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Gasman Just came out of the stone... 05-16-2018, 07:55 PM
Cangooner Welcome to the evil empire... 05-16-2018, 08:06 PM
gcbryan Just install Facebook and... 05-16-2018, 08:23 PM
Utopian My FB use is limited. ... 05-16-2018, 09:10 PM
thebigspendur Well, being a troglodyte I... 05-16-2018, 11:03 PM
tcrideshd this we agree on I don't... 05-16-2018, 11:22 PM
gcbryan I don't get what's not to... 05-17-2018, 12:06 AM
PaulKidd Jerry....When my daughters... 05-17-2018, 12:33 AM
thebigspendur The way I see it every... 05-17-2018, 02:07 AM
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    My FB use is limited. Friends are limited for the most part to people that I could pick out of a line-up or at least have interacted with online. I don't accept friend requests from random strangers. Also, and I guess this part is odd, I don't "like" anything.

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    Well, being a troglodyte I have nothing to do with Facebook. I don't need it or want it.

    One of these days when the space aliens arrive they're gonna use it to track all it's members down and vaporize all of them with their ray guns.
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    this we agree on I don't see a need for facebook considering what has gone on around here on the other side. I had an account but really didn't like it, closed it and deleted. my friends I can email or just pick up the phone Tc
    “ I,m getting the impression that everyone thinks I have TIME to fix their bikes”

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    I don't get what's not to like about Facebook? I'm not arguing that someone has to have it if they don't want it. I just don't see much downside.

    I use it with software that allows me to ignore political posts, ads, etc. so for those with friends spread out across the country (and world) it's a convenient way to keep up with each other.

    Most of the abuses or annoyances of Facebook can be easily overcome with knowledge of how it works and 3rd party software that allows you to customize it.

    I like email but most younger people rarely use email. It's mainly texting or FB Messenger.

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    Jerry....When my daughters insisted that I get a Facebook account, "to keep in touch,"
    I reluctantly picked up my club and stuck my nose out of the cave. For awhile....

    I didn't like the idea of being so exposed online, so I deleted myself from that slice of
    contemporary reality. Email is good enough for me.

    I may yet use my club on my so-called "smart" phone. Even that borders on being too
    connected, in my opinion. Everybody I care about knows where I live, and I prefer a
    face-to-face above all else. Come on over, y'all, and we'll talk. A pox on your tweets
    and your 128-character blurbs and your silly selfies!
    "If you come up to it, and you just can't do it, then that's jolly well where you are."
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    The way I see it every service, game, program out there is a money making proposition for someone. Everything you do on-line is recorded and compiled and sliced and diced and packaged for sale to someone. Even the "protection" programs. If you are really IT smart and have a few ideas you can get very rich in this business.

    One day folks will be astounded as to just how much of their lives is sitting in data bases out there and much of it will some day come back to bite them.

    In a way it's like someone who forgoes credit cards and debit cards and even checks and does everything by cash.
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