I finally really hate Facebook

Westerly Wood

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I been on FB since 2008 or 2009.
The ads are crazy and even with Social fixer, they do not go away.
And the debates on FB are so insane right now, I just cannot abide with the platform any longer.
Which is a bummer as I upload a lot of family photos and moments for my kids to see when I am gone.
I guess I can just log out and just never log back i to stay "active".

When I want to relax and get some sanity, I come over here.
 

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IMO social media in general has turned into a wash of white noise, but Facebook in particular is a sewer. I have family members so embedded within it that they're all but unreachable by other (non-voice electronic) means, but so be it. For now we just don't communicate much.

-Dave-
 

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I just block the pages they repost dumb crap from, then it gets pared down to kid pics and cat videos, just the way it should be.
 

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IMO social media in general has turned into a wash of white noise, but Facebook in particular is a sewer. I have family members so embedded within it that they're all but unreachable by other (non-voice electronic) means, but so be it. For now we just don't communicate much.

-Dave-

Just De-activated my account. I guess I can always sign back in 20 years to get the pics :)
 

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I ended up blocking damn-near everyone during the election so now all I get are ads and Facebook forums. I go there less and less.
 

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I just don't pay much attention to it.

I will use it to advertise my next show, however!

Shameless...
 

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I've found myself going there less and less. It's so easy to just keep scrolling through the endless postings. What I really hate is when it shows what my friends "like" or "respond to"...... like I care? I have friends who just go through FB and just LIKE everything they see!!! And then FB wants to show me that!! I don't care. Let 'em like whatever they want, just don't show it to me. Show me what they post or share, period. But you can't change that.

Then I find myself getting pissed off, and so I leave. Like I said, LESS and LESS......
 

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My GF is very active on it so I asked her a few times to look up some stuff for me ... and then she said I should go on there myself and with much reluctance I did. So now once a day or so I have a quick look and scroll through the various posts. Added some "friends" from my sordid past for curiosity sake but have not further reached out to them. It seems very complicated to set up for sure.
 

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Facebook is what u make of it. sounds like u guys are using it wrong.

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Facebook is evil. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE EATING SUSHI!
Sorry, I got carried away....
 

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I'm not a big social media fan. I'm more of a hermit actually. But, I will say it has helped me reconnect with some of the folks I grew up with and went to high school with. I think Eric has it about right. There is a lot of crap out there but if you're selective it also has some good stuff. Like most everything in life I guess.
 

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It is what it is and you're free to take it or leave it. NBD.
I've connected with my younger sister more via FB than ever before and that's a major plus at this point in both our lives. I think she would agree.

Just like anything else, if it aggravates you turn it off. Last I heard participation is still voluntary.

C'est la vie, :peaceful:
Joe
 

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Facebook is what u make of it. sounds like u guys are using it wrong.
Some aimless hippie managed to talk Jack into a jam at Woodstock?
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Jerry bogartin' all the acid again:
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Bobby tryin' hard to pretend the the houri behind him is just a hallucination:
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"Hey Jerry, have you ever REALLY looked at your hands?"
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Mike Nesmith shortly after meeting Owsley Stanley(pictured above) in 1967:
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Mike Brady shortly after really looking at his hands:
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Ken Kesey had already discovered his hands by the time he met Owsley:
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Luv the pics & captions--needed the laffs!
i got friend & relative in ariz still interested in what's happening with me (more brain radiation coming up God have mercy on my wife) & fat daddy tries to avoid politics--personal relationships is almost more than he can handle :mushroom:
so i keep the pages up but like others i block a lot of crap.
can be a little exhausting.
BTW-martin monels light (.12's) are wonderful on the little M20. just my onion. :peaceful:
 
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