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...our parents didn't like cell phones or email when those became the most popular forms of communication.
I still have friends who don't text.
And many of my friends aren't on Facebook even though it has become one of the most popular forms of communication today.
Are they like their parents in not accepting new things?
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didn't get around to buying a TV well into my 30s.Still don't watch an hour a week.
And no, I would NEVER have a Facebook account and never registed for LinkedIn either.
Remember: "If it's free, YOU are the product!"
And keep your 'ad blockers' on STUN!
Edits: 01/07/18
Made me very picky and I still hate the ads.
Thank God for the MUTE button on remotes. Either the RCVR remote or the TV remote.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
...that a luddite like you has taken to music streaming technology so expertly.
I don't know how I'd survive without knowing what my niece had for dinner, or if my sister's dog went outside today!!!!
...you know those things (plus many others no doubt) and your life is richer for it.
This was triggered by that Voluntary Emergency Service Leader's course I attended.
The group decided to keep in touch via Facebook. So I went along with that!
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
After seeing "Social Media" years ago I had no interest but my friends and family are on so I gave it another shot and glad I did.
More interesting than LinkedIn so far.
Your page is very nicely done.
Regards, Craig Ewing
I joined so that I could see pictures of my nephew's kids, because he and his family live "overseas" as we used to say in the olden days.
In the short time I was on (less than one year), my account was hacked once, and I thought it got hacked a second time, because of a few things which looked suspicious.
Then there was a friend who I ran into at the grocery store. I told her I was starting a three week vacation soon, and maybe a week later she posted on Facebook, "When are you leaving on that three week vacation?". Hey, just tell the world that my house will be vacant for three weeks, thanks!
Too many little things which added up to "I don't need this aggravation", so I suspended my account years ago.
"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
No "social media" of any kind. Never!
Also, no texting, no twitter, none of that type of shit at all!
I contact my friends, relatives, and neighbors via e-mail or telephone and vice-versa.
If they can't (or won't) handle that - fuckem.
Cheers,
SB
...also yell at the kids to get off your lawn?
No, 'cause they mow my lawn.
I yell at them to stay away from my pot plants ;-)
Cheers,
SB
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Where am I.. Who are YOU!
I don't like socializing, so I have no need for social media.
Jack
I have strong anti-social tendencies. No way would I tell complete strangers about what kind of stereo equipment I use or post pictures of my car or my cats.
Hey, wait a minute...I avoid social media like the plague for the most part. No Facebook, no way do I want people from, say, high school, looking me up. No Twitter either. Nobody's stream of consciousness is deserves immortalization.
Also, there's something disgusting about turning the interactions between friends and family into commodities.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because, otherwise, who would care?
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(nt)
they pull me back in.
The shield of anonymity, I guess. I really do have social anxieties but typing something on a computer screen and clicking on "Post Message" is easier than face-to-face interaction.
But even if that weren't true, I still think Facebook is a horror. Vulture capital getting disgustingly rich from people posting pictures of their grandkids.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because, otherwise, who would care?
...by knowing YOU better than you and using that info to sell adverts targeted specifically to YOU and also by selling that info to others for who knows what purposes. YOU are facebook's product. "Social media" is the serpent of our time. Just say no!
Edits: 01/05/18
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"E Burres Stigano?"
(nt)
lots of family scattered everywhere who are on FB and I want to see their cats and kids and scenery and birthdays I couldn't be at, etc. And I'm hooked into a couple dozen photo sites of various kinds. I like the photo art there. A big portion of my HS class of 1967 is there, along with a site for our old hometown. Old photos and stories there too.
can generally ignore the ads I'm not interested in but I agree, they are too pervasive. All you have to do is think about a product and you'll get an ad for it. That process needs some refinement, btw. After I buy a product from a vendor, that vendor should not be wasting their ad budget trying to sell me the same item again. Seems like a simple fix but some places haven't figured that out. Nor has Nordstrom figured out I don't want the women' s sale announcements. Whatever on that.
My own posts are mostly photos, environmental proselytizing or funnies. And some politics now and then, tho that's sometimes more trouble than it's worth.
I see ads but never to the point they're overly distracting (like youtube's). Agree with old childhood chums I went to school with, one is a guy I knew in 5th grade; we were good buds, always wondered what happened to him, now I know - he runs a business called "I work, that's all you need to know" Lol..
(nt)
sorry, I love variety.
haven't you heard of Faceberg?
(nt)
the founders came out and called it a feedback loop which was designed to give dopamine hits to your brain by getting "liked", they understood it consciously.
now the entire society is setup not to be patient anymore.
Edits: 01/04/18
Wasn't always that way, but it's been modified over time so that you can tailor it to be most anything you want. Which really means you can block out anything (or anyone) you don't want. All special interest topics you ask for will post up, and none will that you don't. This is especially useful if interested in professional or technical material and organizations. It helps me to keep up. Same with people; you don't have to see their crap and don't have to "unfriend" them, and can connect time to time to see if they are still breathing.
I don't know any other venue that provides this level of bulletin board service, like those kiosks seen around campuses, etc. People not liking it mostly don't know how to drive it and screen out the crap., or how to configure it. It's a good thing.
I sent a message to someone and EVERYONE now knows. Kind of freaked me out, so I'll use cell phone texst from now on instead.
I don't YET receive any advertisements, nor FAKE news. Maybe because I'm traveling now and it knows it and hasn't YET targeted the country I'm in.
That would freak me out, too, receiving FAKE news. Most of it is FAKE BTW ;-)b=
Yes, it looks like a pretty neat bulletin board.
The fact that EVERYWHERE and for ANYTHING you do online, there is always a Facebook logo tempting you to alert the world that you did something. Like the movie The Circle or, maybe, 1984, I don't know.
...was much better than the movie and what Facebook merged with Google would be like.
...of Inmate Central you can share and discuss with your other friends.
Except that there are political rants (ugh!) which we used to have Outside (--smiles--) but not in Central.
I'm sucker for the cute dog videos, especially "Ray Charles" the blind Golden Retriever. Post too many grandkid videos, and I'm going to "unfollow" you, however!
We all know the negatives. Despite that ...
I enjoy being able to keep in touch with folks I knew in grade school, high school and college and haven't seen in ages.
Easy way to make dinner dates.
Rekindles old flames.
Allows me to keep in touch with my tackle-collector pals and see who has bought what.
I enjoy some of the audio pages ...one of which brought me back in contact with old pals in the industry.
Its so much easier than writing tons of emails.
A few minutes on line and I'm up to date with people I am curious about and want to keep current with.
I steer clear of politics and keep it fun.
And I like posting pictures.
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That's me, after clearing the driveway today. Not a fan of the storm.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
(nt)
According to my sons and daughters, it's Instagram and Snapchat and of course, just texting is what they do. Facebook is for old folks, they say.
I tried texting on my old Motorola flip phone and it was a complete disaster. My son gave me his old iPhone with a cracked screen, so I might port my number over. Now, if I need text I use Google Voice which is a free VOIP phone number with browser texting and it pings your email if you get a text.
-Rod
...according to our kids.
You can check out any time you want, but you never leave.
Hotel California
I do text in complete sentences, however.
Got bored of it to say the least. Tired of the advertising, the people posting multiple times about themselves, trying to unfriend people was uncomfy... easiest option was to bow out, and I did (not too long after joining).
nt
all the best,
mrh
It has become the main form of communication for most folks, and I appreciate the appeal, but I will not do it.
Information overload for me.
I am really surprised by how many older folks have taken to it.
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Freak out...Far out...In out....
My wife and kids are. I have never seen fb.
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