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LPBBEAR

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11. Hosts File

Reply to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:45 PM

Jan 2021

If you have access to their computer use the Hosts file to block all the right wing garbage sites. Lots of howtos on the Internet. Use Google and search for "blocking websites with host file

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My Trumper parents just asked me to delete their facebook and whatsapp accounts. [View all] Claustrum Jan 2021 OP

Did you tell them to work on it to figure it out?? Srkdqltr Jan 2021 #1

Sadly, they will just say they don't know English even though they use a different language on it. Claustrum Jan 2021 #4

I understand. Srkdqltr Jan 2021 #17

So how did they manage to make accounts? cwydro Jan 2021 #18

I made the accounts for them. Claustrum Jan 2021 #19

It has been very quiet on FB since the election and worse since the 6th. Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #2

My FB has been exactly the same obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #3

Me too. I don't do any political things on there nor do I allow any on mine. Claustrum Jan 2021 #6

Yup, friends who live all over and hobby groups obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #9

Yeah, what all of you have said... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #21

And if they live in another country, they're not getting their marybourg Jan 2021 #22

Unfortunately, there is a lot of support for Trump where I came from. Claustrum Jan 2021 #23

Yes, I can understand that. It's very common reaction. marybourg Jan 2021 #25

It's a mix to be honest. Claustrum Jan 2021 #26

Thank you for the good intelligence. marybourg Jan 2021 #27

I do some politics on fb but my fam & friends are electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #20

Why, Claustrum? Are they rethinking radicalization, or doubling down ? Hortensis Jan 2021 #5

Nope. They are pissed because Trump got blocked n/t Claustrum Jan 2021 #7

Sorry. Give them time. It took years to get to this. Hortensis Jan 2021 #8

Yes. I didn't say anything to them because we will never agree on politics. Claustrum Jan 2021 #10

You apparently missed getting the strong authoritarian gene pairings, Hortensis Jan 2021 #16

Deleteing their accounts is a kindness sanatanadharma Jan 2021 #15

Hosts File LPBBEAR Jan 2021 #11

I actually don't think my parents got their main misinformation from facebook. Claustrum Jan 2021 #12

My old man managed to enlist in the Army at 14 Generic Other Jan 2021 #13

Different culture unfortunately (I am not born American). Claustrum Jan 2021 #14

Save their blushes - put up a message claiming they were Russian bot accounts muriel_volestrangler Jan 2021 #24