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Cakes488

(874 posts)
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:40 AM Oct 2016

Hillary's FaceBook page is filled with trolls...hardly any supporters...WHY???

Why is that??? I don't like that....I'm then compelled to answer these fools...try to add a little balance to her page.

I'm just so disgusted and ANGRY that anyone can think he is worthy of praise.....I've stayed off FB for the last couple of months because I just get enraged...I cannot help getting enraged.

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Hillary's FaceBook page is filled with trolls...hardly any supporters...WHY??? (Original Post) Cakes488 Oct 2016 OP
Why do you even use Facebook? TheCowsCameHome Oct 2016 #1
Because it's a useful tool. KittyWampus Oct 2016 #13
There is absolutely nothing wrong with FB obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #24
There are privacy concerns with Facebook. Ofcourse most people don't care. RAFisher Oct 2016 #32
H's last post 5.1K "likes" already, 1st nasty response 233. Hortensis Oct 2016 #27
I share animals on the kill list... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #2
I don't do Facebook workinclasszero Oct 2016 #3
FaceBook is a farce and home of trolls randr Oct 2016 #4
so not true obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #25
nope relayerbob Oct 2016 #26
Easy vercetti2021 Oct 2016 #5
I was thinking that...the skanks organize at these right wing rag sites... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #8
Of course vercetti2021 Oct 2016 #14
I can't do hate book. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2016 #6
Because the Hillary supporters are out volunteering, doing GOTV, etc. . . . hatrack Oct 2016 #7
YES! workinclasszero Oct 2016 #9
That's true...even me I called 5 people last night for Hillary!!!!!!!!! Cakes488 Oct 2016 #11
I think there are several pages for Hillary mountain grammy Oct 2016 #10
I share your frustration. tanyev Oct 2016 #12
I've given up on the Hillary page...but in my own feed people feel free to post lies... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #16
Oh, in your own feed. Yuck. tanyev Oct 2016 #19
FB semby2 Oct 2016 #15
It's not but it's still a window and I don't like what I'm seeing... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #17
Because they're losing and lashing out alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #18
haters are gonna ahte, that's why. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #20
I also think people are afraid to say anything.. Cakes488 Oct 2016 #21
because people are assholes and Hillary hate reigns on FB Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #22
You know, we are the ACTUAL Silent Majority. We're just waiting. nolabear Oct 2016 #23
I haven't been on FB in over GWC58 Oct 2016 #28
Close FB and do something productive. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #29
It's weird treestar Oct 2016 #30
this site was the same way for years. But the Clinton campaign focuses on ground efforts JI7 Oct 2016 #31
Yet that is the very thing that they accuse you of when you respond....my standard line is please Cakes488 Oct 2016 #36
Because people doing good, and having productive lives, are not obsessively posting on Facebook jberryhill Oct 2016 #33
I've hardly ever used Facebook (closed my account years ago)... Charlotte Little Oct 2016 #34
I saw a "balcony" at a rally on tv that was pretty empty and my eyes widened..... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Oct 2016 #35
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
3. I don't do Facebook
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:53 AM
Oct 2016

I do voting on election day like millions of other Americans that are going to save America from those deplorable internet assholes in a few weeks!

vercetti2021

(10,150 posts)
5. Easy
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:55 AM
Oct 2016

Because they're from the sites of 4chan and reddit aka the manchild, crybaby, no life side of the internet. Nothing better to do with their time. Supporters are there, but we have all have lives and can't spend it all on Facebook arguing with deplorables.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
8. I was thinking that...the skanks organize at these right wing rag sites...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

I still don't like to see it....but it will not sway my confidence that the American people will choose correctly on November 8th.

vercetti2021

(10,150 posts)
14. Of course
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:03 AM
Oct 2016

Here's the thing. The people that will choose wisely don't argue with these idiots. We socialize and talk amongst ourselves on sites like Facebook. These right wing turds have nothing better to do with their precious time. They could, like Obama said. Could go and actually work for their candidate and try to get out the vote by going door to door or phone banking. But...they rather site on their asses and troll Facebook, Twitter, etc. It's fucking sad to see our society come down to this. But it's easy for these nutter butters to sit behind a computer screen and talk smack.

mountain grammy

(26,569 posts)
10. I think there are several pages for Hillary
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:00 AM
Oct 2016

Yeah, lots of negative stuff, but I always post something positive. You see it on the White House page too. Haters gonna hate. We can only hope their numbers are dwindling.

I don't really understand why some posters feel the need to ridicule facebook use.

Geez, people, lighten up.











tanyev

(42,358 posts)
12. I share your frustration.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:01 AM
Oct 2016

I don't know why the campaign doesn't moderate the comments. I don't have the time or desire to engage with any of them, but I have started my own experiment to find out if Facebook has a limit on number of people you are allowed to block. So far, no.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
16. I've given up on the Hillary page...but in my own feed people feel free to post lies...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:14 AM
Oct 2016

people from high school especially. I've stayed off FB for the last 3 months because I know I'll get into with people...but as the election draws near I've been back on the last few days and I'm sorry but I'm calling people out in my feed...calling them out with facts. I just cannot allow the bullshit to go unrefuted. All these assholes from high school pardoning the pussy talk...I have to ask them have you been groped by a man? By your boss? By some random stranger???

tanyev

(42,358 posts)
19. Oh, in your own feed. Yuck.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:25 AM
Oct 2016

Fortunately I don't have many FB friends who are political. Those that are have already been unfollowed. For me, life's too short to keep toxic people in it.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
21. I also think people are afraid to say anything..
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:30 AM
Oct 2016

I've noticed that once I spoke up others joined in....

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
22. because people are assholes and Hillary hate reigns on FB
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:34 AM
Oct 2016

but give the link please-- I'll go write something nice

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
23. You know, we are the ACTUAL Silent Majority. We're just waiting.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:38 AM
Oct 2016

I've seen it all over. People get driven out by trolls and fanatics and stop arguing because it's not arguing, it's abuse. But we are talking to one another, and we are working on the ground, and we will stop them with our votes. I'm confident of that.

I wish I was more confident about the aftermath. I used to think it was all blow but I now think there are enough of them who might take action to be considered truly dangerous.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
28. I haven't been on FB in over
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:21 PM
Oct 2016

four years. I don't even know if the page is still up. I have no intention of ever using any kind of social media. I'm just not that into it. 🤔🙄

TonyPDX

(962 posts)
29. Close FB and do something productive.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:22 PM
Oct 2016

I'm a precinct committee person for the Democratic party in my county. Today I'm walking a turf of 60 homes (all registered Dems) to hand out slate cards and answer questions about voting.

Don't sit on the sidelines and fret. Do something. Call your local Democratic office or Hillary HQ and offer to volunteer-- they'll welcome your help.

JI7

(89,174 posts)
31. this site was the same way for years. But the Clinton campaign focuses on ground efforts
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:27 PM
Oct 2016

more which is better than wasting time on trolls.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
36. Yet that is the very thing that they accuse you of when you respond....my standard line is please
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:53 PM
Oct 2016

advise where I can get paid to troll rather than for free...I've done research and found nothing..links please.

Charlotte Little

(658 posts)
34. I've hardly ever used Facebook (closed my account years ago)...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:44 PM
Oct 2016

...so I can't respond to that.

But what I can report is that I am on Twitter (only social media I use) and am very actively pushing truthful articles, information, etc. about HRC. I've seen a pattern. Back in August and September, there were far more Trump supporters posting their crazy sh*t and nasty memes than now. And the "deplorables" (the ones who actually changed their Twitter handles to add "Deplorable" in front of their names) have dwindled.

I'm not BSing. I've seen a shift.

If you are not on Twitter, I'd suggest you hop on there and follow some of the best promoters of HRC/detractors of Trump, including Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, David Plouffe, Jim Messina, Tommy Vietor, Kurt Eichenwald, Sopan Deb, etc.

Also on Twitter, there are media folks in the traveling press pool for the Orange Shit Stain who are revealing more and more about his rally attendance lies. At this past week's rally in Cincinnati, Trump claimed 25K people were in the arena and 7K people were trying to get in, but in reality, half of the second level was completely empty.

Go here: https://twitter.com/search?q=cincinnati%20trump&src=typd and scroll down to Nick Corasaniti, ?@NYTnickc and watch his video. He's pro-Trump, so ignore that, but watch the video in large screen. You will see with your very own eyes that that top level is EMPTY.

I realize that the size of rallies has ZERO correlation to voter turnout, but the point I'm trying to make is that all the lies of YUUGGEE rallies is just that...lies. There is no enthusiasm for Trump (as all polls indicate). It's a mirage.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
37. I saw a "balcony" at a rally on tv that was pretty empty and my eyes widened.....
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:56 PM
Oct 2016

I'm going to see on twitter now if it's the same one. I have twitter and I share anti trump pro hill tweets but I'm really not on it much...maybe that is where I will focus for the next few weeks....Thank you.

I think it's a very big deal if in fact there are less people attending rallies...yes that would make me very pleased indeed.

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