Donald Trump
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mfc2006 said:Nami said:HughFreakingDillon said:Lerxst1992 said:PJ_Soul said:Gern Blansten said:Halifax2TheMax said:I have never had a FB account nor will I ever get one, even if it were the very last communication method left for humankind.
A few years back you could set up an option where your comments, etc. would not appear in the news feed. They did away with that so everyone pretty much sees what you comment on.
Twitter is my new favorite.
I personally just don't put any personal info on FB, and feel like I have nothing to worry about. My friends are mostly strangers with shared interests, plus a small number of really close friends. Otherwise, it's just news and music feeds. I agree the ads are annoying, but at least you can tell them you aren't interested in them, and they go away forever... to make room for your next Amazon search, lol.
I would find it difficult to get rid of FB even if I wanted to - I just get way too much useful info in my news feed, mostly about music/bands/artists, as well as news headlines from sources of my choice. It's by far the easiest way for me to keep on top of what I'm specifically interested in. I would feel really out of touch without it.
Russia was able to acquire entire contact and friend lists, and blow through all user "security settings."
FB even has the ability to track users and suggest "friends" that a customer may not want to know "IRL" such as someone's "masseuse." FB is not disclosing how they do this. Ew.
There are other services that can provide a news and interest timeline as well as or better than FB.
If a consumer needs to have strict protocol and settings about use of a product, does that not speak to the quality of the product?
what freaks the wife and I out sometimes, we'll be talking about a product/service, neither one of us doing a search online- and it automatically appears in her facebook feed. mic enabled on phone/tablet?
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OnWis97 said:Hell, a third of them care about "pissing off libs" more than anything else. Whenever I get a hankerin' to torture myself on social media, my usual retort is "you used 'liberal' three times in this post. You don't care about your country and your community. You care about villainizing." And I believe that.
Good call.
I have what used to be a great friend who has gone completely off the deep end with his hatred for Obama & Hillary.
I used to consider him to be a pretty bright guy, but in recent years his entire political stance has been "F Libs" and nothing else.
It's scary to see the nonsense he's shared / promoted on facebook & twitter. (he sent me an article claiming Chris Cornell was killed because he was about to expose one of Hillary's pedophilia rings... idk how to even process such foolishness - it's scary when that's coming from someone you used to respect)It sucks, because I've lost so much respect for someone who was in my wedding party and I used to genuinely love. I hate letting politics get in the way of a friendship, but the guy has lost pretty much all credibility with me.
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Nami said:mfc2006 said:Nami said:HughFreakingDillon said:Lerxst1992 said:PJ_Soul said:Gern Blansten said:Halifax2TheMax said:I have never had a FB account nor will I ever get one, even if it were the very last communication method left for humankind.
A few years back you could set up an option where your comments, etc. would not appear in the news feed. They did away with that so everyone pretty much sees what you comment on.
Twitter is my new favorite.
I personally just don't put any personal info on FB, and feel like I have nothing to worry about. My friends are mostly strangers with shared interests, plus a small number of really close friends. Otherwise, it's just news and music feeds. I agree the ads are annoying, but at least you can tell them you aren't interested in them, and they go away forever... to make room for your next Amazon search, lol.
I would find it difficult to get rid of FB even if I wanted to - I just get way too much useful info in my news feed, mostly about music/bands/artists, as well as news headlines from sources of my choice. It's by far the easiest way for me to keep on top of what I'm specifically interested in. I would feel really out of touch without it.
Russia was able to acquire entire contact and friend lists, and blow through all user "security settings."
FB even has the ability to track users and suggest "friends" that a customer may not want to know "IRL" such as someone's "masseuse." FB is not disclosing how they do this. Ew.
There are other services that can provide a news and interest timeline as well as or better than FB.
If a consumer needs to have strict protocol and settings about use of a product, does that not speak to the quality of the product?
what freaks the wife and I out sometimes, we'll be talking about a product/service, neither one of us doing a search online- and it automatically appears in her facebook feed. mic enabled on phone/tablet?
I wouldn't be surprised the entire planet's search history gets posted on some website at some point in the future.www.myspace.com0 -
I’ve alwYs thought it was the app. If you use the the Facebook app it ties into your phonebook/contacts or something because I had those things pop up for possible friends that I had called or texted here or there. I got rid of my fb years ago, it’s way too unsettling knowing people are out there preying on folks by their fb profilesI'm like an opening band for your mom.0
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Lerxst1992 said:PJ_Soul said:Gern Blansten said:Halifax2TheMax said:I have never had a FB account nor will I ever get one, even if it were the very last communication method left for humankind.
A few years back you could set up an option where your comments, etc. would not appear in the news feed. They did away with that so everyone pretty much sees what you comment on.
Twitter is my new favorite.
I personally just don't put any personal info on FB, and feel like I have nothing to worry about. My friends are mostly strangers with shared interests, plus a small number of really close friends. Otherwise, it's just news and music feeds. I agree the ads are annoying, but at least you can tell them you aren't interested in them, and they go away forever... to make room for your next Amazon search, lol.
I would find it difficult to get rid of FB even if I wanted to - I just get way too much useful info in my news feed, mostly about music/bands/artists, as well as news headlines from sources of my choice. It's by far the easiest way for me to keep on top of what I'm specifically interested in. I would feel really out of touch without it.
Russia was able to acquire entire contact and friend lists, and blow through all user "security settings."
FB even has the ability to track users and suggest "friends" that a customer may not want to know "IRL" such as someone's "masseuse." FB is not disclosing how they do this. Ew.
There are other services that can provide a news and interest timeline as well as or better than FB.
If a consumer needs to have strict protocol and settings about use of a product, does that not speak to the quality of the product?
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
PJ_Soul said:Lerxst1992 said:PJ_Soul said:Gern Blansten said:Halifax2TheMax said:I have never had a FB account nor will I ever get one, even if it were the very last communication method left for humankind.
A few years back you could set up an option where your comments, etc. would not appear in the news feed. They did away with that so everyone pretty much sees what you comment on.
Twitter is my new favorite.
I personally just don't put any personal info on FB, and feel like I have nothing to worry about. My friends are mostly strangers with shared interests, plus a small number of really close friends. Otherwise, it's just news and music feeds. I agree the ads are annoying, but at least you can tell them you aren't interested in them, and they go away forever... to make room for your next Amazon search, lol.
I would find it difficult to get rid of FB even if I wanted to - I just get way too much useful info in my news feed, mostly about music/bands/artists, as well as news headlines from sources of my choice. It's by far the easiest way for me to keep on top of what I'm specifically interested in. I would feel really out of touch without it.
Russia was able to acquire entire contact and friend lists, and blow through all user "security settings."
FB even has the ability to track users and suggest "friends" that a customer may not want to know "IRL" such as someone's "masseuse." FB is not disclosing how they do this. Ew.
There are other services that can provide a news and interest timeline as well as or better than FB.
If a consumer needs to have strict protocol and settings about use of a product, does that not speak to the quality of the product?
that said, I recall a few years back...a buddy of mine who has a cottage and frequents it in the summer months....he has his fucking full street address in his facebook profile, and I don't even know if his profile was private. I messaged him and said "uh, dude, you post pictures of you at your cottage, so people know where you live and that your house is currently empty....ya MIGHT wanna take that info off there". The naivety of even intelligent people sometimes astounds me.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
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the meeting is going to be less of an arms race discussion and more of a "can you give me tips on how to control my subjects like you do?" discussion.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:Lerxst1992 said:PJ_Soul said:Gern Blansten said:Halifax2TheMax said:I have never had a FB account nor will I ever get one, even if it were the very last communication method left for humankind.
A few years back you could set up an option where your comments, etc. would not appear in the news feed. They did away with that so everyone pretty much sees what you comment on.
Twitter is my new favorite.
I personally just don't put any personal info on FB, and feel like I have nothing to worry about. My friends are mostly strangers with shared interests, plus a small number of really close friends. Otherwise, it's just news and music feeds. I agree the ads are annoying, but at least you can tell them you aren't interested in them, and they go away forever... to make room for your next Amazon search, lol.
I would find it difficult to get rid of FB even if I wanted to - I just get way too much useful info in my news feed, mostly about music/bands/artists, as well as news headlines from sources of my choice. It's by far the easiest way for me to keep on top of what I'm specifically interested in. I would feel really out of touch without it.
Russia was able to acquire entire contact and friend lists, and blow through all user "security settings."
FB even has the ability to track users and suggest "friends" that a customer may not want to know "IRL" such as someone's "masseuse." FB is not disclosing how they do this. Ew.
There are other services that can provide a news and interest timeline as well as or better than FB.
If a consumer needs to have strict protocol and settings about use of a product, does that not speak to the quality of the product?
that said, I recall a few years back...a buddy of mine who has a cottage and frequents it in the summer months....he has his fucking full street address in his facebook profile, and I don't even know if his profile was private. I messaged him and said "uh, dude, you post pictures of you at your cottage, so people know where you live and that your house is currently empty....ya MIGHT wanna take that info off there". The naivety of even intelligent people sometimes astounds me.
Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
well if you wait for it to "hurt you" before you become concerned, then it will be too late anyway.
my daughters' school library has signs up that read "how to spot fake news". kind of threw me for a loop. first thing that came to mind was Trump, obviously, and I thought someone at their school was going full on Fox News on them. Then I read it and it's teaching them, at a young age, how to think critically about what they see online and on tv.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:well if you wait for it to "hurt you" before you become concerned, then it will be too late anyway.
my daughters' school library has signs up that read "how to spot fake news". kind of threw me for a loop. first thing that came to mind was Trump, obviously, and I thought someone at their school was going full on Fox News on them. Then I read it and it's teaching them, at a young age, how to think critically about what they see online and on tv.
I studied this kind of think for my degree, and even way back then, when the internet was just barely getting started (I'm getting old!!) there was a real focus on learning how to interpret messages and guard against manipulation in terms of both false info and marketing tactics. I also remember many of the Communications professors being concerned that education would not keep up with technological/internet literacy at all, and they were totally right. So it's sad that the issue had to reach crisis levels before anyone started cluing in, since experts knew it was needed about 20 years ago, before everyone was already locked into bad habits and total ignorance.
Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
Uh oh spaghetti-O.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-rules-defamation-case-against-trump-may-proceed/2018/03/20/561d1d44-f498-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.b8d8999dbf54&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1Judge rules defamation case against Trump may proceed
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice," looks at the camera as she embraces lawyer Gloria Allred as they leave a New York courtroom on Dec. 5. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)By Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers March 20 at 2:31 PM Email the authorA New York judge said Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit against President Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former “Apprentice” contestant may go forward.
Summer Zervos filed the suit last year after Trump said publicly that she and other women making similar claims made them up. Trump sought to block the legal action, but New York Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter, citing court precedent that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, said that “a sitting president is not immune from being sued in federal court for unofficial acts.”
Trump has repeatedly said that all of the women who accused him of touching them inappropriately were lying — a sentiment his White House reiterated as questions resurfaced about the allegations.
Trump’s attorneys argued that the president cannot be sued in state court and also argued that the comments he made were political opinion and, as a result, “squarely protected by the First Amendment.”
Schechter’s decision comes as lawyers representing Trump face another suit — this one filed in early March in Los Angeles Superior Court by porn star Stormy Daniels, who said Trump sought to silence her shortly before the 2016 election. The $130,000 hush agreement was intended to prevent her from speaking out about an alleged affair that began, Daniels said, at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006.
Zervos first made public her claims against Trump at an October 2016 news conference, as one of a parade of women who accused him of misconduct after the release of an “Access Hollywood” recording capturing the future president boasting in graphic language about groping women. At a presidential debate, Trump denied ever doing the things he described in the recording, which some of his accusers said prompted them to come forward.
Zervos has accused Trump of aggressively kissing her and groping her breasts while she was pursuing a job at his company, charges he said were untrue.
In January 2017, Zervos filed a suit in New York State Supreme Court against Trump, arguing that Trump defamed her by denying her account and calling his accusers “liars.” Attorneys for Trump pushed back on multiple fronts, arguing that the suit was “politically motivated” and was built around “allegations of events that never occurred.”
A former Playboy model who says she was paid $150,000 to keep quiet about her affair with Trump also filed a lawsuit Tuesday to invalidate the deal so she can speak freely.
The model, Karen McDougal, is suing American Media, the owner of the National Enquirer, which paid her the money in exchange for her silence.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.
Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:HughFreakingDillon said:and no, there was no link there unless facebook is able to mine for data on the device it is on. it was all done via text message/phone conversation. no google searches or anything of the like. and we got the name from someone who isn't even on social media.
I was actually going to mention the obvious extreme likelihood of your wife having a secret account that you don't know about.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0
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