't use my real name or add anyone... Luciferous Oct 2017 #30
Nope. I'll continue to use both FB and Twitter. octoberlib Oct 2017 #31
Anytime someone tells me not to do something B2G Oct 2017 #32
Never joined up malaise Oct 2017 #33
No FB, no Twitter, no IG. Don't care! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #35
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