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Why I Left Facebook -- And Why You Should Too
American Thinker.com ^ | November 19, 2020 | Mark St.J. Couhig

Posted on 11/19/2020 5:21:33 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Parler demands my cell phone number in order to make an account.

No thanks.


21 posted on 11/19/2020 5:51:47 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Kaslin

Oh, and I did set up a Parler account. It is more like Twitter to me. I did delete my Twitter account, I only had one to see other posts. I did set up MeWe quite awhile ago, but still there is not much is on it yet.

The place to be is theDonald.win


22 posted on 11/19/2020 5:54:29 AM PST by machman
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To: abbastanza

Lots here:

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=how+to+delete+facebook+account&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


23 posted on 11/19/2020 5:55:40 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Mean Daddy

After 10yrs on FB - initially just to stay in touch with my daughter & relatives, I deleted my account Wednesday morning Nov 4th.

I did download all my FB files days earlier just to save all my priceless pics.

I’m set up on MeWe now.


24 posted on 11/19/2020 5:55:55 AM PST by texanyankee
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To: Kaslin

Bugged out a long time ago!


25 posted on 11/19/2020 6:11:14 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Kaslin

Let’s be honest: no one is using Facebook for anything more than bragging to people they knew 20+ years ago. The idea that we’re using it to “keep in touch with people we know/knew” is bull. Most folks can count on one hand the number of people they consider a close friend. Maintaining social ties to someone you met once at a Halloween party in 1998 isn’t “keep(ing) in touch with people (you) know.”

Facebook is a disease. Social media in general is a psychological pathology. It feeds society’s narcissism and voyeurism. We don’t care that Barb from accounting at a job we held 15 years ago is doing in Cabo with her ex-husband’s brother. We don’t really “like” that our sister-in-law crocheted a sweater for her pocket pup. We don’t really wish Paul, the local tire store owner’s kid, a “happy birthday.” It’s all meaningless drivel.

Let’s go back to immediate, nuclear family ties and like-minded neighborly friendships. Let’s stop pretending to be social and actually be social in our communities and our churches. Facebook was an idea that morphed into an advertising platform where YOU are the product. Cut off the spigot. Just stop with the disingenuous social disease that is Facebook and go back to meaningful, significant social interaction.


26 posted on 11/19/2020 6:12:00 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: woofer2425; MinuteGal

I tried Parler twice. It’s very complicated and, as you said, ordinary folks can’t break through the celebrity gate.

I signed up on MeWe. A HUGE improvement! There are sections and topics for most everyone, and it’s as easy to post there as it is on Free Republic. Photos can be uploaded in a snap and, so far, everyone I’ve encountered is very friendly and helpful.

You Tube? What’s that?


27 posted on 11/19/2020 6:19:36 AM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: Kaslin

My understanding is that the counterparts to the leftist social media are as follows:

Fakebook: MeWe
Twitter: Parler
YouTube: Rumble

The author is equating Parler as a conservative-friendly counterpart to Fakebook, but from what I have read he should actually be referring to MeWe as a similar, alternative platform.

I am not sure about this. I am not on either Fakebook or MeWe. I have never signed up for Twitter but am on Parler. I am not subscribed to YouTube but have subscribed to Rumble.


28 posted on 11/19/2020 6:41:14 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Kaslin

I deactivated my Facebook account last week. I will miss family, friends, Cold War Vets and Old Woodworking Machine groups, but I refuse to do anything to support or give approval to Herr Zuckerberg’s 4th Reich!

Parler is no Facebook, but it is at least it supports freedom of speech.

I have watched MEWE for about a year. It appears that the Anti-Trump troll farm is now very active there. Sad.


29 posted on 11/19/2020 6:43:25 AM PST by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: woofer2425

“I prefer MeWe.”

Look up Dr. Andrew Saul - Megavitamin Man on MeWe. Tons of very good info.


30 posted on 11/19/2020 6:51:50 AM PST by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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To: Kaslin

There are some good sites on Facebook. Facebook is where I go to find out where Stop the Steal rallies are taking place.


31 posted on 11/19/2020 6:52:08 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Vaquero

“I have never ever posted on Facebook. Never will.”

Neither have I. What is it about this site that draws so many users? Barely understand it’s function, it’s almost as if it’s some kind of addictive drug.

People need to get real lives.


32 posted on 11/19/2020 6:54:33 AM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: Kaslin
Parler allows you to choose whose words you read and whose memes you chuckle at.

Unfortunately, they allow sluts to advertise there.

ML/NJ

33 posted on 11/19/2020 6:57:08 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: abbastanza

Do a Google and it will walk you through the steps. It will allow you to pause it but I chose to delete mine.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00M4xUxE-CdpQiiAToL17j5D3O69g%3A1602769316043&source=hp&ei=o1GIX5jsPM7ItQbwn5vYBA&q=delete+facebook+account&btnK=Google+Search&oq=convert+baseball+glove+wallet+nebraska&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoHCCMQ6gIQJzoHCC4Q6gIQJzoFCCEQqwI6CQgAEMkDEBYQHjoICCEQFhAdEB46BQghEKABOgcIIRAKEKABUMweWIJnYOxxaAFwAHgAgAFziAHvDJIBAzcuOZgBAKABAqABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQo&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjYyfL93LbsAhVOZM0KHfDPBksQ4dUDCAk&uact=5


34 posted on 11/19/2020 6:58:47 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Redleg Duke

Try: USA.Life a good alternative to FB


35 posted on 11/19/2020 7:20:53 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: Kaslin

FB allowed this saying it was within their guidelines regarding humor/satire.

How_To

Which is why they've been dead to me for years. There's more to it on my home computer.

36 posted on 11/19/2020 7:22:43 AM PST by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Come to: USA.Life. a good alternative to FB.


37 posted on 11/19/2020 7:23:49 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: BlueStateRightist

Yes, the type is too light for me to read !!


38 posted on 11/19/2020 7:25:09 AM PST by DrHFrog
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