Posted on 02/19/2015 11:21:25 AM PST by lee martell
One of my greatest online pastimes, other than viewing Free Republic, had been to read the comments left after an unusual or intriguing news event. I've noticed that within the last year, more and more news sites will either not allow for any comments to be posted, or will say leaving comments is contingent on first joining Facebook. I have no intention of getting on Facebook at this time, because I've heard the CEO laugh off any concerns of privacy as an antiquated , even suspicious mindset. I feel the same about twitter too. I've heard of the many instances of folks swarming and attacking anyone who writes something that challenges popular opinion. I've heard of people who delight in ruining one's reputation in their working life, to the point where that person loses their jobs. However, I'm sort of missing the free flow of comments from the average person. Most commenting sites no longer allow you to Vote Down an unpopular idea or statement. I really do miss being able to use my Down Vote every once in a while.
I suspect that’s how Baraq Obama got to #3 in Tweater followers. The other 9 are “celebrities” LOL.
I have a bogus facebook page using the name of an ex mafia boss. Any information I put on it such as where I’m from, I put Sicily. That allows me to comment on any newspaper or website that allows you sign in with your Facebook account......Easy Peezy....
I could use a fake name, yes, but I would need to jump around physically using one computer in one location, another computer or android in another location. I think that all devices in my home would share the same IP Address.
Exactly!
They don't want a comment or comments successfully debunking clueless reasoning that was used by the author of one of their articles thus exposing the author as the idiot that he is..
Do you really think that the Obama gang isn't tracking all the "anonymous contributors"?
Not long ago, Facebook had a great purging of fake accounts. I am glad to see mine wasn’t the only one that made it thru that scrubbing.
[ I could use a fake name, yes, but I would need to jump around physically using one computer in one location, another computer or android in another location. I think that all devices in my home would share the same IP Address. ]
Just tap into your liberal neighbor’s wi-fi, they are commies they are supposed to like sharing....
I didn't know that........
With that being said, there is an email privacy concern that I've noticed. Whenever I actually visit that account, which is almost never, there will be a list of individuals "do you know so and so" and ask me to hook up with them. In many of the cases, they ARE people I know.........
How Facebook was able to match them up with my fake account, I have no idea........The only explanation I can come up with is that these individuals and I are all tied together by past email contact with one another even tho they may not be in my email address book.
Well, it is run by an acknowledged hacker.
(One of the many reasons to limit the activity on it, for sure) I actually think I spend more time using my throw away presence than my real one. I am rarely on the real one anymore, and that's mostly just to say happy birthday to friends.
Two reasons:
1 - those comment threads have more and more become the land of trolls and dipsticks and managing them is a nightmare
2 - tagging it through your FB account removes the hassle of ID maintenance from them AND puts your comments on FB so your friends see the articles and maybe click through
You could store all the comments for FOX news stories for 100 years on a key fob for a few hundred bucks...
I think comments removed is more about keeping the low readership number concealed from advertisers.
Our local Gannett newsrag did the Facebook thing a couple of years ago. The result? Threads which used to get hundreds of posts and responses now get dozens; those which used to get dozens get a few or none.
Can I set one up from my public library?
It ain’t worth it!.............
TorGuard is your answer.
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