Facebook has eaten my brain and soul, so I may be not much more than a human verion of a bot by now.
I'm pretty sure The Matrix serves as a metaphor for our modern social media world. Instead of electricity they mine our compliance and mental
The Matrix came out in 1999, before many of the social media platforms existed. But it's still a good metaphor.
Quoting Nightfox to Greenlfc <=-
The Matrix came out in 1999, before many of the social media platforms existed. But it's still a good metaphor.
Nightfox
The Matrix came out in 1999, before many of the social media
platforms existed. But it's still a good metaphor.
And it's coming back just in time to remind us all! December 22, 2021!!
I know where I will be!
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Re: Re: hello from a lost explorer
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Hylian
on Fri Sep 17 2021 07:17 am
Between the 2020 US Elections and pandemic (mis)information, I've virtually stopped using Facebook. What's on there now to keep people's attention?
For me it's more about keeping in touch with friends and family. I see
a lot of friends & family posting updates and silly stuff on Facebook;
I don't really see a lot of political stuff there. And the political stuff I do see, I mostly skip past it.
I've found FB more damaging than helpful in maintaining relationships with people. Maybe because I can't keep my mouth shut, but over FB discussions and debates tend to turn south more easily than if they were to happen face to face.
I've found FB more damaging than helpful in maintaining relationships with people. Maybe because I can't keep my mouth shut, but over FB discussions and debates tend to turn south more easily than if they were to happen face to face.
Facebook was (probably still is) awful, though. Like you would THINK that since people have their real name attached to it, and are
talking to their friends and family, they would be thoughtful about how a message is going to be received, but it seems to be the
obvious. People just plow ahead and post whatever crazy nut lands in their coconut and don't think about the people reading it, I
guess.
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Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: Boraxman to Nightfox on
Fri Sep 24 2021 15:33:00
I've found FB more damaging than helpful in maintaining relationships with people. Maybe because I can't keep my mouth shut, but over FB discussions and debates tend to turn south more easily than if they were to happen face to face.
It's weird. I like online discussions (even trolling and flameware I
have no problems with). I like face-to-face discussions. Facebook was (probably still is) awful, though. Like you would THINK that since
people have their real name attached to it, and are talking to their friends and family, they would be thoughtful about how a message is
going to be received, but it seems to be the obvious. People just plow ahead and post whatever crazy nut lands in their coconut and don't
think about the people reading it, I guess.
It seems that even though people have their name and face to their profile, the fact that people are discussing things electronically still means they will act in ways they wouldn't act in real life.
I don't mind debating and discussions, but people seem to make things personal, i.e., I'm a bad person for having particular views.
well, everybody else saw it if they used the site. facebook was entirely polit
al before the elections.
well, everybody else saw it if they used the site. facebook was entirely polit
al before the elections.
No kidding. Now that the election is over, that clickbait has been
replaced with the "No one remembers the name of the first street they lived on," and "What was the first car you ever drove?" phishing bait.
* SLMR 2.1a * I used to have a handle on life, then it broke.
i was using fb during that time. everytime i was on it i had voting shit shove
in my face. popping up, telling me to vote, where to vote. ads about how bad >trump was.
i was using fb during that time. everytime i was on it i had voting shit shoved in my face. popping up, telling me to vote, where to vote. ads abou
i was using fb during that time. everytime i was on it i had voting
shit shoved in my face. popping up, telling me to vote, where to
vote. ads abou
Now, everytime I get on there it's all Covid this and Covid that.
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Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: Boraxman to Ksource on Sat Sep 25 2021 06:07 pm
It seems that even though people have their name and face to their profile, the fact that people are discussing things electronically still means they will act in ways they wouldn't act in real life.
I don't mind debating and discussions, but people seem to make things personal, i.e., I'm a bad person for having particular views.
i had an old girlfriend for about 11 years. over time she became a political nut. she could not go 10 mins without talking about trump.
anyways, she said i should be democrat because i'm not rich.
that makes no sense. in my life i haven't seen democrats do anything
for poor people. i just see them get themselves richer. areas that are ran by democrats are often disgusting and filled with crime.
i paid for us to go to a relationship counselor and she said I was evil because i didn't vote democrat. the conselor told her that was an abnormal conclusion to come to.
anyways, we're not together now and things have never been better!
some guy i'm friends with on instagram told her i had covid and she
said she hopes i die or something. i never did anything bad to her and
i helped her financially for a long time. she was also married and
the guy divorced her after six months and he fucking moved out in one
day. ---
i was using fb during that time. everytime i was on it i had voting shit shove
in my face. popping up, telling me to vote, where to vote. ads about how bad >trump was.
Yes, especially the last bit. I voted early, in person. I "told" one of their voting reminders to stop reminding me but it didn't last long before it was pestering me again. Maybe it knew something I did not (that I could vote more than once?).
* SLMR 2.1a * Remember, to a computer 1 + 1 = 10.
Now, everytime I get on there it's all Covid this and Covid that.
I don't know what you're seeing on Facebook, but most of the people I'm connected with on Facebook have been mostly sharing their usual stuff. There's some covid posts in there sometimes, but I wouldn't say I see covid stuff all the time.
I don't know what you're seeing on Facebook, but most of the people
I'm connected with on Facebook have been mostly sharing their usual
stuff. There's some covid posts in there sometimes, but I wouldn't
say I see covid stuff all the time.
Not seeing it from my friends. It's FB and it's advertisers.
If I see anything covid related from my friends it's something about how ignorant and stupid the Right wingers, Trumpers, and Anti-Vaxers are.
Ah. I've mentally tuned out web advertisements for years. I generally ju 't pay attention to the ads. More recently I've also been using ad blocke my web browser, so it could be that I just haven't been seeing some of the
I've been using ad-blockers for awhile as well, and I sometimes forget what sites look like without them.
I had occasion to use speedtest.net on a VM here at work not too long ago, I couldn't believe how cluttered that site is without an ad-blocker! It looks like it was infected by a malicious script, I can't believe that's the way they intend it to look... :\
i was using fb during that time. everytime i was on it i had voting shit shoved in my face. popping up, telling me to vote, where to vote. ads abo
Now, everytime I get on there it's all Covid this and Covid that.
I had occasion to use speedtest.net on a VM here at work
not too long ago, I couldn't believe how cluttered that
site is without an ad-blocker! It looks like it was
infected by a malicious script, I can't believe that's the
way they intend it to look... :\
No kidding. Now that the election is over, that clickbait has been replaced with the "No one remembers the name of the first street they lived on," and "What was the first car you ever drove?" phishing bait.
NIGHTFOX wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-
Between the 2020 US Elections and pandemic (mis)information, I've virtually stopped using Facebook. What's on there now to keep people's attention?
For me it's more about keeping in touch with friends and family. I see
a lot of friends & family posting updates and silly stuff on Facebook;
I don't really see a lot of political stuff there. And the political stuff I do see, I mostly skip past it.
BORAXMAN wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-
I've found FB more damaging than helpful in maintaining relationships
with people. Maybe because I can't keep my mouth shut, but over FB discussions and debates tend to turn south more easily than if they
were to happen face to face.
KSOURCE wrote to BORAXMAN <=-
It's weird. I like online discussions (even trolling and flameware I
have no problems with). I like face-to-face discussions. Facebook was (probably still is) awful, though. Like you would THINK that since
people have their real name attached to it, and are talking to their friends and family, they would be thoughtful about how a message is
going to be received, but it seems to be the obvious. People just plow ahead and post whatever crazy nut lands in their coconut and don't
think about the people reading it, I guess.
BORAXMAN wrote to KSOURCE <=-
I don't mind debating and discussions, but people seem to make things personal, i.e., I'm a bad person for having particular views.
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily,
IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: JIMMY ANDERSON to BORAXMAN on Thu Oct 14 2021 02:25 pm
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily, IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
Have you ever seen FidoNet?
Nightfox
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
Have you ever seen FidoNet?
Nightfox
HAve you ever seen MRO??
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NIGHTFOX wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily,
IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
Have you ever seen FidoNet?
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BORAXMAN wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-
I've found FB more damaging than helpful in maintaining relationships
with people. Maybe because I can't keep my mouth shut, but over FB discussions and debates tend to turn south more easily than if they
were to happen face to face.
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily,
IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
falling apart. :-)
I think the audience you get with Facebook and Twitter is the problem. On a BBS you are only talking to a limited audience. We are all here for a reason, but with FB/Twitter not only can you talk to that person, you can rally support from everyone. This encourages the lynch mob mentality.
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily, IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
Have you ever seen FidoNet?
Have you ever seen FidoNet?
Or the debate sub here?
Boraxman wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think the audience you get with Facebook and Twitter is the problem.
On a BBS you are only talking to a limited audience. We are all here
for a reason, but with FB/Twitter not only can you talk to that person, you can rally support from everyone. This encourages the lynch mob mentality.
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Boraxman wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think the audience you get with Facebook and Twitter is the problem.
On a BBS you are only talking to a limited audience. We are all here
for a reason, but with FB/Twitter not only can you talk to that person, you can rally support from everyone. This encourages the lynch mob mentality.
With BBSes, you're reading posts in whatever order you pick - threaded, chronological, by title, and so forth. With Twitter and Facebook,
you're reading content in an order that *they* *choose* in order to maximize eyeballs on their sites, and therefore their revenues.
It's the point at which social media platforms stop being services and start being publishers.
With BBSes, you're reading posts in whatever order you pick -I would rather go back to the bbsing system, even though I am from the
threaded,
chronological, by title, and so forth. With Twitter and Facebook,
you're
reading content in an order that *they* *choose* in order to maximize
With BBSes, you're reading posts in whatever order you pick -I would rather go back to the bbsing system, even though I am from the
threaded,
chronological, by title, and so forth. With Twitter and Facebook,
you're
reading content in an order that *they* *choose* in order to maximize
other ideology. I think bbsing would be a better enviroment. However many people are wary about going retro. However I would rather setup my own micro-network and have like 24 telnet lines avaliable for people to post random messages, but I think we need to train people how to do it.
Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: Matthew Munson to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Oct 31 2021 05:29 pm
With BBSes, you're reading posts in whatever order you pick - threaded,I would rather go back to the bbsing system, even though I am from the other ideology. I think bbsing would be a better enviroment. However many people are wary about going retro. However I would rather setup my own micro-network and have like 24 telnet lines avaliable for people to post random messages, but I think we need to train people how to do it.
chronological, by title, and so forth. With Twitter and Facebook, you're
reading content in an order that *they* *choose* in order to maximize
nobody wants what bbses have to offer. and i can understand that.
I use FBP (FB Purity, a Chrome extension that gives you thousands of points of control over your Facebook experience); it's actually made FB pleasurable again for me, but I try to avoid getting on there too often. . . got a life, you know. . . :)
nobody wants what bbses have to offer. and i can understand that.I even noticed that even in 1997 when I called my old users to come back.
Matthew Munson wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I would rather go back to the bbsing system, even though I am from the other ideology. I think bbsing would be a better enviroment. However
many people are wary about going retro. However I would rather setup my own micro-network and have like 24 telnet lines avaliable for people to post random messages, but I think we need to train people how to do it.
nobody wants what bbses have to offer. and i can understand that.I even noticed that even in 1997 when I called my old users to come back.
Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: Cyberpope to MRO on Wed Nov 03 2021 05:18 pm
I use FBP (FB Purity, a Chrome extension that gives you thousands of points of control over your Facebook experience); it's actually made FB pleasurable again for me, but I try to avoid getting on there too often. . . got a life, you know. . . :)
i just checked out fbp just now and looks like it has really been scaled back. i dont think i really have a need for something like this. i liked it when it hid more content and showed the old version of fb.
I use FBP (FB Purity, a Chrome extension that gives you thousands of points of control over your Facebook experience); it's actually made FB pleasurable again for me, but I try to avoid getting on there too often. . . got a life, you know. . . :)
i just checked out fbp just now and looks like it has really been scaled back. i dont think i really have a need for something like this. i liked it when it hid more content and showed the old version of fb.
Facebook knows exactly what FBP was dfong & for how many people & have had their teams of coders wotrkingb on blocking it &/or getting around its controls.
Re: Re: hello from a lost exp
By: Cyberpope to MRO on Fri Nov 05 2021 10:32 am
I use FBP (FB Purity, a Chrome extension that gives you thousands of points of control over your Facebook experience); it's actually made FB pleasurable again for me, but I try to avoid getting on there too often. . . got a life, you know. . . :)
i just checked out fbp just now and looks like it has really been scaled back. i dont think i really have a need for something like this. i liked it when it hid more content and showed the old version of fb.
Facebook knows exactly what FBP was dfong & for how many people & have had their teams of coders wotrkingb on blocking it &/or getting around its controls.
yeah they blocked his page and all kinds of shit.
what you should do is just use an adblock dns. they will make fb think the ad is showing but you wont see it.
what you should do is just use an adblock dns. they will make fb think the ad is showing but you wont see it.
Like what, please? I'm not educated on these things. . .
If it's free, I'm game to try it. . .
BORAXMAN wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think that's the Internet in general. Facebook is pretty much just
a modern day forum or message board, and those devolve very easily,
IMHO.
The fact that most BBS'ers are 'polite' is what keeps this from
falling apart. :-)
I think the audience you get with Facebook and Twitter is the problem.
On a BBS you are only talking to a limited audience. We are all here
for a reason, but with FB/Twitter not only can you talk to that person, you can rally support from everyone. This encourages the lynch mob mentality.
BORAXMAN wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
you can rally support from everyone. This encourages the lynch mob mentality.
Yep! Exactly what I was referring to. :-)
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