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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Is anyone else giving up on social media. Twitter permanently banned me for being politely left wing, and Facebook has me on constant bans because they push things I don't agree with onto my feed and I try to politely discuss them from time to time. Add a constantly flow of fake accounts trying to romance scam me, and I'm pretty much done
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Do you feel like you'd be missing out?
I never done any social media, and I'm not missing what I've never had...
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dandy72 wrote: I never done any social media, and I'm not missing what I've never had... Ditto.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Ditto 2, many times over, and very happy that I don't suffer the trials and tribulations that many have written about regarding their various social accounts.
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I've actively avoided social media. I have enough useless activities (games )of my own to want to waste time on social media. Making comments on a couple different forums is about as social as I get on line.
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sasadler wrote: I've actively avoided social media.
I use Pi-Hole to block ads, and there's a number of Facebook properties that automatically get blocked. I've also manually added *.facebook.com, so even if I tried to reach it - the whole site is blocked. And as they say, nothing of value was lost...
sasadler wrote: Making comments on a couple different forums is about as social as I get on line.
Same. CP is probably the one site where I'm the most active. I also have an account on Discord, but I only use it to talk to very specific people.
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Yep, I'm running a Pi-Hole too. Seems to work really well.
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I like Pi-Hole a lot, even if only for the fact that all devices on my network go through it, so even phones and tablets (provided you set them up to specify it as a preferred DNS) get all the crap blocked. And a single point for defining the blacklist/whitelist.
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I quit FB about 2 years ago and don't miss them a bit. I wasn't on any of the others so there is no problem there!
Got to be very confrontational, if you don't agree with me I'll unfriend you.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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So did I. I couldn't believe how many people unfriended me just for things I liked. I rarely posted but apparently just liking something is too extreme for some people. Oh well. I don't miss it.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Mike Hankey wrote: Got to be very confrontational, if you don't agree with me I'll unfriend you. What's the problem with the trash taking itself out?
Twitter? I have the theory that every tweet sent has the potential to reduce IQ. The people who post frequently (and vehemently) on Twitter (X) are strong evidence in favor this theory, although many didn't have a lot to start with.
And the individual posts should be called "twits", not "tweets", as "twit" is a far more fitting name.
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Christian Graus wrote: Is anyone else giving up on social media. Giving up? I gave up on day 0.
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Lol. I made contact with old school friends and so on at first.. Now I live alone and am lonely. My wife and I are still married but she threw me out three years ago and I see her less than half time
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Sorry to hear that.
I'm not really one to speak about relationships (I'm very much single and that's what floats my boat), but based on what I keep reading, social media is NOT a viable alternative for "real" human contact - people are now said to have more "friends" than ever, but feel the loneliest they've ever felt. That's the irony.
As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing social about social media. Those are not your friends.
I suppose all I'm saying is don't stay on social media for the sake of countering any feeling of loneliness. Seek out real people for that.
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Sorry to hear that, man. If nothing there's always a spot online to argue with peeps about C++ vs Rust.
Jeremy Falcon
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Observe. Interaction is pointless. But you don't want to not see what's coming.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Yeah I see what's coming....
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Christian Graus wrote: Is anyone else giving up on social media The only constant "social" media for me is the lounge.
Facebook droped around 15 years ago, got into it again 10 years ago to find some lost people and try to get in contact with them and droped it again some months later. Last 10 years only there for 8 to 10 times in total because I searched for something concrete that was not offered in other places.
LinkedIn no account ever.
Twitter no account ever.
all other staff... no account. Might have had one in a couple of places (i.e. XING), but got deleted due innactivity.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm with Marc, never joined any of them.
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Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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