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DeminPennswoods

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24. Don't have a facebook account, but

Reply to Beringia (Reply #22)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 03:12 AM

Apr 2019

what I've found is that whenever I go to a facebook link, I can only view it for a minute until a big pop-up window appears asking me to login or sign up. There's a "no thanks" option, but the pop-up stays and takes up half the screen. That makes facebook too annoying to use. Twitter is much cleaner, unless the account owner makes their account private, you can read any tweet without having your own account.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quits Facebook, calls social media a 'public health risk' [View all] Zorro Apr 2019 OP

surprised she even has time for that sort of thing these days nt msongs Apr 2019 #1

Maybe she doesn't. Could be the real reason for leaving. TreasonousBastard Apr 2019 #2

Time, what time? It's easier than speaking to the press. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #15

Is she still on twitter? nini Apr 2019 #3

Yep, and tweeting and retweeting today: highplainsdem Apr 2019 #5

Interesting nini Apr 2019 #6

She's right, for the most part social media is a festering sewer Snake Plissken Apr 2019 #4

After 2016 I never post anything political on fb AlexSFCA Apr 2019 #7

I don't believe in shoulds..... and I always comment on political posts on Facebook womanofthehills Apr 2019 #23

In Alberta female politicians and reporters get harassed online. It is applegrove Apr 2019 #8

that's a bad move for her......... Takket Apr 2019 #9

Their parents are on Facebook. The young people are on Instagram and tblue37 Apr 2019 #11

Facebook is the new MySpace. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #14

Not exactly, since FB has so many parents and grandparents on it. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #16

My point is that SnapChat, Instagram, and Pinterest are becoming the younger user's preference. TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 #17

True. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #18

My respect of her just went up randr Apr 2019 #10

Now I'm really diggin' AOC... Blue Owl Apr 2019 #12

Good for her. Excellent. defacto7 Apr 2019 #13

I agree with her. Thought about getting rid of mine too ooky Apr 2019 #19

I agree with her on this. murielm99 Apr 2019 #20

I think quitting is good, but... Lucid Dreamer Apr 2019 #21

Isn't DU social media? Beringia Apr 2019 #22

Don't have a facebook account, but DeminPennswoods Apr 2019 #24