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Boycott Facebook
awld ^ | 8.24.18 | self

Posted on 08/24/2018 9:01:15 AM PDT by bboop

I am really upset by Facebook's (et al!) censorship of conservative voices, and of SPLC or whatever it is being the 'lens' through which they judge. I think a nation-wide boycott for one week would send a message.

Thoughts??


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bookburning; censorship; facebook
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1 posted on 08/24/2018 9:01:15 AM PDT by bboop
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To: bboop

Why nibble at the fringes? Take down the SPLC.


2 posted on 08/24/2018 9:04:39 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: bboop

Why limit it to a week? I don’t use it. Never have. Don’t ever intend to. Find some other way to stay in touch or watch cat videos.


3 posted on 08/24/2018 9:05:47 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: bboop

I don’t really do “boycotts”. But that being said, I was so fed up with the nonsense at Facebook that three weeks ago I disabled my FaceBook phone app. The result is that I have not gone there since. I guess it’s an “out of sight, out of mind” sort of thing.


4 posted on 08/24/2018 9:06:53 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: IronJack

Concur. Me either, what you said.


5 posted on 08/24/2018 9:09:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: cuban leaf

And yet your life continues to go on yes?


6 posted on 08/24/2018 9:09:52 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: bboop

Boycott? Pffft! How about criminal RICO and Anti-Trust charges?

FUFascistbook


7 posted on 08/24/2018 9:10:11 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: bboop

I went elk hunting for three weeks last December. During that time, I wasn’t on facebook. I realized I didn’t miss it. I have not been back since, and don’t plan on ever going back.

While some of the businesses I patronize advertise and have pages on facebook, I can access them other ways.

I would like to delete my account, but am not sure how to go about it. Or, should I leave it dormant?


8 posted on 08/24/2018 9:10:12 AM PDT by Glennb51
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One week?

Everyone needs to close their accounts. All my photos and history are gone now. Fine.


9 posted on 08/24/2018 9:10:34 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: V_TWIN

Oddly, I have more free time. Facebook is to the internet what Doritos are to food.


10 posted on 08/24/2018 9:12:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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This is why the left is kicking our asses - many of them are willing to lie, cheat, steal and fight in the streets. We are worried about not having fakebook for a week.

Evil can only ever be countered with violence - at one level or another.


11 posted on 08/24/2018 9:14:06 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: Glennb51

I have a dormant account that I never really used. It prevents someone else from using your name. They tried to steal mine and I had to reverify my id.


12 posted on 08/24/2018 9:19:43 AM PDT by Oldexpat (C)
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To: bboop

“guide tab
Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | May 2018
Here are the top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website’s U.S. Traffic Rank from Quantcast and Global Traffic Rank from both Alexa and SimilarWeb.”*#*” Denotes an estimate for sites with limited data.

facebook1 | facebook

youtube2 | YouTube

twitter3 | Twitter

instagram4 | Instagram

linkedin5 | LinkedIn

reddit6 | Reddit

vk7 | VK

tumblr8 | Tumblr

pinterest9 | Pinterest

plus.google10 | Google Plus

flickr11 | Flickr

meetup12 | meetup

askfm13 | Ask.fm

livejournal14 | LiveJournal

myspace15 | myspace”

Social media sites or selling information on user data sites?


13 posted on 08/24/2018 9:19:43 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: bboop

I have stopped FB.

Why spend a lot time singing to a choir there, just because you know their names and can sometimes see their faces, when you can sing to a choir here without wild algorhythms swirling and ready to snatch what you write?

Yes, some postings get censored here, but far, far from the systematic censorship that has been imposed at FB.


14 posted on 08/24/2018 9:19:52 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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Facebook has 2.2 BILLION users. A week long boycott of a thousand, ten thousand, even a hundred thousand won’t even be noticed.


15 posted on 08/24/2018 9:23:25 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (If we disarmed democrats gun violence would decrease by 90%.)
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To: bboop
There are billions of Facebook users.

99% of them aren't concerned with politics. They may be influenced in some way by Facebook political manipulation of news feeds but most don't see it or use it as a political tool.

A Conservative Republican boycotts would amount to less than a drop in the ocean.

The problem is Facebook is 'boycotting' Conservatives and Republicans.

16 posted on 08/24/2018 9:25:54 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: bboop

Had an account years ago but only to use for FR. I haven’t used it in forever.


17 posted on 08/24/2018 9:28:07 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: cuban leaf

I hear ya. Enough of my crap is already out there on the net. I don’t need anybody else watching me. Had my ID stolen twice already. Once at work and once at home depot.


18 posted on 08/24/2018 9:29:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: cuban leaf

I have about 40 pages of boycotted companies. Hasn’t slowed down my shopping as there’s always an alternative.

The younger crowd has already left FB and say it’s only for grandmas sending their grandkid pics to everyone. FB is committing suicide with the last of their users.


19 posted on 08/24/2018 9:31:45 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: TheTimeOfMan

I don’t believe you can anymore you can disable your account or to perminatly delete it you have send a request to have it removed when you die.


20 posted on 08/24/2018 9:32:10 AM PDT by ezo4
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