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BannonsLiver

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19. Or youre getting your life back

Tue Mar 20, 2018, 10:05 AM

Mar 2018

Social media is bad for people. Like saturated fat. Hard to see any kind of argument that makes the case that our species is better off with it.

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People are in a rush to delete their Facebook page! [View all] imanamerican63 Mar 2018 OP

No you are regaining control of your privacy. Kilgore Mar 2018 #1

facebook sucks eShirl Mar 2018 #2

No - I can't do it! I'm too afraid - the idea of life without face book . . . el_bryanto Mar 2018 #3

don't use it . . . pretty simple . . DrDan Mar 2018 #9

Here you go, step 1: Admit you are powerless over Facebook that your life is unmanageable FSogol Mar 2018 #4

Facebook addiction is a real thing nt Sunsky Mar 2018 #5

I don't blame them. pwb Mar 2018 #6

Loll! People's mental and emotional well being will skyrocket without FB! Anon-C Mar 2018 #7

For me, it would feel like I was conceding the field to the Trumpsters & crazy Brexiters etc. TubbersUK Mar 2018 #8

Same here. LeftishBrit Mar 2018 #11

Kinda the opposite, actually. eShirl Mar 2018 #16

In what way 'kinda the opposite' ? n/t TubbersUK Mar 2018 #18

I am using FB a bit more carefully, but still use it LeftishBrit Mar 2018 #10

Me too! imanamerican63 Mar 2018 #12

Yes, this! I've been using the internet quite 'regularly' since '92 and... WePurrsevere Mar 2018 #30

I never did anything that asked for my contacts...I draw the line there LeftInTX Mar 2018 #34

im not deleting.. isnt this like closing the barn gate after the horse escaped? samnsara Mar 2018 #13

I started by Unfollowing everyone! hexola Mar 2018 #14

From the start a few years ago, I locked down my FB account... Rollo Mar 2018 #15

Ask yourself this.. Kentonio Mar 2018 #22

There are also notations and comments associated with said photos and videos Rollo Mar 2018 #23

Sure, but you can get that stuff from posts just as easily. Kentonio Mar 2018 #25

Companies have used data, including photos, from Facebook to judge AJT Mar 2018 #26

Absolutely, and I'd encourage anyone on Facebook to keep their profiles private. Kentonio Mar 2018 #31

Burglars, for one? DonaldsRump Mar 2018 #27

No-one should leave their profile public, so burglars really shouldn't be an issue. Kentonio Mar 2018 #32

An old example about monetizing facial recognition from 2015 DonaldsRump Mar 2018 #37

Yes but not necessarily in the way you describe Kentonio Mar 2018 #45

I see those on my friends' feeds, I go to them and they say: LeftInTX Mar 2018 #36

Lol Fullduplexxx Mar 2018 #17

Or youre getting your life back BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #19

It helps a lot of people be a lot less lonely. Kentonio Mar 2018 #33

A flat statement like that is silly. Codeine Mar 2018 #42

Its been a net negative BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #44

Agreed! llmart Mar 2018 #43

I read this last night crazycatlady Mar 2018 #20

That makes zero sense. Most Americans werent on Facebook blake2012 Mar 2018 #21

FB has billions of users former9thward Mar 2018 #24

I stopped going there with all the LIES Cha Mar 2018 #28

Haha...no. JNelson6563 Mar 2018 #29

Facebook is the way people live? malaise Mar 2018 #35

that just sounds pathetic, yes? Skittles Mar 2018 #39

Yes malaise Mar 2018 #40

LOL Skittles Mar 2018 #38

A handful of cranks are freaking out. Codeine Mar 2018 #41