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Posted on 10/25/2020 1:52:10 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More

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To: rurgan
There are plenty of social media alternatives to Facebook and Twitter. The thing is, the company with the biggest market share usually sucks all the oxygen out of the room.
Google, Facebook and Twitter are essentially monopolies who then use monopoly power to crush other competitor's or prevent them from gaining any traction.
Given their blatant intervention in the US and other elections, governments have no alternative but to take strong action against them. The AT&T or Standard Oil solution may be best. Fine them huge amounts for anti trust violations then split each of them into 7 different companies with harsh regulatory regimens.
21 posted on 10/25/2020 2:21:02 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Real Cynic No More

They deleted the same American Thinker article on my account today too. I am also royally pissed.


22 posted on 10/25/2020 2:22:37 PM PDT by battletank
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To: Real Cynic No More; All

Why would anyone want to have anything to do with Facebook to begin with?


23 posted on 10/25/2020 2:23:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Real Cynic No More

I’m getting turned off to their behavior, I’m just not participating as much.


24 posted on 10/25/2020 2:24:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: Truthoverpower; All

Yup. My wife had an account for about three days and was shocked at all the stupid crap posted there. Cats getting lost and other dopey, mindless garbage.


25 posted on 10/25/2020 2:25:45 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Real Cynic No More

Every log in makes them richer and stronger.

Good for you for finally abandoning Fecebook.

All right thinking people should.


26 posted on 10/25/2020 2:27:46 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: rurgan

They are starting to pop up. Roxycast.com, Orbys.net, just to name a couple. Conservatives need to find a good one, migrate to it enmasse, and leave Farcebook in the dust. If it wasn’t for a weather group I manage on FB, I would have left by now too.


27 posted on 10/25/2020 2:28:53 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Real Cynic No More

Facebook is not censoring you.
People who work at facebook are censoring you.
Those people have names & addresses.
Just say’n...


28 posted on 10/25/2020 2:29:28 PM PDT by glasseye ("If you don't fire that prosecutor, you ain't black." -Joe Biden)
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To: Truthoverpower

Not this woman!

:o/


29 posted on 10/25/2020 2:29:59 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Real Cynic No More

One needs to get churches and businesses off Facebook as well.


30 posted on 10/25/2020 2:31:00 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: Real Cynic No More

I haven’t been on Facebook now for about 6 weeks. Too much politics crap & lies from people that think they had to tell everyone why they were so woke.

Aside from a few professional forums that i had enjoyed, i really don’t miss it much. And i’m not likely to go back. At least , not anytime soon. Their loss, because just like cable tv, or Netflix, or espn, i find other things more personal and relavant to my everyday enjoyment.


31 posted on 10/25/2020 2:31:51 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: ducttape45

“They are starting to pop up. Roxycast.com, Orbys.net, just to name a couple. Conservatives need to find a good one, migrate to it enmasse, and leave Farcebook in the dust.”


I agree. Thanks for the website links.


32 posted on 10/25/2020 2:34:06 PM PDT by rurgan (They are cooking the death stats about this corona cold)
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To: Real Cynic No More

I just bought a Oculus Quest 2. Oculus is owned by Facebook. You must now have a Facebook account in order to use new Oculus products. I was forced to establish a Facebook account in order to be able to use my Quest 2. BTW, a Quest is a virtual reality headset.


33 posted on 10/25/2020 2:35:04 PM PDT by willk (A bias news media is not a free press.)
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To: ducttape45
Friendster and Myspace came before Facebook. Murdoch even bought Myspace. Not quite sure how Myspace manages to lose out to Facebook like that.
Be that as it may, Facebook and Twitter need to be broken up for blatantly interfering in the elections for starters.
34 posted on 10/25/2020 2:44:18 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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ducttape45 posted : “They are starting to pop up. Roxycast.com, Orbys.net, just to name a couple. Conservatives need to find a good one, migrate to it enmasse, and leave Farcebook in the dust”


That’s what i was talking about. Thanks for the links. I’m checking that conservative social media orbys.net you posted and it looks really really good. i’m looking at the videos. If anyone knows of any others please post them.

https://orbys.net/video/


35 posted on 10/25/2020 2:44:26 PM PDT by rurgan (They are cooking the death stats about this corona cold)
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To: Real Cynic No More

I stopped using it years ago. Why should I “contribute content”?


36 posted on 10/25/2020 2:46:09 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: rurgan
Someone needs to create a social network for conservatives or a at least that allows freedom of speech.

Thinkspot.com

37 posted on 10/25/2020 2:49:51 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Real Cynic No More

Welcome to the party, Pal.


38 posted on 10/25/2020 2:51:30 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: metmom

Indeed. FR IS my space for face time.


39 posted on 10/25/2020 2:55:21 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Skooz

“Someone needs to create a social network for conservatives or at least one that allows freedom of speech.

Thinkspot.com”

Thanks . I’m going to check it out.

https://www.thinkspot.com/


40 posted on 10/25/2020 2:56:08 PM PDT by rurgan (They are cooking the death stats about this corona cold)
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