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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 10:00 am
I give a little twitch whenever I see my old classmates posting in support of Britain First or the English Defence League (both very right-wing racist groups masquerading as champions of the UK, which is bullshit talk for hatin' on black and brown people), but then I realise the unfriend button is never more than a couple clicks away.
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 11:41 am
(April 13, 2015 at 9:35 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: (April 13, 2015 at 9:32 am)AFTT47 Wrote: It lowered the IQ of the internet by 10 points, easy.
Exactly how did it do this?
By making the internet easily accessible and more attractive to the less gifted. At least it did coral them into one place.
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 12:06 pm
...um, FB isn't the "the internet" - mass installation of broadband service made the internet more accessible and attractive.
Second, it doesn't corral stupid people into one place. It, like many other sites, simply makes stupid comments public. It is not alone in this capacity. Stay off the internet if you don't like stupid people, but don't blame a website for your inability to weed them out of your newsfeed when they give you controls to do so AND allow 3rd party plugins to finish the job.
The problem isn't FB. It's lazy people who can't be bothered to situate themselves properly on the net AND those who secretly like to keep the stupid people around because it allows them to feel self-righteous and intelligent without doing any work.
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 12:08 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 9:32 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Welcome Dave!
Yes, Facebook is the romance novel of literature, the McDonald's of restaurants, the Ford Pinto of cars. Mass-market, low quality CRAP. It lowered the IQ of the internet by 10 points, easy. You'll like it better here.
Well said.
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 2:01 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 12:31 am)DaveOfThisWorld Wrote: OK. I suspect most of the people in here have a Facebook account. I live in the real world and visit it to keep up with family and friends, but cannot believe some of the stupid $hit I see in there. I came looking for this as an outlet to rant among the sane.
Firstly, I totally agree with summerqueen - it's your facebook, it's your perogative to block or unfriend anyone who posts content you don't like. If they are people that you want to stay in contact with on facebook you'll just have to suck it up and deal with it if you want to stay fb-friends with them. There is also the "I don't want to see this" option and the "Unfollow" option for posts so you can control the kinds of posts you see, or not see posts from a specific person.
Secondly, welcome.
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April 13, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Welcome.
And I agree with the basic sentiments above. It's your FB, you get to control who has access to it.
I blocked some creepy guy just last night.
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April 13, 2015 at 6:52 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 4:37 pm)Beccs Wrote: Welcome.
And I agree with the basic sentiments above. It's your FB, you get to control who has access to it.
I blocked some creepy guy just last night.
I've been needing to do that with a guy from a group we're both in who keeps messaging me. 
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 7:20 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 6:52 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (April 13, 2015 at 4:37 pm)Beccs Wrote: Welcome.
And I agree with the basic sentiments above. It's your FB, you get to control who has access to it.
I blocked some creepy guy just last night.
I've been needing to do that with a guy from a group we're both in who keeps messaging me.
This guy has been friending my friends and asking for any pictures they may have of me.
Time to flush . . .
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 10:35 pm
Ewwwww....
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RE: ARRRGH! I need some Facebook Detox!
April 13, 2015 at 10:37 pm
I am back on Facebook after a long hiatus, just not under my real name anymore. xD New account.
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