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Post by Mare on May 19, 2021 23:29:26 GMT
I will pretty much abhor FB until the end of my life. Any kid that tells me I can only play if I read and agree with their choices of what I will think is wished out into the Cornfield. The "you can't play with your family and friends unless you click on agree" is emotional blackmail. How many people read the whole legalese agreement, all of it? I did. I understood most of it, too. I disagreed with some of it- the they have rights to use any photographs or images or words I post, in particular. I agreed, anyway, because I wanted to talk with my XTC Idea Forumer Buddies, again.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 22, 2021 1:55:48 GMT
On a related note. I recall when they changed to foisting their messenger app onto people instead of focusing on the website based messages when viewing the site via mobile connection. I know many went with it without pause and I refused not trusting them with my privacy. Later on, looks like I was quite right to be apprehensive and refuse to install it.
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Post by Nonsuch Ned on Jun 22, 2021 19:30:00 GMT
Eventually I may be doubly stuck, as the FB Marketplace is gaining a lot of steam lately, at the same time that eBay is annoyingly adding restrictions, requirements, and payment models that annoy the hell out of resellers. I may have to start to focus on FB a whole lot more to sell my crap.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 22, 2021 19:48:26 GMT
"Buy my crap" sounds like a great marketing campaign, Ned. You should have been an ad man.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 23, 2021 0:59:51 GMT
I didn't even know FB had a marketplace.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 23, 2021 1:07:20 GMT
I assume all of your personal information is available for sale to the highest bidder.
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Post by Mare on Jun 28, 2021 21:43:45 GMT
On a related note. I recall when they changed to foisting their messenger app onto people instead of focusing on the website based messages when viewing the site via mobile connection. I know many went with it without pause and I refused not trusting them with my privacy. Later on, looks like I was quite right to be apprehensive and refuse to install it. I remember when someone who was a FB Friend "invited me to join the new version of messenger and when I clicked on their message, not knowing that somehow gave FB permission to zap my own old school messenger it disappeared and Voila! The new one appeared. That freaked me right out. It probably incited me to text or possibly call my son, who never joined FB in the first place on purpose, as I asked lots of fearful questions about the safety of my photographs and account. Due to the fact that my PC got zapped by a pop up window on the Original Back Porch, loaded with who knows what virus/Trojan/etc, and it had to be wiped and all my music CDs reloaded-I have been pretty suspicious of every GD thing on the Ethernet since then.
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Post by donavan on Jun 28, 2021 22:36:33 GMT
Crashing to the floor and nevermore Will it lure me away with sweets And shiny things just like a magpie.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 28, 2021 22:45:40 GMT
I kinda feel like a magpie, I like sweets and shiny things.
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Post by donavan on Jun 28, 2021 22:47:17 GMT
That's OK. Just don't follow the herd.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 28, 2021 22:54:33 GMT
Never.
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Post by Nonsuch Ned on Jun 29, 2021 21:28:47 GMT
"Buy my crap" sounds like a great marketing campaign, Ned. You should have been an ad man. I occasionally shop the Amazon owned discount/clearance site Woot.com that regularly sells what they call "Bags o' Crap"- I guess it's a variety of stuff they didn't sell at the price they wanted and have to dump at steep discounts in these anonymous grab-bags. I've never gotten one, as they sell out immediately... and I find it very suspicious... but hey "buy our crap" sometimes works. And how else am I going to get rid of this stupid, bulky karaoke machine that I can't get audio out of? BUY MY CRAP! ...well, I'll probably donate to a "repurpose" shop that sells to people willing to fix such things
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 29, 2021 21:45:38 GMT
That's pretty funny actually that they actually do that. I guess a variation could be buy a mystery bag of bullshit.
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Post by miles on Jun 29, 2021 21:47:13 GMT
A US court just ruled against the anti-trust cases brought against faceboot by a number of Attorney Generals from various states, blue and red. All bow down to fast buck zuck. All we have to do to change this is get Congress to agree on legislation.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 29, 2021 21:55:14 GMT
We need a thumbs down button/icon for this court decision.
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