"It's become 4chan for Nanas and Grampas." The absolute best description for what FB has become (Reply #85)

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85. "It's become 4chan for Nanas and Grampas." The absolute best description for what FB has become

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207 replies	Author	Time	Post
A plea for all DUers who haven't already done so. Drop Facebook like a rock, please? [View all]	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	OP
K&R	Kurt V.	Feb 2020	#1
I'm inclined to love your post too, but to be utterly clear-minded and fair:	DemocracyMouse	Feb 2020	#156
It is "employing" editors - us.	Ms. Toad	Feb 2020	#168
I did 3 months ago. Twitter too. Much joy ensued in my life.	NRaleighLiberal	Feb 2020	#2
I'm still on Twitter. With the introduction of tools that sort out the bots, it's a better place...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#5
I still like Twitter.	greymattermom	Feb 2020	#8
Tom Joseph, right?	barbtries	Feb 2020	#69
Twitter is a total joke	Moostache	Feb 2020	#127
Here's my concern about the Trump dementia.	wnylib	Feb 2020	#154
YES!	2naSalit	Feb 2020	#3
I did two weeks ago	texasfiddler	Feb 2020	#4
Another day of telling people to do something they may not be able to do	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#6
I asked, I didn't "tell" anyone anything.	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#13
pleas, pleading, guilting... same thing.	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#15
Yawn...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#17
No need for the didactic weigh-in.	VOX	Feb 2020	#28
Why? Guilt.	not_the_one	Feb 2020	#110
You should read and get the context before firing a round at a bystander who agrees with you.	VOX	Feb 2020	#133
I, too, was defending Dennis.	not_the_one	Feb 2020	#172
it's how addicts behave	Skittles	Feb 2020	#176
Skittles, you win this thread	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#190
FB	DownriverDem	Feb 2020	#80
Agree a gazillion percent.	blueinredohio	Feb 2020	#7
Absolutely, but be prepared to duck...	hlthe2b	Feb 2020	#9
Precisely.	volstork	Feb 2020	#78
Democratic friends (NT)	HuskyOffset	Feb 2020	#153
I dropped it last year when I realized Zuckerberg is clearly helping Trump. It felt good.	writes3000	Feb 2020	#95
It's dangerous only if you take it seriously.	A HERETIC I AM	Feb 2020	#10
Its dangerous because it exists.	we can do it	Feb 2020	#29
You don't know wat you're up against goes farther than simple influence.	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#38
Where the fuck are the Hackers for Democracy?	CrispyQ	Feb 2020	#63
I found a group I didn't know about, They See Blue,	greymattermom	Feb 2020	#11
I advocated for dropping FuckFace for years now	Cirque du So-What	Feb 2020	#12
if you are of above average intelligence and age,no msiinformation on FB will influence your opinion	beachbumbob	Feb 2020	#14
Sorry but you don't know wat you're up against. Not just the influence but wat you say and do	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#32
You do realize that 50 percent of voters are below average?	Coventina	Feb 2020	#62
The ignorant are always unaware of their ignorance.	Squinch	Feb 2020	#159
How about Twitter?	cwydro	Feb 2020	#16
Twitter has policies in place, and there are tools available to sort out the veracity...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#23
Lol, I've seen people right here, whose names I won't mention, post absolute falsehoods from	cwydro	Feb 2020	#174
Twitter has also refused to remove the fake video Trump is using. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#64
And drop Linkedin. nt	Hotler	Feb 2020	#18
+1.	dalton99a	Feb 2020	#22
Me too.	fierywoman	Feb 2020	#148
Zuckerberg is relying on the old folks	dalton99a	Feb 2020	#19
Old unsophisticated folks who either don't know any better or think they are "smart"	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#33
Not sure why you're taking aim on the "Old Folks"	Fla Dem	Feb 2020	#97
I never liked them from the beginning.	Bluepinky	Feb 2020	#20
But, but, but, I thought....	Fla_Democrat	Feb 2020	#21
Before FB, we had a Yahoo! group	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#25
Yes... The panic room or something like that. Whoever moderated that group must have	hlthe2b	Feb 2020	#99
I'm good, thanks.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2020	#24
I'm sure you are	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#26
.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2020	#37
Because participating in an admitted disinfo for cash organization is A-OK.	we can do it	Feb 2020	#31
No, it just means that I've come to terms with the risks and benefits the platform offers.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2020	#35
I doubt you fully appreciate the risks. Unless you're a PhD level data scientist.	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#42
Help me out, then.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2020	#43
Just us dumb facebook-using folks around these parts, I guess	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#45
You said it, not me. And as for saving you trying to do save myself and the country form fab	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#48
What is a "country form fab?"	pamela	Feb 2020	#91
Cuz you're so "smart"? See my post above. Lots of folks in the valley won't go near it.	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#34
Okay.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2020	#36
BOYCOTT FB!! It is hurting zuckerberg big time..16 billion lost over poor FB performance	Thekaspervote	Feb 2020	#27
He hasn't lost anything.	TwilightZone	Feb 2020	#108
Yes a lot of people misunderstand this	FakeNoose	Feb 2020	#155
Just stop clicking on ANYTHING	Shanti Mama	Feb 2020	#30
You do you. I'll do me. Thanks.	MineralMan	Feb 2020	#39
Continuing to support anti-Democratic companies is you, then. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#67
Nope. Using available resources that benefit me is me.	MineralMan	Feb 2020	#73
That's what you're doing, you're supporting an anti-Democratic entity that is destroying	Coventina	Feb 2020	#77
Well, no doubt you know better than I do...	MineralMan	Feb 2020	#79
Apparently I do. eom	Coventina	Feb 2020	#83
I agree with you	h2ebits	Feb 2020	#158
Will you please stop using petroleum products, please.	Magoo48	Feb 2020	#136
People get so defensive about their toys. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#145
And you and a couple others on this thread have gotten condescending in your responses.	A HERETIC I AM	Feb 2020	#206
I am going to be condescending to anyone helping undermine our democracy. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#207
Not me	PatSeg	Feb 2020	#40
I agree, and never became part of that craze. Unfortunately, people are NOT going to drop facebook.	still_one	Feb 2020	#41
A little more than a year ago, couldn't take neices and nephews that I loved go for Trumper	katmondoo	Feb 2020	#44
12 years ago for me, family who were vicious Obama-haters	lambchopp59	Feb 2020	#54
Dropped It Already	colsohlibgal	Feb 2020	#46
Yep and folks are too fuckin stupid to accept the truth	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#49
What exactly has Facebook done?	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#52
Oh brother.	Dream Girl	Feb 2020	#55
Guess I'm 'too fuckin stupid' to understand n/t	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#61
Did you read the article in the OP? n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#70
Yes	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#76
For all their faults (especially Fox) there are standards that broadcasters have to adhere to	Coventina	Feb 2020	#82
LOL	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#84
So what? Mistakes are made all the time. Saying it's the same thing is ludicrous. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#88
You're surely not defending FOX news?	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#100
I'm not defending Fox News, don't be silly. Every news network gets stuff wrong from time to time.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#104
Oh. The networks got Iraq wrong?	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#109
The entire media of this country was manipulated by the Bush Regime, it is true.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#112
Whatever	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#119
Hahahahahaha! Yeah, 'cuz Zuckerberg is all about helping the working class!!!	Coventina	Feb 2020	#122
Inadvertently, he did	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#134
Social media is where many people become radicalized, or haven't you followed the story of ISIS?	Coventina	Feb 2020	#142
ISIS is coming for our Grandmothers!!!111 n/t	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#161
reductio ad absurdum n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#162
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Feb 2020	#130
This and too damn stubborn to admit they are perpetuating the propaganda.	we can do it	Feb 2020	#132
The local Democrats use it to communicate	xmas74	Feb 2020	#50
they need to find another platform n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#71
It's not going to happen.	xmas74	Feb 2020	#103
Then I weep for our country. We apparently have to service our overlords in order to do anything.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#105
We have $532.24 in our club account.	xmas74	Feb 2020	#113
I'm not saying you should stop. I just find it pathetic is all. We only survive at the mercy of	Coventina	Feb 2020	#115
It is what it is.	xmas74	Feb 2020	#201
I live outside a very small town, and the mayor uses Facebook to keep us informed	womanofthehills	Feb 2020	#183
Done months ago!	usaf-vet	Feb 2020	#51
I dropped Facebook 3 years ago, when I realized they were	jrthin	Feb 2020	#53
If I were an employer	bucolic_frolic	Feb 2020	#56
apologists and hard heads keep splashing through that sewer because they have to travel--	Ponietz	Feb 2020	#57
Facebook is key to my business...	ProudMNDemocrat	Feb 2020	#58
Facebook is still a great way to stay in contact with friends and family.	aikoaiko	Feb 2020	#59
Because apparently telephones, email, and the USPS don't exist anymore.....	Coventina	Feb 2020	#75
Because you'd never get scammed or spammed that way	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#81
Scams exist everywhere. However, it is a CRIME to defraud	Coventina	Feb 2020	#86
Of course they do, but I don't know most of the phone number or email addresses of my FB friends.	aikoaiko	Feb 2020	#87
So basically you don't care. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#90
Of course I care, but the pro-boycott crowd hasn't made a compelling case for boycotting.	aikoaiko	Feb 2020	#96
If the Cambridge Analytica scandal didn't move you, you're probably lost, then. n/t	Coventina	Feb 2020	#98
They aren't as readily usable	treestar	Feb 2020	#200
No, it was edited to make it look like she tore the speech during the Tuskegee airman intro	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#92
Editing a video can be satire and satire doesn't have to humorous.	aikoaiko	Feb 2020	#93
Editing a video explicitly to deceive is considered "satire"?	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#102
The video isn't for you or me.	aikoaiko	Feb 2020	#126
No.	barbtries	Feb 2020	#60
I use Facebook for my business and our Facebook page has quite an active	totodeinhere	Feb 2020	#65
Fakebook is totally drumpf corrupted..	democratisphere	Feb 2020	#66
Exactly	seta1950	Feb 2020	#68
Did this 2 years ago.	volstork	Feb 2020	#72
Sounds like you're (mostly)	Oldem	Feb 2020	#74
"It's become 4chan for Nanas and Grampas." The absolute best description for what FB has become	chia	Feb 2020	#85
Some think they are free of all influences on FB but this article shows how deep they target	lunasun	Feb 2020	#89
Can't unless I want my business to plummet like a rock.	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2020	#94
This is what I truly don't understand about FB and businesses.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#101
Real estate agents use FB extensively to get the word out about their listings...	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2020	#106
What is my rule? I was just explaining how FB impedes my purchasing.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#114
"as soon as I discover their main portal is FB, I immediately eliminate them. "	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2020	#163
oh, yeah, I guess it's a personal rule.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#166
It's more like this	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#107
I guess I'll have to take your word for it, because now I avoid FB using businesses like the plague.	Coventina	Feb 2020	#117
Yes, practically every business.	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#123
Good synopsis.	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2020	#164
I've cut back.	Chemisse	Feb 2020	#111
I like Twitter a lot better	WestLosAngelesGal	Feb 2020	#116
Take control of your feed. Use the unfollow button liberally.	tinrobot	Feb 2020	#118
Theresa Hong... Trump's social media director,	Botany	Feb 2020	#120
You can drop it. I like to keep an eye on the other side	IronLionZion	Feb 2020	#121
+1	John1956PA	Feb 2020	#131
Never joined	grantcart	Feb 2020	#124
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Feb 2020	#125
Welcome to DU!	John1956PA	Feb 2020	#129
I did three years ago, not much luck changing anyone else's	dewsgirl	Feb 2020	#128
I'm torn,	mzmolly	Feb 2020	#135
Twitter is worse.	LisaM	Feb 2020	#137
Twitter has policies intended to curb the spread of disinfo, and works with 3rd party vendors...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#143
Twitter gives Trump a platform.	LisaM	Feb 2020	#150
Easy for me, I was never on Facebook in the first place.	scarletwoman	Feb 2020	#138
I get the need for some to maintain a FB presence for business...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#140
Fake Book is my Battle Space with MAGA's - My position Paper on FB...	MartyTheGreek	Feb 2020	#139
Sorry. Not going to.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Feb 2020	#141
This nana has always refused to use it.	marybourg	Feb 2020	#144
I had Facebook once back in the days and never need it never will	mshasta	Feb 2020	#146
I wish people would boycott Amazon.	LisaM	Feb 2020	#147
Pushes for proper regulation would work better than boycotts for a lot of these areas.	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#149
Absolutely!	marybourg	Feb 2020	#152
Then the same is true for Facebook.	LisaM	Feb 2020	#157
Completely agree	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#160
Its not an either-or question - boycott IS a tried and true method of applying a "push" nt	Kashkakat v.2.0	Feb 2020	#167
That seems like the opposite of what should do	jr1118x	Feb 2020	#151
+1	leftstreet	Feb 2020	#165
I can't but I'm aware of what's fake news	Polybius	Feb 2020	#169
No thanks.....I like pointing out the fake crap to posters of BS..pisses them off.	AncientGeezer	Feb 2020	#170
There are liberal groups	treestar	Feb 2020	#171
I go for months at a time without seeing a single person	Runningdawg	Feb 2020	#173
I'm with you.	pamela	Feb 2020	#181
they won't	Skittles	Feb 2020	#175
I want you to knock this off. I am staying on Facebook. PERIOD.	CaliforniaPeggy	Feb 2020	#177
Nope. Ninety percent of my posts are political or issue related, and I'm NOT going to stop.	pnwmom	Feb 2020	#178
Nanas and Grampas are people too!	Croney	Feb 2020	#179
no	obamanut2012	Feb 2020	#180
i might	dweller	Feb 2020	#182
You do you; I'll do me.	Different Drummer	Feb 2020	#184
Unfortunately, not everyone is on DU, so haven't seen the damning news articles	Rhiannon12866	Feb 2020	#185
More than simply demanding people drop FB	Cosmocat	Feb 2020	#186
No one demanded anything	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#187
"A plea for all DUers who haven't already done so. Drop Facebook like a rock, please?"	Cosmocat	Feb 2020	#188
You understand the meaning of "plea," don't you? It's actually in the subject line...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#189
You understand how a plea can come across as a demand?	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#191
No, please explain... n/t	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#192
Sorta the same way asking for a favor is like blackmail or extortion	Blue_Adept	Feb 2020	#193
That involved a quid pro quo	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#194
Whatever - the point is that there is no similar alternative	Cosmocat	Feb 2020	#198
There's still some girlies on there I gotta talk to...	Blue_Tires	Feb 2020	#195
Done a long time ago! HIGHLY RECOMMEND it! n/t	CousinIT	Feb 2020	#196
You get out of social media	Proud Liberal Dem	Feb 2020	#197
Already done... Stopped a little over a year ago now.	Zing Zing Zingbah	Feb 2020	#199
It's a good way to keep in touch with family and old friends.	tritsofme	Feb 2020	#202
Thats why I use it and for some private	marlakay	Feb 2020	#203
I lulz'd	KG	Feb 2020	#204
I lulz...	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#205

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