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LunaSea

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23. Of course.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 17, 2017, 05:23 PM

Oct 2017

Nowhere in the post did I suggest you do, or not do anything at all.

I'm pretty ambivalent about FB. I was surprised at the number of lists that turned up in a search for the phrase "reasons to abandon Facebook" and was unaware of the study linked above.
The ethical practices of the company might warrant more scrutiny these days, as suggested in one of the links. I know the fact that anything posted there becoming property of the company has had some photographers and artists wishing they'd read the fine print more carefully.

By all means kill your tv if you wish, and perhaps practice what you preach.

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Reasons you should abandon Facebook [View all] LunaSea Oct 2017 OP

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