Facebook

[RCMerchant]

Are you a member?

[Trevor]

Are you a member?

I was, haven't been on there in a long time. Some of my family members started getting on my case about Mom, I told them to f**k off as I was genuinely doing my best for her and I haven't gone there since.

[RCMerchant]

I haven't been on there in a couple years.
I don't miss it.
Such an influx of moronic s**t. I found no use for it.

[claws]

I first joined Facebook in 2009, deleted it six months later, and eventually signed up again in 2010. I've always been pretty indifferent toward the platform; I'm not the social media type and I don't need a stage for my musings. While I used to follow celebrities and artists, I eventually unfollowed them all once the novelty wore off. Even groups haven't stuck—I joined an '80s music group recently, but it quickly became repetitive with everyone posting the same few hits.

The real turning point for me was when Facebook started manipulating my "Likes." I had the original 1991 Point Break on my profile, but I noticed Facebook had swapped it for the 2015 remake to promote the movie to my friends. It actually showed my name "liking" the remake in their feeds. I was livid. I couldn't delete it or even block the page because it was tied to an active ad. It took three months of keeping my profile private and empty before I could finally scrub that last title. They tried the same stunt with the Ghostbusters remake a year later, so I've kept my profile a ghost town ever since. Now, I only use it to stay in touch with a few friends in the States, as most of my circle has moved to WhatsApp.

[Rev. Powell]

https://www.facebook.com/greg.smalley.9/

and

https://www.facebook.com/366-Weird-Movies-92771755974

(ya'll can like that second one if you'd like)

I resisted for a long time, but I needed to get on for 366 Weird Movies. Twitter, too. Now I check it out every weekday during lunch. It does allow me to connect/interact with a couple of old friends I would fall away from without it. The key is to not respond to every stupid post/comment you see or you'll drive yourself crazy!

[Alex]

I am on it. Mostly for keeping in touch with friends and family around the world. I think I more often post memories up than actual new stuff though.

[LilCerberus]

Yes...
For some reason, I usually don't hear from friends & family, mostly from the groups I'm in....

[Newt]

Yes.  I can keep in touch with family and most people I know all in one place.  I have a page for my business and a couple for  volunteer organisations I am involved in.  Works for me.    🤷

[RCMerchant]

I found it very weird. People I knew in high school.
f**k all them.

[indianasmith]

I'm very active there, doing my part to bust the chops of those who post lies and conspiracy theories, promoting my books, keeping up with family and former students, and liking almost every picture of cats and snakes that gets posted!

[Trevor]

I miss peeps like Rev, Newt, Indy, AHD, Alex, Barri on FB where I can post funny stuff but I can do that here too.

Of late, a friend of a friend on there - no one from here - attacked me personally. This person said "You should not disparage the day that the former apartheid country of South Africa found unity in the game of rugby in 1995: you should also chill out and stop being such a pedantic smarty"  

I can't believe I just typed all that out: I was showing how inaccurate the movie Invictus was regarding the events that led to SA winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup, not the actual events on that wonderful day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup_Final

That made me feel I didn't want to be on FB much anymore so I left not long after.

[claws]

I found it very weird. People I knew in high school.
f**k all them.

I once out of boredom ran all the names of my former classmates through Facebook. Not a single one showed up. I tried the same with childhood friends, only one showed up. He had moved away many years ago, was married and had children. I didn't contact him. Years later I found out that most of my former classmates use a place called stayfriends.de. Out of curiosity I signed up with a fake name just to see who was there. I had tons of friends when I was in school, but not one of them was from my class. Weird huh? I was only contacted once for our 10 year reunion. I never went to any reunions. When I was finished with school it was a closed chapter, and since I wasn't close friends with any of my classmates, why bother?

[FatFreddysCat]

I'm on it. Basically I use it as a bulletin board to post stuff I think is cool/funny/interesting. No religion, no politics, and for damn sure nothin' about my job.

If hackers/identity thieves are gonna get hold of my personal info from FB, all they're gonna find out is what albums I listened to while walking my dog.

[bob]

yup

[Allhallowsday]

I belong.  I go to it when I get notices that today is some friend's birthday.  I look at posts when I get notices.  I am not active.  Fnckfacebooger.