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  • #31
    jrpowell3
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2013
    • 1066

    Originally posted by T19gun04
    It's not a bad tactic to use the enemy's turf to fight back.

    I choose to fight a different way, my vote, and not through FB. Although on one hand, using facebook's platform for a business/group/voice/idea/movement or advertisement (Facebook posts Revenue higher than Expenses!) will help your business grow and reach new markets.



    I believe anyone here can "handle" facebook. That's not the issue. Some things are best learned by the individual and for them to choose what life style that they want. I choose to invite people over or speak on the phone or not to be bothered. For me, the content that I put on facebook to share should be mine and mine only, not for Facebook to keep. My first gripe with FB is privacy.




    Deleting FB is an accomplishment, whether major or minor, that depends on the individual. Someone with an addictive attitude towards social media that is constantly updating and checking up on FB may find peace and a sense of relief when they delete their FB. Instead of having your children's/friends/family member's eyes and attention looking down on a smart phone because of FB you have real conversations with presence.

    You cannot control everything on FB, only what FB wants you to think that you can control. My second gripe with facebook is that it hollows your soul into ego-centered POS, melts your attention span to less than 5 seconds, and strips you of one of your basic human life skills... communication without the internet. No emails, no PMs, no status updates or comments.

    Have you tried speaking to someone that constantly checks their phone too much? To me that is a sign of disrespect, lack of presence, and annoying. FB is fake because of the millions of selfies, the ego-centered attitudes, and the nosy FBers that never like or comment on your facebook but when they see you FTF and mention "Oh Hey, I saw pictures of you and so-so hiking which looked amazing and you looked great...blah blah blah" but they did not like it or post to support. This has happened numerous of times, "closet friends". Seriously, can someone have over 500 friends? What do you consider a friend? Will they be there for you?

    I agree on all points.

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    • #32
      T19gun04
      Member
      • Dec 2013
      • 368

      Originally posted by Oceanbob
      I've got too many kids out of State and overseas to delete Facebook.

      I'am not on it much, it's not on my iPhone. Just good to see my family.

      I will admit my feed from Hickok45 is nice. I enjoy watching his videos.
      Those are great reasons to have FB, but like you said, you are not on it much nor do you own the FB app that sucks you in.

      Hickok45 is amazing. I get his feeds through youtube as I have subscribed on his channel and prefer watching his vids on youtube than using FB to watch it.
      Originally posted by Snapping Twig
      Life is too short for drama queens and socialists.

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      • #33
        JAFGO
        Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 278

        What is this facebook thing everyone is talking about?

        Never have been on it.

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        • #34
          jrpowell3
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2013
          • 1066

          Originally posted by JAFGO
          What is this facebook thing everyone is talking about?

          Never have been on it.
          It's a wasteland of selfies, food pics, and stupidity.

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          • #35
            JDay
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Nov 2008
            • 19393

            Originally posted by A-J
            Congrats - just make sure you actually killed it off. It's not an easy process by any means.
            It's not hard at all.

            Learn how to delete your Facebook account.
            Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

            The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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            • #36
              fritztkatt
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2015
              • 1061

              Never used FB, probably never will. Waste of time, and tends to just get you into s***...

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              • #37
                SheepDog78
                Senior Member
                • May 2015
                • 630

                Originally posted by T19gun04
                Seriously, can someone have over 500 friends? What do you consider a friend? Will they be there for you?
                Very good point. I bring this up all the time too. Call all of your Facebook "friends" at 2 AM because you broke down on the highway and see how many show up to help. I have family that won't even do that.

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                "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." -Edmund Burke

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                • #38
                  jrpowell3
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2013
                  • 1066

                  Originally posted by JDay
                  That's exactly what I did.

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                  • #39
                    RedFord150
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 5665

                    Originally posted by JAFGO
                    What is this facebook thing everyone is talking about?

                    Never have been on it.
                    ^^^Same here.

                    Worst thing that ever happened by not being on FB was almost missing a funeral. Wife's uncle passed away and his daughters posted the details on FB. The guy was in his 70's. Luckily, a relative called us and asked if we were going. We said we knew nothing of the arrangements. She gave us the info and we made it.

                    How _____ing stupid does a person have too be to think the friends and family of a 70 something year-old man would all be on FB? Seriously...
                    God Did Not Create All Men Equal, Colonel Colt Did.

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                    • #40
                      tonyxcom
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 6397

                      OP sounds like the typical attention whore that would post useless crap on FB - hence this thread when he deletes it. Typical attention whore behavior.

                      I am not sure what expectations people have of FB. Your FB feed is a direct representation of your friends and the company pages you follow. Don't like what your friends post or like, simply unfollow them (you are still friends). Don't like all the commercial posts from pages you follow, simply unfollow them. Don't like what FB does with your information, simply don't provide it or don't post it.

                      And you are still left with the single most popular form of communication and community we have ever seen.

                      I use it to stay in touch with friends and family. I use it to promote my photography side business. I try and stay out of most political discussions but I am not afraid to post pictures of guns or me shooting them. If one of my friends doesn't like what I post they can simply unfollow me.

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                      • #41
                        mikenewgun87
                        In Memoriam
                        • Jul 2011
                        • 7732

                        I just sent you a Facebook friend request!

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                        • #42
                          Ant45
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 970

                          Originally posted by TurboChrisB
                          I don't understand why some people can't "handle" facebook....what is the problem exactly?
                          This.

                          It's just a different version of any internet forum actually, it's where they got the idea in the first place observing how people interact en mass on the internet.

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                          • #43
                            John J
                            Member
                            • Dec 2012
                            • 306

                            I joined because the Navy let Sailors at Sea us the IM feature. I was able to IM with my son in real time while he was off duty in the Arabian Sea.

                            Sadly our Sailors encounter drama from home and some had to be dragged away from the PC to sleep or work.

                            The Navy banned FB while at sea.

                            I only allow family or very close friends. No hobby friends, no others, just family.

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                            • #44
                              cantdance
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2014
                              • 919

                              I backed out of signing up years ago after they asked if I wanted to include my alternate email address. I don't know how they found out about it, kinda creeped me out. It's nothing I want to keep secret or anything, just that they somehow knew about it.

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                              • #45
                                Twystd1
                                Superfluous
                                CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                                • Oct 2009
                                • 2692

                                What took you so long.......?.....?

                                -T

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