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Vanity | 07/01/2018 | Self

Posted on 07/01/2018 12:58:42 PM PDT by FrankR

OK, I've had it with Facebook. I've been on there for a year or so, only because of my kids and grandkids, and a few, close, personal friends. My total number of "Friends" on there is only 54, (and a few of those need to go).

Now - in order to get their hooks into more people - you only get to read the "News Feed" IF, you add "more friends". They've blocked me at only one post I can read, until I add more friends.

I refuse. I've got the friends I want, and that's all I want. It's not a "popularity contest" to me, it's communications.

Therefore, I'm thinking about bowing out of FB. The only thing is, I need to post to my friends where they can reach me...does anyone know of a FB-like site that I can re-locate to?

Suggestions appreciated, and sorry about the vanity - I don't do it very often...only a handful of times in I joined FR in 1998.


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KEYWORDS: extortion; facebook; fakecomplaint; friends
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To: FrankR

Fakebook sucks. I only keep it to keep in contact with former colleagues.


41 posted on 07/01/2018 1:51:29 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: FrankR

None of this will be reported in the MSM. Of course it fits with the MO established by the other socialist democrats in congress, all of whom become multi-millionaires trading on influence. All very wealth-driven, but real big on philanthropy when it comes to YOUR money.


42 posted on 07/01/2018 2:01:31 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: chris37
The secret is to never make any comments or post anything on FB. Don't list your friends or likes or favorite movies or books or TV shows. Nothing. All or any of these things will give clues away about who you are.

I have nothing on my FB page at all. They don't know me from Adam.

My question is, how do you know that FB knows you're ultraconservative? How did you "discover" this fact?

43 posted on 07/01/2018 2:01:56 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: FrankR

I did this thing too.

I changed my name to “Celerity” on there. I’m still there. Look me up.

But they didn’t want a single name. They wanted my real name. They blocked me from the site and demand (Still) that I take a picture of my driver’s licence showing the name Celerity and submit it.

My friends all said I should just photoshop it. I’m really good at photoshop and I could make it look perfect.

Then I told them, rather angrily, “Why in the HELL would I ever, EVER submit to the will of, comply with and obey a F*CKING WEBSITE”

It’s a webpage for god’s sake. And they want to try and pull me around like a puppet ? I don’t think so.


44 posted on 07/01/2018 2:09:59 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: JimSEA

I’m glad you’ve found a redeeming factor of your Facebook account. Hope you continue to enjoy sharing your info.


45 posted on 07/01/2018 2:19:03 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: FrankR

I just deleted/deactivated my FB account this weekend; actually feel better:-)


46 posted on 07/01/2018 2:22:05 PM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: FrankR

to be honest, I’ve had to block some liberal family members, even my own son....my BP can only take so much..


47 posted on 07/01/2018 2:23:16 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: cherry

“...some liberal family members, even my own son...”

_______________________________________

Yep...me too!


48 posted on 07/01/2018 2:28:24 PM PDT by FrankR ( Winners NEVER cheat, and Cheaters NEVER win.)
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To: HotHunt

I have never posted a single thing on facebook other than dog stuff.

Even my chat with friends does not ever go to the subject of politics.

Go to “settings”, click on “Ads”, click on “Your Information”, select “Your Information”, select, “Your Categories”, second box in left column should be politics, mine says “Very Conservative”.


49 posted on 07/01/2018 2:34:07 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: FrankR

Something is amiss, I use FB the same way, FB never tells me I need more friends to post. Don’t know what....


50 posted on 07/01/2018 2:34:25 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Thank you Free Republic. Thank you President Donald J Trump, Greatest election Ever.)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT

Not “more friends to post”...more friends to READ the posts on my news feed page.


51 posted on 07/01/2018 2:38:16 PM PDT by FrankR ( Winners NEVER cheat, and Cheaters NEVER win.)
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To: FrankR

They are using the lack of friends to identify fake accounts. That is why they want to you have more friends before you can access certain things.

I have to ask why you care about trending on FB? I never ever go to that and I have been there for years.

I truly just use my FB to keep up with family and a few people I grew up with. I go to actual FB pages of the news I want to keep up with and like/follow that page, like FOX news, then I get their stuff. So far I have only liked the local TV channels, local paper, FOX news.

I don’t do trending so don’t know about it.


52 posted on 07/01/2018 2:40:19 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: FrankR

Make sure you make them delete your account. Merely deactivating it lets them keep all your info. Due to international agreements, if you ask them and go through the process to delete you account, they have to actually get rid of all your info.


53 posted on 07/01/2018 2:42:19 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: eastforker

Excellent response. Thank you!!


54 posted on 07/01/2018 3:06:20 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Tammy8

Maybe I’m call it the wrong thing, it’s the main page where you see everyone’s post who’s sent you something...without having to go to each friend’s individual wall to see if they have posts.

Maybe it’s call “home page”, but I thought it was “news feed”.

I don’t care about “trending’, what ever that is...


55 posted on 07/01/2018 3:23:33 PM PDT by FrankR ( Winners NEVER cheat, and Cheaters NEVER win.)
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To: FrankR

No big deal. They kicked me off after I was there for a couple of years because I wouldn’t supply them with a govt issued photo ID.

ML/NJ


56 posted on 07/01/2018 3:35:33 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

They didn’t require that when I joined, nor would I have supplied them with it. There is no “non-shady” reason they would need my D/L, or other photo ID.


57 posted on 07/01/2018 3:39:10 PM PDT by FrankR ( Winners NEVER cheat, and Cheaters NEVER win.)
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To: FrankR

Do as I did. Delete your identity completely.


58 posted on 07/01/2018 3:47:40 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: FrankR

Why do you want to read Fakebook’s censored news??


59 posted on 07/01/2018 4:12:14 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: FrankR

Conservatives shouldn’t belong to an entity that seeks their destruction. Facebook is a Leftist political tool. Walk away.


60 posted on 07/01/2018 4:44:43 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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