Goodbye, Facebook
In 2008, shortly after everything in my personal life started to slide sideways, I took a job to make ends meet. And here we are. Continue reading “Goodbye, Facebook”
Category: Social Media
If you’re new, welcome aboard…
This is the last weekend my account will be connected to Facebook. You can see the previous post for why that is. Continue reading “If you’re new, welcome aboard…”
What Meta can do with its new Terms of Service…
Fair warning:
On July 26, 2022, Facebook will be updating their terms of service.
On July 25, 2022 I will be closing my account.
Here are the terms of service. I direct you to investigate all of 3.2.
https://www.facebook.com/legal/225652215540499/
Who gets to decide what reports are frivolous? Meta?
Nope. Continue reading “What Meta can do with its new Terms of Service…”
Politicize this…
I am so fucking tired of the casual racism. It is everywhere. Continue reading “Politicize this…”
Ummm…Thanks, Twitter…I think…
So this morning I went to check Twitter to verify something I read on FB, and I found this:
Six months left…
Because THIS is the best thing he can do under the current circumstances??! Continue reading “Six months left…”
Aftermath (Part 10): Are we really so blind we can’t see?
It’s remarkable, you know. I see patterns other people don’t and there are people who know me and think I’m too full of hyperbole to pay attention. Even when I’m right. Continue reading “Aftermath (Part 10): Are we really so blind we can’t see?”
Still wondering if this shit’s real? Here’s a clue by four…
Early this year, in the mad grab for Hamilton tickets, I decided to go ahead and get a full subscription to the Hippodrome in Baltimore. I invited a friend to join me, and we got a pair of tickets for the coming season. Continue reading “Still wondering if this shit’s real? Here’s a clue by four…”
Locking Down Facebook…
The following four articles led to this note. Please read them in order (but watch out for the AUTO LAUNCH VIDEO in the first link):
1. CBS News: Facebook knew of illicit user profile harvesting for 2 years, never acted
2. Reuters: Republican lawmakers concerned by Facebook data leak
3. The Guardian: How to protect your Facebook privacy – or delete yourself completely: If you found the Cambridge Analytica data breach revelations deeply unsettling, read our guide to the maze of your privacy settings
4. BBC News: Is leaving Facebook the only way to protect your data?
Upshot: Panic in the streets. Momentary threats to leave Facebook. And in a week, when something new distracts us, another privacy violation or some other horrible thing that happens in government or in your local community pushes the panic out of the way and we resume our daily lives. Continue reading “Locking Down Facebook…”
Wishful thinking…
I try.
Really, really, I do. I try not to get caught up in wishful thinking, which often leads to disappointment when I discover that the thing I really want to be true turns out to be propaganda designed to tie up the Internet and my brain space. Continue reading “Wishful thinking…”