No Facebook - 30 Days. Go
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@bnrstnr said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@bnrstnr said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I've been off FB for about 6 months too, don't miss it much. Only thing I really liked were the memories.
Yeah, really don't miss it, at all. I hated FB.
I was on it back when you had to have a .edu email to sign up. It was soooo much better then. Now it is complete shit, I agree.
Oh wow. I was on a long time, but not that long.
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I hate fb too, wont use it. I pretty much just come here and Slack where I chat to people I actually invited and have an rss channel set up for sites I want to read. So basically, check rss, see if I have messages from family, then work. I just ignore everything else I come across throughout the day.
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I dumped FB in Jan19 - About the only thing I miss is the comments from friends about things that happen... and photos. I don't miss the political, religious, you must help me overcome, give me money posts. And the big one,.. the hate posts.
It was (one avenue) of keeping in touch with people I won't get to talk to much. Ah well..
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I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
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One day after one of the mass shootings ( I don't remember which one), my brother and sister-in-law posted a 'We are the NRA' picture. That's when I decided that Facebook wasn't for me.
I don't care what your philosophy is. I don't need it shoved in my face. <<Pun intended>>
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@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
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I have various WhatsApp groups for family and friends, which is perfect for my needs. My niece loves to hear that my daughter won her swimming gala, but a bloke I went to school with who I haven't seen in 20 years really doesn't want to know. So WhatsApp group great, Facebook rubbish.
I just wish Facebook didn't own WhatsApp.
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@Carnival-Boy A wild Carnival Boy appears.
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@Carnival-Boy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I have various WhatsApp groups for family and friends, which is perfect for my needs. My niece loves to hear that my daughter won her swimming gala, but a bloke I went to school with who I haven't seen in 20 years really doesn't want to know. So WhatsApp group great, Facebook rubbish.
I just wish Facebook didn't own WhatsApp.
I use WA a little, too. But prefer Telegram. That's where most of my family is.
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@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
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@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
15 Years ago? Ha... We were using Skype and IRC.
Edit: The old man still runs his own IRC server for like 5 friends.
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@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
yeah, that's what I was thinking... we just... didn't.
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@Deleted74295 We don't do facebook and have no plans to.
A fellow Microsoft MVP once put it, "Being on Facebook is like allowing a pornographer to take up residence in your bedroom."
I totally concur with that.
Plus, Z never did anything to earn our trust. The time and time again dealing with folks who had their "security" settings opened up to the world pretty much cemented it for us.
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@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
yeah, that's what I was thinking... we just... didn't.
Blunt: Pretty sad that.
We have/had telephones and mail. We used them extensively because keeping family together is important.
Anything worthwhile takes effort.
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@dafyre said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
15 Years ago? Ha... We were using Skype and IRC.
Edit: The old man still runs his own IRC server for like 5 friends.
ICU? MSN Messenger? AIM?
Heh, there are some vague memories in there of those in the latter part of the 1990s early 2000s.
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@Carnival-Boy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I have various WhatsApp groups for family and friends, which is perfect for my needs. My niece loves to hear that my daughter won her swimming gala, but a bloke I went to school with who I haven't seen in 20 years really doesn't want to know. So WhatsApp group great, Facebook rubbish.
I just wish Facebook didn't own WhatsApp.
That is what made Google+ so superior. Their whole system was groups(circles) based. A 'friend' of yours could be in as many of your circles as you wanted, making it much easier to share with whom you want specific data.
Managing FB groups could allow for this - but unlike Google+, you don't get a list of all of your groups to publish a post to. Plus groups and circles work differently.
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@PhlipElder said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Deleted74295 We don't do facebook and have no plans to.
A fellow Microsoft MVP once put it, "Being on Facebook is like allowing a pornographer to take up residence in your bedroom."
I totally concur with that.
That seems more than a little over the top.
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@PhlipElder said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@dafyre said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@scottalanmiller said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@WLS-ITGuy said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with family and friends who don’t live close to me. I use FB Messenger to talk to my wife throughout the work day. If I wasn’t in IT I doubt I’d have a phone with internet. I’d prefer to be disconnected from the world. I’d rather be on my boat fishing all day.
I was doing that (family and stuff), but honestly, it seems like if people don't move to something else to talk to, not a big deal.
15 years ago, before Facebook - what did you use to keep in contact with your family? I don't know about you - buy my answer was - oh yeah - nothing. We didn't stay in contact and we didn't feel like we were missing anything - otherwise we would have found a way to stay in contact.
15 Years ago? Ha... We were using Skype and IRC.
Edit: The old man still runs his own IRC server for like 5 friends.
ICU? MSN Messenger? AIM?
Heh, there are some vague memories in there of those in the latter part of the 1990s early 2000s.
Most of my family didn't have internet until the mid to late 2000's. Even then, didn't use it much until smartphones and tablets. Chat is something my family has never used. by family I mean -my mom/dad/brothers.
The biggest way we still communicate is either SMS or a phone call.
I've been online since the mid 90's.
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@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@PhlipElder said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Deleted74295 We don't do facebook and have no plans to.
A fellow Microsoft MVP once put it, "Being on Facebook is like allowing a pornographer to take up residence in your bedroom."
I totally concur with that.
That seems more than a little over the top.
Uh no. Given the reveals over the last few years of what Z is doing with the data it's not. My opinion of the man and the company are not for polite company to say the least but that at least gives an idea of where I stand.
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@PhlipElder said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Dashrender said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@PhlipElder said in No Facebook - 30 Days. Go:
@Deleted74295 We don't do facebook and have no plans to.
A fellow Microsoft MVP once put it, "Being on Facebook is like allowing a pornographer to take up residence in your bedroom."
I totally concur with that.
That seems more than a little over the top.
Uh no. Given the reveals over the last few years of what Z is doing with the data it's not. My opinion of the man and the company are not for polite company to say the least but that at least gives an idea of where I stand.
I totally get where you stand. So I assume you use next to no online services at all then, right? They all collect as much data about you as humanly possible - it's in their own best interest to do so so they can provide services that will make them more money.
I.e. you're not using FB, so you're using any of Google's services either, right?
