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Blue_Adept

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23. Do you really think it's lunch pics that draw people there?

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:15 PM

Oct 2019

It's like saying Twitter is all about people tweeting while they were on the toilet. Which is pretty much the first few months of the service in 2009 or whatever. But far from it since.

Do you have a better alternative people should be using?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Elizabeth Warren is correctly pointing out that Facebook is set to ratfuck Democrats in 2020. [View all] demmiblue Oct 2019 OP

Our whole party should talk like this BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #1

Adding this, too (Facebook's recent rules change): demmiblue Oct 2019 #2

That is the same ad justgamma Oct 2019 #5

Yes, this is just another prime example of how Elizabeth has distinguished herself... InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #28

A significent percentage of Facebook profits come from spreading lies and consiracys randr Oct 2019 #3

Yep rpannier Oct 2019 #4

I've only seen 2 ads for trump on FB. safeinOhio Oct 2019 #6

Algorithm. For those undecided or don't know to report/block, AllyCat Oct 2019 #7

Well, then I hope you walk over to the front porches of Red State America and DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #10

I don't do FB. How have they painted EW as an existential threat? Fla Dem Oct 2019 #8

False equivalency on steroids Zambero Oct 2019 #11

Here: demmiblue Oct 2019 #12

Thank You! Fla Dem Oct 2019 #18

why is anyone still using facebook? getagrip_already Oct 2019 #9

Baited data mining Zambero Oct 2019 #13

A lot of politacal groups (including Democrats) use it to connect with their members. progressoid Oct 2019 #16

And chicafillet sells chicken..... getagrip_already Oct 2019 #22

Do you really think it's lunch pics that draw people there? Blue_Adept Oct 2019 #23

Pretty much... getagrip_already Oct 2019 #24

I suspect you simply have a provincial view of how people are using the service Blue_Adept Oct 2019 #25

Or maybe I do know but dont... getagrip_already Oct 2019 #27

i use FB constantly - professionally and personally. pangaia Oct 2019 #26

Yeah - OhZone Oct 2019 #29

Full thread here: demmiblue Oct 2019 #14

I'm so glad I never joined Facebook. I used to feel alone spooky3 Oct 2019 #15

Zuckerberg is scum and Facebook must be broken up, plain and simple. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #17

Glad she's making noise about this. calimary Oct 2019 #19

👀 co-founder of Facebook 👇 demmiblue Oct 2019 #20

Why would anyone expect anything else? The Mouth Oct 2019 #21

She also continues to buy ads on Facebook. rogue emissary Oct 2019 #30

Thank you, EW! Cha Oct 2019 #31