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Facebook 2018

Fman99 Jan 29 2018 07:48 PM

Somehow my new Facebook account got associated to my old one, I think due to using a browser that had saved old credentials, or something akin to that, and now that one is shut down as well. I could theoretically start over, again, for a 3rd time, but I don't see it being worth the trouble. I can post stuff on Instagram, and here, and put together some other page to share pics and videos to share with my family members. I'll have to look at what else is out there.

d'Kong76 Jan 29 2018 07:57 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Have a serious like/dislike thing with fb but I'd be missing out on a lot of stuff I wouldn't know about to consider giving it up. It spans like 4 decades of people I know and enjoy it for the most part, except when I don't lol. Twitter could go away tomorrow and I wouldn't blink.

cooby Jan 30 2018 08:06 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Just deactivated my account as an early Lent present to myself

SteveJRogers Jan 30 2018 09:02 PM Re: Facebook 2018

:(

Fman99 Jan 31 2018 05:40 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Most of my FB friends also post to Instagram. A lot of the rest post here. Between those two I can keep up with 2/3 of my friends. I will keep posting music to my Youtube channel as well. I have, honestly, maybe 6-8 friends on there who post thoughtful, interesting things. The majority of it is memes, cutesy poo poster things, and garbage I don't care about. I am trying to figure out how to keep up with cute pics and videos of my nephew in Virginia, and how to keep my mom in FL looped in on the latest stuff with the kids (her boyfriend is on Instagram but I don't know if he's an active user). The rest of it can slide.

Nymr83 Jan 31 2018 07:09 AM Re: Facebook 2018

You can stop people from showing up in your 'news feed' without unfriending them. It will improve your facebook experience immensely, though I also spend very little time on there anymore

Fman99 Jan 31 2018 07:21 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Well, FB kicked me out, so they solved my messy news feed problem that way. I have no access currently and unlike the first time this happened, last fall, I am far less motivated to try and rebuild my friends list for a 3rd time.

Lefty Specialist Jan 31 2018 12:25 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I only need Facebook for a few things and have no desire to have high school classmates or vengeful ex-girlfriends or Russian bots find me, so I'm registered under my pornstar name (The name of your dog followed by the name of the street you grew up on).

Ceetar Jan 31 2018 12:37 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I mostly use Facebook for groups (podcasts like We Have Concerns, Effectively Wild, Why Mommy Drinks, etc). It's sorta like a forum but without an actual setup like this, and a little more ephemeral because social media isn't really great with history and scrolling back for old threads. very in the moment. But that fits with podcasts. and sharing pictures of the little ones with family. I've muted all the stupid people, blocked a bunch of news pages. generally my experience there is pretty good. oh, and events. It's pretty good for that. platform agnostic, so I don't have to worry that you have a garbage iPhone that doesn't understand Google calendars or vice versa. Facebook will do the whole "you have an event coming up!" notification stuff. I can share messages with the whole group "park on the side street!" with ease.

d'Kong76 Jan 31 2018 12:57 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm registered under my pornstar name (The name of your dog followed by the name of the street you grew up on). Hah, I like my new porn name! Kasper Sherman, not as cool as Rex Tillerson but it works for the most part.

cooby Feb 02 2018 07:16 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Hmmmm I'd be Brownie West Fourth. Anyway, I see some of you "welcomed me back"...lol. I only signed back in to see the message someone had sent me. It was a friend asking about my sister, so I'm glad I did. Meanwhile I forgot how to deactivate so I just logged out. Only checking messages for just in case :D It's weird that even though I had deactivated, I could still get messages. Oh, and the reason she asked about my sister is because my sister's account got hacked (how sick is that? She hasn't used it in a year because she can't type) and whoever did it was sending out messages about "how to spend that grant money". My daughter got one too.

MFS62 Feb 02 2018 07:58 AM Re: Facebook 2018

cooby wrote: Oh, and the reason she asked about my sister is because my sister's account got hacked (how sick is that? She hasn't used it in a year because she can't type) and whoever did it was sending out messages about "how to spend that grant money". My daughter got one too. Tell them to beware of money laundering schemes from Russia. Later

cooby Feb 02 2018 08:22 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Or Nigerian princes

Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2018 08:28 AM Re: Facebook 2018

You wouldn't believe how many Russian women think I'm cute and want to get to know me!

cooby Feb 02 2018 08:38 AM Re: Facebook 2018

me too

Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2018 08:39 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Russian women think you're cute? Or you think I'm cute?

Zvon Feb 02 2018 03:06 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Alex, I'll take double entendre for $1000 please........

cooby Feb 02 2018 03:15 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Russian women think you're cute? Or you think I'm cute? :) You decide...

MFS62 Feb 13 2018 07:48 PM Re: Facebook 2018

When those pictures show up in the "People you may know" bar and say you have "1 Mutual Friend", do you try to figure out who that friend is before clicking on it to see who it is? Later

Edgy MD Feb 13 2018 08:15 PM Re: Facebook 2018

cooby wrote: Hmmmm I'd be Brownie West Fourth. So sexy.

HahnSolo Feb 14 2018 06:12 AM Re: Facebook 2018

MFS62 wrote: When those pictures show up in the "People you may know" bar and say you have "1 Mutual Friend", do you try to figure out who that friend is before clicking on it to see who it is? Later YES! Obsessively!

Edgy MD Feb 17 2018 08:40 PM Re: Facebook 2018

My aunt/godmother, apart from having had her brain eaten by Trump zombies from FOX, shares these infuriatingly banal nostalgia share-bait images. CHILDHOOD MEALS: EITHER YOU ATE THEM OR WENT WITHOUT! SHARE IF THIS WAS TRUE IN YOUR HOME! POTATO PEELERS! SHARE IF THERE WAS ONE IN YOUR HOME! WHO REMEMBERS CURLERS?! SHARE IF YOU USED THEM! Make it stop!

Fman99 Feb 17 2018 09:17 PM Re: Facebook 2018

It's hard for me to not feel more cut off than I did before I got shut out. I do have quite a few friends and family members that I don't hear much from without FB. At the same time, there's a ton of noise there I don't miss.

cooby Feb 18 2018 06:57 AM Re: Facebook 2018

My aunt/godmother, apart from having had her brain eaten by Trump zombies from FOX, shares these infuriatingly banal nostalgia share-bait images. CHILDHOOD MEALS: EITHER YOU ATE THEM OR WENT WITHOUT! SHARE IF THIS WAS TRUE IN YOUR HOME! POTATO PEELERS! SHARE IF THERE WAS ONE IN YOUR HOME! WHO REMEMBERS CURLERS?! SHARE IF YOU USED THEM! Make it stop! I have friends that post nothing but what level they are on in Farmville or whatever. What's the point of having a page? Fman, can you set up a page with a twist on your name so those people will still know it's you, but facebook won't?

Fman99 Feb 18 2018 09:30 PM Re: Facebook 2018

cooby wrote: Fman, can you set up a page with a twist on your name so those people will still know it's you, but facebook won't? They were able to figure out it was me because I used the app on my phone and it tied my 2nd account to my first one. The name I had used didn't matter, I don't think. I may try this again in 2019, after my contract expires and I get a new phone. Until then, I will enjoy the peaceful solitude.

Farmer Ted Feb 27 2018 07:50 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Went the Cooby route. Off it for lent. No symptoms of withdrawal. No politics, no food pics. I'm good.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 27 2018 07:54 AM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 Mar 01 2018 03:00 PM Re: Facebook 2018

cooby Mar 01 2018 05:36 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Bill does not look well

Centerfield Mar 06 2018 11:47 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Facebook during your 40's is tough. I don't think I was prepared for this. During my 30's it was all weddings and babies. Now as my friends get older, there are fewer babies. Almost no weddings. First the parents started dying. So and so lost his father, or mother, or Uncle. Then a few friends passed away. These were really tough. This past weekend a high school acquaintance (I am good friends with her sister and know her mother well), lost her teenage son. I feel awful. Family and friends are posting tributes, changing their profile pics. Just hard to handle.

Ceetar Mar 06 2018 11:56 AM Re: Facebook 2018

That might be watch gets everyone off Facebook and onto the 'next' thing. At some point half of your feed will be "It's 's birthday! Tell them you're thinking of them!" "Here's a photo of you and your dead relative from 8 years ago. Reconnect!" I'm still mostly in the baby stage and the silently judging "what a stupid way to raise your kid" moments. Silently being judged too probably.

Edgy MD Mar 06 2018 11:58 AM Re: Facebook 2018

On Friday, Floyd, a companion from my previous job, laid his son to rest. Floyd, Jr. I don't know how it happened and I've typed a half dozen inquiries to mutual acquaintances and then deleted them before sending. I feel dirty just asking for the details. He was 24, a strapping young man in the photos, with a warm protective smile, but I remember him as a sweet, shy 14-year-old goofball. Then yesterday, Floyd posts a kind birthday message on my page. I felt kind of guilty that he took a moment to think of me while living through just about the worst thing there is, but I understand that networking is how you keep your head above water, and if that means digital networking, so be it.

Nymr83 Mar 06 2018 12:22 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Facebook was originally designed with college kids in mind (in fact, you could originally only sign up with a verified .edu address). Those first generation users are in their 30s now. The platform has evolved a bit as younger folks have come on and older folks have joined as well. But I wonder, at what point do the issues you describe cause a big change or mass exodus? Or does the business plan remain capturing 18 - 30 year olds (the most desirable marketing demographic is young unmarried people with money anyway) and not caring if the older folks drift away as long as the new 25 year olds are clicking all the (now depressing for older folks) birthday messages and "you may know"?

Ceetar Mar 06 2018 12:31 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Are younger kids flocking to Facebook? It doesn't seem like it, but granted I haven't done a study. It seems to be that Facebook is very much about the 30ish+ these days that are actively looking to reconnect, keep up to date, share photos with far flung family, etc. It's very much a more permanent AIM, but it might be that the younger folk are sticking to things like Snapchat that's a lot more like an Instant Messenger, and of course they don't need that chat feature the same way, as they all have texting and twitter and the like now, that even in the mid 2000s not everyone did. My vision is that all these things sorta morph into each other as someone builds some sort of personal dashboard/portal in which the other networks interact, and act as a gateway. So you can still get your family facebook feed in one box, but your live stream with your girlfriend is another window, and your twitter mentions over here. and when you push an 'update' you can select where it goes and each gateway will translate it properly to the proper network. So one window is only going to be instagram/pictures and limited text, whereas the bulk of the text will go to the twitter type feed. photo albums go to your google photos with links/previews shared to other networks. I should probably quit my job, get investment, and build this.

Ceetar Mar 20 2018 02:30 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That sounds like a bad group! yeah. I should leave. (transitioning from the mass shootings thread where I complain about my county-wide group) The local town group is very NIMBYish crossed with 'rah rah our town!' but otherwise at least useful, and more useful in a year and a half when school starts.

SteveJRogers Mar 20 2018 02:54 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Meanwhile, in attempts to get a little Emperor’s New Clothes/break free from the cult of personality grip action in another forum, using pieces shared from FB, even some long form journalism pieces from respected outlets, I’m getting the liberal loon label! Probably why I was in close to nuclear meltdown mode earlier today ;)

Edgy MD Mar 20 2018 10:05 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Probably OK to not get provoked over labels. Just be all, "Yeah, no.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 07:09 AM Re: Facebook 2018

True, but as I said, I rather hate the idea of myself, family members and long time IRL are hateful racists based on having conservative social values and supporting Trump.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 07:27 AM Re: Facebook 2018

You should at least entertain the possibility that some of those “conservative values” have roots in, if not racism, at least bias, unfair stereotypes, and cultural bigotry. Just because you love them doesn’t mean they don’t say or think racist things. And maybe if we all are willing to examine what we do and say, and why, we’ll all realize that indeed we may each of us be treating others unfairly and unkindly. And that will give us the ability to change, to do better, to make the world better. Instead of recoiling “they’re not racist - that’s impossible!” At least give consideration to “why do you thing that is racist”

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 07:28 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Also, how’s about that Cambridge Analyica stuff, eh? Is that just a little too in depth for people to really care about, or does it spark the fire the guts Facebook?

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 08:20 AM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: You should at least entertain the possibility that some of those “conservative values” have roots in, if not racism, at least bias, unfair stereotypes, and cultural bigotry. Just because you love them doesn’t mean they don’t say or think racist things. And maybe if we all are willing to examine what we do and say, and why, we’ll all realize that indeed we may each of us be treating others unfairly and unkindly. And that will give us the ability to change, to do better, to make the world better. Instead of recoiling “they’re not racist - that’s impossible!” At least give consideration to “why do you thing that is racist” To be honest, I’m finding more examples of hateful, toxic and knee jerk intolerance on social media platforms from left leaners than I do from the conservatives I follow/friend/whatever. I’m not saying conversations aren’t worth having, but does seem more blindly irrational coming from supposed tolerant outlets.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 08:26 AM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: Also, how’s about that Cambridge Analyica stuff, eh? Is that just a little too in depth for people to really care about, or does it spark the fire the guts Facebook? I don’t know, I think a lot more people are “who cares” than OMG PRIVACY/SECURITY BREACH unless it concerns finance issues. I mean, it is a big deal, but I think the masses don’t see it as big to the point of leaving the platform. We’ll see though, I doubt old school forums like this one are going to make a vinyl like comeback, or Reddit is suddenly going to explode in popularity, but maybe that next grassroots company that isn’t tied to other platforms can say “we won’t make the same mistakes FB/Twitter/Google have!”

dgwphotography Mar 21 2018 08:43 AM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: Also, how’s about that Cambridge Analyica stuff, eh? Is that just a little too in depth for people to really care about, or does it spark the fire the guts Facebook? I hope it does spark the fire that guts Facebook, but I highly doubt it. There's no video, nothing to catch the ever decreasing attention span of the audience, so this will die a quick death in the media.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 09:45 AM Re: Facebook 2018

BTW, going back to my points above about liberals being more hateful and intolerant of other points of views/philosophies that aren’t extreme hate filled drivel, I’ve shown articles from Facebook to Fox News watching relatives, and regurgitated things I’ve seen on social media, including here, and the retorts back are “where are you getting this hate from? Where are you getting off calling anyone labels like that when you are spewing hateful garbage.”

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2018 10:01 AM Re: Facebook 2018

SteveJRogers wrote: True, but as I said, I rather hate the idea of myself, family members and long time IRL are hateful racists based on having conservative social values and supporting Trump. All kidding aside, if you're going to open the door to this conversation, instead of suggesting that liberals might be the haters and racists, which will inevitably encourage more shit slinging, why don't you explain what it is you like about Trump and why he should be supported?

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 10:30 AM Re: Facebook 2018

That’s the thing, I DON’T want to support Trump.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 10:58 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I mean, I guess I’m pretty intolerant of people who are pro-rape culture, and pro-racist, and I guess I have low tolerance of people who think that poor people and sick people are inferior and undeserving of opportunity and assistance. That surely makes me a bad person. And is totally the same as being intolerant of people who have different skin coloration, or national origin, or gender conformity. I suppose.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 11:26 AM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: I mean, I guess I’m pretty intolerant of people who are pro-rape culture, and pro-racist, and I guess I have low tolerance of people who think that poor people and sick people are inferior and undeserving of opportunity and assistance. That surely makes me a bad person. And is totally the same as being intolerant of people who have different skin coloration, or national origin, or gender conformity. I suppose. That’s the thing, its easy to jump down someone’s throat on a keyboard and suggest that if I tell you not to go down a street with a seedy reputation at 3am is an example that I’m a racist, and a toxic person that you’d remove from a social network bubble. But like I said in the politics thread, try telling a 75 year old, Fox News watchinb Republican who was a teacher and services worker in bad 1970s NYC neighborhoods that she’s a stone cold racist and an hateful evil person for such world views to her face.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 21 2018 11:30 AM Re: Facebook 2018

SteveJRogers wrote: ...try telling a 75 year old, Fox News watching Republican who was a teacher and services worker in bad 1970s NYC neighborhoods that she’s a stone cold racist and an hateful evil person for such world views to her face. Why would you even want to do that?

Edgy MD Mar 21 2018 11:33 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Meanwhilst, I think we've all accepted that, when a service is free, we become the commodity. What I guess we didn't expect was that we were being sold to Russia.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 11:39 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Because that’s what some 95 percent of left leaning social media accounts on all platforms seem to instruct people to do. Confront with no context to life histories or thought to the severity of what they feel aren’t approved social opinions. And I am referring to anti-abortion, anti state marriage based one what one considers lifestyle or something “off”, strict immigration policies, etc. Beliefs that are obviously “triggerable” in an online format, but if you knew the person saying them, you would hardly say they were evil and hateful monsters.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 12:13 PM Re: Facebook 2018

No. But they can still hold evil and hateful views. By the way. I do fight this fight with my mother. Avid foxnewser and a strong believer in anecdotal proof of racist views. To her defense, when pressed she recognized the incompatibility of her views with her desires to be loving of and charitable to people, particularly those who are disadvantaged. But it still doesn’t change that her first, reflexive response is the racist one - the one that’s clearly been indoctrinated by long long longtime listening to rush and his awful ilk. So do I tell her she’s a terrible racist? No. I tell her when she’s billing racist and challenge her to reconsider. It’s an uphill but necessary fight.

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 12:38 PM Re: Facebook 2018

We’re going off he rails of facbeek. But what’s “anti state marriage based on what one considers lifestyle”? I mean ok “anti gay marriage.” Sure. Could just say that. What’s the actual harm in gay marriage, except if you just think it’s icky? Or different. So what if Its a lifestyle (it’s not) but if it is, who cares. We’re outlawing lifestyles ? If it’s about some nebulous “family values” well what’s more family values that two people choosing to love each other? Divorce, affairs, multiple marriages are all ok, but two people loving each other is anathema. It doesn’t square. If god says no, we’ll maybe that merits a bit of introspection to ask, does he really - why should he care? And why should he care more about that than he would about someone who cheated on or abused or neglected their spouse getting remarried? And moreover why should he care if a government chooses to recognize the union? If god is love, wouldn’t he choose love? If Jesus loved prostitutes (Not in that way) and the tax collectors and the lepers, why wouldn’t he love someone who’s doing something as harmless as loving the person they want to? So at a minimum, if you’re against gay marriage, if you don’t think that’s being hateful, it is at least terribly unfair. And in-loving.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 01:38 PM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: We’re going off he rails of facbeek. But what’s “anti state marriage based on what one considers lifestyle”? I mean ok “anti gay marriage.” Sure. Could just say that. What’s the actual harm in gay marriage, except if you just think it’s icky? Or different. So what if Its a lifestyle (it’s not) but if it is, who cares. We’re outlawing lifestyles ? If it’s about some nebulous “family values” well what’s more family values that two people choosing to love each other? Divorce, affairs, multiple marriages are all ok, but two people loving each other is anathema. It doesn’t square. If god says no, we’ll maybe that merits a bit of introspection to ask, does he really - why should he care? And why should he care more about that than he would about someone who cheated on or abused or neglected their spouse getting remarried? And moreover why should he care if a government chooses to recognize the union? If god is love, wouldn’t he choose love? If Jesus loved prostitutes (Not in that way) and the tax collectors and the lepers, why wouldn’t he love someone who’s doing something as harmless as loving the person they want to? So at a minimum, if you’re against gay marriage, if you don’t think that’s being hateful, it is at least terribly unfair. And in-loving. It, not mine, was more along the lines of combining someone's religious/moral views along with the legality of doing it in your place of worship as opposed to getting it done at a court house. Basically "don't make a show out of the fact that you are flaunting something you know the majority of those who share this belief or ancestral origins (St. Patrick's parades) would rather not deal with" than any sort of hateful feelings towards individuals attracted to the same sex. Anyway, you're right, this is teetering towards a need to be splintered, or worse Red Light Forum, so... [url]https://www.facebook.com/Lovepuppies/ =;)

metsmarathon Mar 21 2018 03:09 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I don’t think there’s a large great push out there to force the church(es) to recognize gay marriage. That the teachings of (some) churches regarding the morality of two adults’ mutual love should be guiding non secular government policy that leads to certain rights opportunities and benefits being withheld from certain groups of citizens should be seen as running afoul of the separation of church and state. I don’t think anything that’s been said here should give anyone cause to move this sub thread of conversation into the red light forum. If I am mistaken, particularly if my words come off as deliberately offensive and combative, to the point where hey stand in the way of meaningful discussion, please make me aware so that I can correct the issue immediately.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 04:12 PM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: I don’t think anything that’s been said here should give anyone cause to move this sub thread of conversation into the red light forum. If I am mistaken, particularly if my words come off as deliberately offensive and combative, to the point where hey stand in the way of meaningful discussion, please make me aware so that I can correct the issue immediately. Not at all, just wanted to cease the conversation before it devolved to that point =;)

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2018 06:21 PM Re: Facebook 2018

metsmarathon wrote: I don’t think anything that’s been said here should give anyone cause to move this sub thread of conversation into the red light forum. Oh, please. Gag me with the dildo in Kevin Plawecki's locker. They can red light whatever they wanna red light, anything. Without any rules. Or rationale. They make it up as they go along. You can get red lit for talking about the way Travis d'Arnaud cocks his wrist. Or a major national news story --- about the Mets, no less. That everybody else here talked about without mod intervention. And when I say "you", I mean "me". It's totally arbitrary and they'll red light "you'" to settle old scores if they feel like it. Are you on great terms with the mods? If so, you can post whatever you want just about without getting red lit.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 06:36 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Well, if I see that m.e.t.b.o.t. is on Facebook, and I accuse him as being a Russian Bot account, then I’d imagine that would be fighting words to red light a conversation between me and marathon! You have a history of being a troll for the sake of seeing how far you can cross the lines that the admins have around here. So there is reason for an extremely itchy trigger finger when it comes to dealing with you.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2018 06:54 PM Re: Facebook 2018

SteveJRogers wrote: Well, if I see that m.e.t.b.o.t. is on Facebook, and I accuse him as being a Russian Bot account, then I’d imagine that would be fighting words to red light a conversation between me and marathon! You have a history of being a troll for the sake of seeing how far you can cross the lines that the admins have around here. So there is reason for an extremely itchy trigger finger when it comes to dealing with you. Oh! So if there's a line that shouldn't be crossed, it's now not OK to almost cross that line? What a bullshit flimsy rule. Either it's permitted or it isn't. If Edgy and Zvon can talk about Travis d'Arnaud's wrist-cock technique, then everybody else should be able to. The crooked traffic cop behind on his quota doesnt get to issue speeding tickets for going 59 MPH in a 60 MPH zone just because 59 is almost 60, even if the driver always drives at 59 MPH.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2018 07:06 PM Re: Facebook 2018

batmagadanleadoff wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Well, if I see that m.e.t.b.o.t. is on Facebook, and I accuse him as being a Russian Bot account, then I’d imagine that would be fighting words to red light a conversation between me and marathon! You have a history of being a troll for the sake of seeing how far you can cross the lines that the admins have around here. So there is reason for an extremely itchy trigger finger when it comes to dealing with you. Oh! So if there's a line that shouldn't be crossed, it's now not OK to almost cross that line? What a bullshit flimsy rule. Either it's permitted or it isn't. If Edgy and Zvon can talk about Travis d'Arnaud's wrist-cock technique, then everybody else should be able to. The crooked traffic cop behind on his quota doesnt get to issue speeding tickets for going 59 MPH in a 60 MPH zone just because 59 is almost 60, even if the driver always drives at 59 MPH. And there's nothing wrong with seeing how much you can get away with if you're not breaking any rules. That's how everything works. How the hell do you think Neil Gorsuch got onto the Supreme Court? Nobody violated the Constitution to get Gorsuch seated. Wanna regulate conduct? Make a fair rule that applies to everybody just the same. And make sure that rule exists before the so called offending conduct happens.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 07:08 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Dude, your cunt filled posts in the “lets go clubbing quiz” thread proves how much of a troll you can be. Quit the sympathy “everyone is against me” troll act, I’m sure if Edgy or Z are talking wrist cocking techniques, its not going to be anything besides this sort of talk [url]https://metsmerizedonline.com/2017/03/travis-darnauds-issues-throwing-the-ball-continue.html/. And stop poking the bear!

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2018 07:33 PM Re: Facebook 2018

SteveJRogers wrote: Dude, your cunt filled posts in the “lets go clubbing quiz” thread proves how much of a troll you can be. Quit the sympathy “everyone is against me” troll act, I’m sure if Edgy or Z are talking wrist cocking techniques, its not going to be anything besides this sort of talk [url]https://metsmerizedonline.com/2017/03/travis-darnauds-issues-throwing-the-ball-continue.html/. And stop poking the bear! There was nothing wrong with my cunt club for Mets posts because others here also used the cunt word. Some, many times. In fact, there was once a thread here titled shit, piss, fuck, cunt .... etc., about the George Carlin routine. Anybody who's truly and sincerely offended because a Clint Hurdle baseball card calls a Claudell Washington baseball card a cunt is the one who's unreasonable, if you ask me. Context suddenly doesn't matter? Yet you think its ok to red light my posts even though somebody else can write the same post word for word without mod intervention? I think your point fails. You wanna know what was never a problem on this forum? When Second Spitter called my mother a cunt with malice and in bad faith in JCL's rock and roll contest where half the field was cheating.. Nobody complained then or came to defend me.

SteveJRogers Mar 21 2018 09:11 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Please, your behavior is text book trolling. While I wouldn’t red light you, its pretty obvious with what you are doing, especially in recent posts here, is meant to be antagonistic and tempting fate in terms of another temporary ban.

metirish Mar 22 2018 06:46 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Seriously considering deleting my FB account( if that is even really possible) , I use it less and less, mostly Instagram( course FB owns it) , family in ireland would miss seeing my son etc. ....hard to untie yourself from all this stuff.

d'Kong76 Mar 22 2018 07:03 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I'm not sure I could give up facebook entirely at this point. I'm on it like 10- 15 combined minutes per day and that's enough to for me to see what I need to see. I don't post anything political, controversial, overly personal and for the most part my 'friends' don't either. I have noticed over the last half year that there is significantly (I mean like maybe 75%) less stuff being posted by my 'friends' there.

cooby Mar 22 2018 07:07 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I have heard of people deleting their account but I haven’t figured out how. You can turn it off but that’s hardly the same.

metirish Mar 22 2018 07:50 AM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm not sure I could give up facebook entirely at this point. I'm on it like 10- 15 combined minutes per day and that's enough to for me to see what I need to see. I don't post anything political, controversial, overly personal and for the most part my 'friends' don't either. I have noticed over the last half year that there is significantly (I mean like maybe 75%) less stuff being posted by my 'friends' there. Yes , this is what I see too. It seems young teens etc are not even opening FB accounts

41Forever Mar 22 2018 07:57 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I have a work account that I use heavily, and a friends and family account that I use to post photos of friends and family. I started the work account back when I was a journalist and the paper wanted us to be accessible and engage with readers. A bunch of readers started finding the Facebook page and sending friend requests, and I realized that I can be accessible and engaging without sharing all my personal stuff and the photos of the kids that are there largely for my family out of state. So I created a work-based site that I use to post my stories at that time, then press releases and news about what we're doing at work. I basically accept anyone who wants to friend that one except for the spammers. The friends and family one is limited mostly to them. You guys count as friends!

Ceetar Mar 22 2018 08:13 AM Re: Facebook 2018

metirish wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: I'm not sure I could give up facebook entirely at this point. I'm on it like 10- 15 combined minutes per day and that's enough to for me to see what I need to see. I don't post anything political, controversial, overly personal and for the most part my 'friends' don't either. I have noticed over the last half year that there is significantly (I mean like maybe 75%) less stuff being posted by my 'friends' there. Yes , this is what I see too. It seems young teens etc are not even opening FB accounts one of my cousins (once removed) opened one at 13. the others aren't quite there yet but I guess we'll see. My brother (21) has one but doesn't use it much. He's more of a snapchatter. But I think this speaks to age. These folks might, when they become say 25 and gets jobs and kids and live far away from parents/friends/etc be more apt to sign up. Right now I can't think of a good viable alternative to that. When you're in college and still mainly interacting with close friends or people in your vicinity, you don't really need to blast out updates to everyone. you can do inner circle stuff, snaps, etc. You call, or get called by, your parents. For all the griping about 'so many pictures of your kids!' that people joke about, it's way better than the old way (which people joked about) of like, long christmas letters and family updates, or regular email blasts with updates. It's like putting it up on your wall "go look, or scroll past. your call" we're still just rewiring our social constructs and how we interact. The problem is there's always a requirement that the user has to do work to get things the way they want them. I'm not sure if there's a way around that (and if there is, it probably involves MASSIVE data mining and machine learning). Google+ might've been a good solution, but no one was willing to ditch Facebook for it. You need to cull the political stuff, or the spam. I mute a bunch of cousin-in-laws and what not. I block and report fake news sites posting hillary memes. Beyond the group that I need to leave, my facebook is pretty tame. friends and family and casual acquaintances posting stuff. It's a good way to low-level keep up with all these people. We want to interact online. we want to chat about this and that and everything. What's the alternative? a long possibly unwelcome chat with the coworker at the coffee pot? ugh. I'd rather have at least a little choice in the people i'm conversing with. I think we under-remember how much noise to signal there was pre-social media. In a large part that's because it was much easier to disguise noise as signal. When people say 'social media is bad' or 'never tweet' I can't help but see it as saying 'ignorance is bliss' and wishing they could go back to when we believed everything the NY Times told us because didn't have the noise level to jar us into realizing they're white-washing terrorists.

MFS62 Mar 22 2018 08:13 AM Re: Facebook 2018

41Forever wrote: The friends and family one is limited mostly to them. You guys count as friends! Are you sure? :) Later

Lefty Specialist Mar 22 2018 08:57 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Boy, it's possible to live without Facebook. Am I missing stuff? Yeah, probably. But I'm not also drawn into all the other bullshit. I don't need a Facebook feed telling me what to think or what to be angry/happy/amused about. It's like I have the ultimate spam filter. I don't feel the need to be on it at all.

SteveJRogers Mar 22 2018 09:24 AM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm not sure I could give up facebook entirely at this point. I'm on it like 10- 15 combined minutes per day and that's enough to for me to see what I need to see. I don't post anything political, controversial, overly personal and for the most part my 'friends' don't either. I have noticed over the last half year that there is significantly (I mean like maybe 75%) less stuff being posted by my 'friends' there. The only time I'm political/religious/social issue debating is in appropriate groups/pages or as a comment on someone else's thread. I'll crack wise every now and then about praying for my sports team to win while attending mass, specifically at St. Pat's if I'm in the City for something later in the evening, but that's pretty much the extent on my personal page (unless I've made a "giving up this" for Lent joke that I'm forgetting). But mostly I've been doing harmless sports and pop culture bits. There is a movie podcaster in Minnesota who I friended years ago that pretty much exclusively shares and posts stuff that is nostalgic 1980s TV/movies/pop culture, and occasionally current WWE stuff. I used to always want to say "can you mix something that matters in every now and then" to him, but over the last few years, maybe that's a better idea to maintain a healthy way of life on social networking platforms!

Ceetar Mar 22 2018 10:02 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: Boy, it's possible to live without Facebook. Am I missing stuff? Yeah, probably. But I'm not also drawn into all the other bullshit. I don't need a Facebook feed telling me what to think or what to be angry/happy/amused about. It's like I have the ultimate spam filter. I don't feel the need to be on it at all. I mean, it's possible to live without beer too. or a cellphone. it's weird. Things seem to be moving towards more ephemeral services. snapchat, discord/twitch type places. That's probably the way to go. But that's interest/life based. What can we use besides facebook that replaces that 'friends and family that you like but don't necessarily share a ton of interests with' community?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 09:14 AM Re: Facebook 2018

SteveJRogers wrote: Please, your behavior is text book trolling. While I wouldn’t red light you, its pretty obvious with what you are doing, especially in recent posts here, is meant to be antagonistic and tempting fate in terms of another temporary ban. Please yourself. You can't defend the mods' suspension against me with persuasive arguments (neither can the mods) so now you change the subject to where I deserve to get suspended again, this time for my recent posts. And why? Because I called Ivanka a count? Next thing you'll be telling me is that I'd deserve another suspension if I called Ivanka a typewriter. Or an artichoke.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2018 11:32 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I dunno if any of you guys watch this guy's videos but he's pretty strong. [youtube:3n3ylqsd]pxp-u9hjHaQ[/youtube:3n3ylqsd]

d'Kong76 Mar 23 2018 11:51 AM Re: Facebook 2018

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Please yourself. You can't defend the mods' suspension against me with persuasive arguments (neither can the mods) Please yourself, yourself. Let's make one thing clear, you take a steamy dump in a dozen threads again and you'll be banned another thirty days and it's so fucking defensible it's not even worth the keystrokes explaining it. There's no place here for that petulant behavior and zero-tolerance is in effect no matter who you are or who your friends are on the outside. Thanks, and Let's Go Mets!

Ceetar Mar 23 2018 12:16 PM Re: Facebook 2018

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I dunno if any of you guys watch this guy's videos but he's pretty strong. [youtube]pxp-u9hjHaQ[/youtube] I'd have liked some more quality reasoning about why "Democracy is dying one light (or lie?) at a time" and how that jives with "Facebook needs to limit and control what goes on on their platform". Seemed mostly preachy and grandiose.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2018 12:23 PM Re: Facebook 2018 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 23 2018 12:23 PM

one "like" at a time. Cmon Ceetar, he's like Millennial Cool Grandpa. He's right with you. That's presuming you read up on the cambridge thing

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 12:23 PM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Please yourself. You can't defend the mods' suspension against me with persuasive arguments (neither can the mods) Please yourself, yourself. Let's make one thing clear, you take a steamy dump in a dozen threads again and you'll be banned another thirty days and it's so fucking defensible it's not even worth the keystrokes explaining it. There's no place here for that petulant behavior and zero-tolerance is in effect no matter who you are or who your friends are on the outside. Thanks, and Let's Go Mets! Taking a dump in a dozen threads is utter horseshit. Explain to me how writing about d'Arnaud 's wrist cock technique or the dildo in Kevin Plawecki's locker is taking a dump here or justifying a suspension. And don't you dare tell me that had nothing to do with it when those posts were red lit. Go ahead. Make a jackass out of yourself by spinning some moronic rationale. And friends on the outside? That's a total new one. What in the name of Ivanka the typewriter is that all about?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 12:29 PM Re: Facebook 2018

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Please yourself. You can't defend the mods' suspension against me with persuasive arguments (neither can the mods) Please yourself, yourself. Let's make one thing clear, you take a steamy dump in a dozen threads again and you'll be banned another thirty days and it's so fucking defensible it's not even worth the keystrokes explaining it. There's no place here for that petulant behavior and zero-tolerance is in effect no matter who you are or who your friends are on the outside. Thanks, and Let's Go Mets! Taking a dump in a dozen threads is utter horseshit. Explain to me how writing about d'Arnaud 's wrist cock technique or the dildo in Kevin Plawecki's locker is taking a dump here or justifying a suspension. And don't you dare tell me that had nothing to do with it when those posts were red lit. Go ahead. Make a jackass out of yourself by spinning some moronic rationale. And friends on the outside? That's a total new one. What in the name of Ivanka the typewriter is that all about? And for the record, you haven't justified or explained the suspension yet. All you've done is to state a conclusion when you claim that I took a dump here. And another thing, there was nothing wrong with my cunt club for Mets posts either. If you wanna tell me that Lunchie or fman would've gotten suspended for those same posts (and I'm not saying they should've if they did) then you're totally full of shit.

cooby Mar 23 2018 12:30 PM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Please yourself. You can't defend the mods' suspension against me with persuasive arguments (neither can the mods) Please yourself, yourself. Let's make one thing clear, you take a steamy dump in a dozen threads again and you'll be banned another thirty days and it's so fucking defensible it's not even worth the keystrokes explaining it. There's no place here for that petulant behavior and zero-tolerance is in effect no matter who you are or who your friends are on the outside. Thanks, and Let's Go Mets! Ew. Glad I have him blocked this time.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 12:50 PM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: and it's so fucking defensible it's not even worth the keystrokes explaining it What a convenient cop-out. Do you also have bone spurs? You couldn't defend that ban if your life depended on it because the ban was an outrageous abuse of your autbority and you've had it in for me since about my second post here. Wrist-cock technique for God's sake? After joining an existing thread where Zvon and Edgy used the exact same phrase? And even if I was talking about d'Arnaud's penis, which I wasn't because cock doesn't mean penis in that context, so what? One poster here makes cock and pussy jokes every single week. Last week he started a thread with the word fuck in the title. And I'm not saying he should get suspended because he shouldn't based on the total history and established protocol of how this forum functions, but explain that. You won't. Because you can't

d'Kong76 Mar 23 2018 01:02 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Might be 60 days on the second offense. Have to check with Corporate in Stockholm but it's like 9-10 at night there now so it'll have to wait. Look, we have issues here. Software issues, security issues and we now wake up to Russian-themed spam here every morning. I (we) are not here to babysit you, defend ourselves to you and most importantly not here for your cyber-bullying entertainment. I don't have time for your nonsense. Thanks again.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 01:29 PM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: Might be 60 days on the second offense. Have to check with Corporate in Stockholm but it's like 9-10 at night there now so it'll have to wait. Look, we have issues here. Software issues, security issues and we now wake up to Russian-themed spam here every morning. I (we) are not here to babysit you, defend ourselves to you and most importantly not here for your cyber-bullying entertainment. I don't have time for your nonsense. Thanks again. Of course you won't explain yourself. Number one, you can't. And number two, this way you have the wiggle room to continue to make it up on the fly and abuse your authority to do whatever you want to me. 60 days? For what? For posing difficult questions to you? Don't like the cunt word? Fine. Make a rule that nobody -- not just me -- can use it and I'll be the first to comply. Do you really wanna be fair? Or do you just wanna suspend me because I'm writing you posts that you're incapable of answering fairly and honestly? Because you didn't just red light my posts when you suspended me last January. You deleted some posts altogether--- the ones where I asked rational, logical questions about why I was being red lit. Questions that were so sensible and logical, there's no way you could've given a reasonable response.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 01:35 PM Re: Facebook 2018

It's because you're disruptive. It's as simple as that. And the reason you can't see it is because you're not rational. And for the record, I was the one who pushed for the ban. Thirty days was a compromise. If it was up to me, it would have been permanent.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 23 2018 01:50 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And for the record, I was the one who pushed for the ban. Thirty days was a compromise. If it was up to me, it would have been permanent. I suspected this. I dialogued with Kong because he was the one who responded. And disruptive? Because if some other poster wrote those same posts word for word, that would've been less disruptive? I ask because nothing would've happened had anyone else wrote those posts. Wrist cock technique is suddenly disruptive? And where was the outrage when SS called .my mother a cunt in what was the vilest use of that word here in the vilest thread ever?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 01:55 PM Re: Facebook 2018

It wasn't the choice of words, it was the carpet-bombing. And I know you'll never believe this, but if anyone else had behaved the way you did, the result would have been the same. You're only being judged on how you behave on this forum. How can it be anything else? That's the only thing we know about you!

Zvon Mar 23 2018 02:16 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Bats: Let it go.

Lefty Specialist Mar 23 2018 05:30 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Ceetar wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Boy, it's possible to live without Facebook. Am I missing stuff? Yeah, probably. But I'm not also drawn into all the other bullshit. I don't need a Facebook feed telling me what to think or what to be angry/happy/amused about. It's like I have the ultimate spam filter. I don't feel the need to be on it at all. I mean, it's possible to live without beer too. or a cellphone. it's weird. Things seem to be moving towards more ephemeral services. snapchat, discord/twitch type places. That's probably the way to go. But that's interest/life based. What can we use besides facebook that replaces that 'friends and family that you like but don't necessarily share a ton of interests with' community? I like beer. I have maybe 3 a week. Facebook is like a case of beer a day. And while I have a cellphone, I'm not on it all the time either. I don't really care what somebody I went to high school with but haven't seen in decades thinks of Black Panther or Jimmy Kimmel's monologue or what they had for lunch. And I see the baby pictures eventually because someone who knows I don't use Facebook e-mails them to me. Hey, it's just me. Your mileage may vary.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 05:48 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I may spend about 15 minutes a day on Facebook, checking in a few times a day. It can be a timesuck, but not the way I use it. And I've had three, maybe four, beers in the last ten years.

Fman99 Mar 23 2018 09:46 PM Re: Facebook 2018

The longer I go without FB, the less I miss it. There are a dozen or so voices specifically that I can't hear any more, friends from various earlier points in my life, high school, previous jobs, etc., who posted legitimate insights into their lives, and I miss hearing from them and finding out what's going on with them. But we're talking about 10-15 people, total, out of my original friends list of 800+.

Rockin' Doc Mar 24 2018 06:18 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I have intermittently considered starting a Facebook account during the past 4-5 years. Then I eventually decide it is more trouble than it is worth and I drop the idea again for a few months. There just seems to be too much clutter to sort through in order to be in contact with distant relatives and the small circle of high school, college, and grad school friends that I care to have greater communication with. I keep up to date by my wife and daughter showing me posts o their Facebook pages that they feel would be of interest to me. That generally amounts to 5-10 minutes of my time each week. I likely will never actually join Facebook. I can't understand the appeal of Twitter. I feel pretty confident that Twitter will never be a part of my life.

41Forever Mar 26 2018 06:54 AM Re: Facebook 2018

My mother will be the death of Facebook. I don't think she understands the difference between the Like button and the Share button.

metsmarathon Mar 30 2018 08:26 AM Re: Facebook 2018

so, a (likely) cranepooler just friended me on facebook. if you think it might have been you, could you please PM me with your name IRL so that i may knowingly accept your kind offer of virtual friendship. kthxbai

A Boy Named Seo Mar 31 2018 09:02 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Facebook continues to completely gross me out. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/growth ... .kxJxnaqrr “We connect people. Period. That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the questionable contact importing practices. All the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends. All of the work we do to bring more communication in. The work we will likely have to do in China some day. All of it,” VP Andrew “Boz” Bosworth wrote. “So we connect more people,” he wrote in another section of the memo. “That can be bad if they make it negative. Maybe it costs someone a life by exposing someone to bullies. “Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools.” NYT is reporting that people in the company are worried... about the source of the leaks? Worried not about the turmoil, but who is loose-lipped about the turmoil. Sounds uncomfortably familiar.

d'Kong76 Apr 10 2018 10:06 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Has anyone seen any changes, notices or settings advisories of any sort on their facebook account(s). Looks like business as usual so far to me.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 10 2018 10:12 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I heard on the news this morning that Facebook is sending e-mail notices to the 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica. I haven't received such an e-mail, but Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition did. That's all I know.

metirish Apr 10 2018 11:18 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Was My Information Shared? Based on our available records, neither you nor your friends logged into "This Is Your Digital Life." As a result, it doesn't appear your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica by "This Is Your Digital Life." Why should I believe the above? pure and utter shite...FB has a trust issue . https://www.facebook.com/help/187366531 ... 0analytica

Ceetar Apr 10 2018 11:33 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I sure hope Facebook/the world doesn't have a secret data file on me that says I like the Mets and baseball and beer and yoshi. That stuff is top secret.

d'Kong76 Apr 10 2018 11:42 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Ceetar wrote: That stuff is top secret. So many Ukranians have it bad off, if they want to see pictures of my dog and the park we frequent I guess I'm ok with that. #NaZdorovie

Zvon Apr 21 2018 11:52 AM Re: Facebook 2018

The amount of foxy ladies requesting to be my friend on a daily basis has reached ridiculous proportions. Six a day on average. I have been picking up many new Mets fan contacts and I have to weed through them to see who's who. If I see any sign of Met-fandom (avatar, another Mets friend, whatever) I confirm. If the persons header is just a picture of their cleavage, I don't. Now I leave the ladies on the friends request drop down and just ignore the list. I am hoping because they are "pending" that they can't repeat their request. But even those are now "suggesting friends", all who, I must say, have great cleavage. It's tough when the header is all cleavage but I can see they have a number of Met fan friends. Then I'm not sure what to do, lol. I usually approve. Also, for some reason I can't comprehend I am picking up loads of friend requests from Yankee fans. Why in the wide, wide world of sports would these fans want to be my facebook friends?

Rockin' Doc Apr 21 2018 01:41 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Zvon wrote: Also, for some reason I can't comprehend I am picking up loads of friend requests from Yankee fans. Why in the wide, wide world of sports would these fans want to be my facebook friends? Most of them are likely trying to "friend" Mets fans so they can talk trash about how many World Series the Yankees have won and how they think the Mets are second rate, bbb,yyy.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 21 2018 01:51 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I used to regularly get friend requests from gorgeous and sexy young women. (Or, more likely, Russian trolls using photos of gorgeous and sexy young women that they culled from the Internet.) For some reason it stopped happening.

cooby Apr 21 2018 02:56 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I keep getting friend requests from handsome men overseas, often in the Mideast. They look very nice but I decline Nothing beats the time I got a come on from a gal because she thought my online resume looked ‘cute’

Zvon Apr 21 2018 03:39 PM Re: Facebook 2018

One floozy actually PM'd me today. After a bit of small talk she wanted to know if I wanted to see her naughty bits. I said only if it doesn't involve me using my credit card. I have not heard back since. lol. So facebook has become Floozeville. Great. [ /]

Zvon Apr 21 2018 03:41 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Rockin' Doc wrote: Zvon wrote: Also, for some reason I can't comprehend I am picking up loads of friend requests from Yankee fans. Why in the wide, wide world of sports would these fans want to be my facebook friends? Most of them are likely trying to "friend" Mets fans so they can talk trash about how many World Series the Yankees have won and how they think the Mets are second rate, bbb,yyy. They'd be wasting their time. That crap don't phase me in the least. It is what it is. Baseball history.

cooby Apr 21 2018 07:50 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Zvon wrote: One floozy actually PM'd me today. After a bit of small talk she wanted to know if I wanted to see her naughty bits. I said only if it doesn't involve me using my credit card. I have not heard back since. lol. So facebook has become Floozeville. Great. [ /] If i’d Friended every handsome Arab guy who sought me out, I’d be divorced and rich. But not as happily married as I am now :) But Z, I haven’t had actual explicit conversations with them lol

Edgy MD Apr 24 2018 08:12 AM Re: Facebook 2018

My friend the Philadelphia restauranteur had his establishment patronized by both Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren, separately, in one weekend.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2018 08:14 AM Re: Facebook 2018

What's his restaurant?

Edgy MD Apr 24 2018 08:17 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Le Virtu: http://levirtu.com/ Also Brigantessa: https://www.brigantessaphila.com/

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 24 2018 08:18 AM Re: Facebook 2018

good restaurant!

Edgy MD Apr 24 2018 08:20 AM Re: Facebook 2018

I'm not sure their new slogan is going to work:

d'Kong76 May 21 2018 09:36 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Edgy MD Jun 07 2018 08:36 AM Re: Facebook 2018

A big Met fan guy who is a small-time political office holder in Oregon friended me about two years ago. He's now identifying as a big Met fan woman. In fact, I think that's the second Met fan in my friends list to go transgender since I joined.

MFS62 Jun 07 2018 08:41 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Edgy MD wrote: A big Met fan guy who is a small-time political office holder in Oregon friended me about two years ago. He's now identifying as a big Met fan woman. In fact, I think that's the second Met fan in my friends list to go transgender since I joined. When I first joined the CPF, someone called you "our gay icon". I wasn't sure if that was some joke that had predated my joining. Now I'm not sure if that was inclusive enough. Later

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2018 12:10 PM Re: Facebook 2018

MFS62 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: A big Met fan guy who is a small-time political office holder in Oregon friended me about two years ago. He's now identifying as a big Met fan woman. In fact, I think that's the second Met fan in my friends list to go transgender since I joined. When I first joined the CPF, someone called you "our gay icon". I wasn't sure if that was some joke that had predated my joining. Now I'm not sure if that was inclusive enough. Later MFS - That a joke? A couple years back I started listening to a small podcast hosted by a husband and wife team. We corresponded a fair bit discussing the content, and eventually became social media friends and email bros. Even tried to meet up once when I was on vacation, but our schedules didn't line up. Toward the end of the podcast, the husband revealed he had been transitioning to a woman, and they finished the podcast, the husband with her new name and pronouns. They announced they were best friends regardless and intended to stay married. From our superficial online friendships, I'm not sure how well or not that's going. Gotta be super tough when a massive part of the why you're together suddenly changes forever. Good podcasters though!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2018 12:57 PM Re: Facebook 2018

My college's sweetheart's oldest daughter is now her oldest son. It's the thing these days

MFS62 Jun 07 2018 02:02 PM Re: Facebook 2018

A Boy Named Seo wrote: MFS - That a joke? That's what I mean. I wasn't sure if it was some inside (CPF) or ongoing joke. When I got here, people were calling him that. And I didn't know if it had been a standing joke or whatever. I still don't know. LAter

metsmarathon Jun 07 2018 02:13 PM Re: Facebook 2018

edgy is of course our gay icon. is he gay? well, that i don't know. and i think it really doesn't matter. but he most certainly is our gay icon.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2018 02:32 PM Re: Facebook 2018

There are certain people who, though straight, have a fiercely loyal following in the gay community. Sting, Barbra Streisand, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Downey, ... . Some are fabulously tasteful, others are fabulously trashy. Some are gay advocates, but some, like Donna Summer, retained at least part of their loyal following even after saying some pretty uncompassionate things. And even outside the gay media, mainstream outlets would reflexively affix "gay icon" in front of their names, even years or decades after they had seemingly fallen out of relevance. "Our sources spotted gay icon Shirley Bassey taking in the Feld Ballet at the Joyce Theatre this weekend ... ." So, once upon a time, way back when, I set my sights on achieving "gay icon" status. I wasn't particularly serious, but I admired the long tail that title conferred on a figure.

MFS62 Jun 07 2018 02:43 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Thanks, Edgy. Its been a long wait. Glad I finally asked. Later

metsmarathon Jun 08 2018 05:50 AM Re: Facebook 2018

i mean, gay icon is pretty good and all, but it's no earl.

Zvon Jun 09 2018 11:41 PM Re: Facebook 2018

FRAUD ALERT!:!Beware the Facebook Outgoing Online Lottery Programme 2018. Some lady contacted me via PM during the game, claimed to work for FB (her page confirmed this) and told me I won $500,000. She only had one friend, but this didn't dissuade me. Maybe FB employees use a separate account for personal use. She asked if I wanted to collect my winnings. I told her as long as it didn't involve me giving her any info other than my address, I'd be thrilled to receive that check. Then she gave me a loooooong list of the info I would have to provide to "qualify". She kept on going on and on and, yep, I blocked her. Obviously a scam. But tell me, how could any of those things mentioned on the list do me harm? Identity theft? That's funny, that anyone would want to be me. After the game I went to check her out more. Her page was gone, *POOF*. I took screen shots of the private messages (the chat goes on longer than the images provided) and went to report it to FB but they make reporting anything like jumping through hoops in a three ring circus. It was almost entertaining, but if she learned anything about me, it was not to contact me during a Mets game. lol. So beware this scam.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2018 08:13 AM Re: Facebook 2018

This is your lucky week. Word from Stockholm is that you won the Crane Pool Lottery also! Please watch your inbox for a list of the information we need to wire 800,000 Euros ($942,518) directly to your account.

Zvon Jun 10 2018 03:31 PM Re: Facebook 2018

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Mets Willets Point Jul 29 2018 11:12 AM Re: Facebook 2018

After spending a quarter of my life posting shit to Facebook, I've decided that's enough, and I shut down my account.

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2018 12:37 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Mets Willets Point wrote: ... I shut down my account. Do they allow that?

Fman99 Jul 29 2018 04:54 PM Re: Facebook 2018

The longer I go without it, the less I miss it. For those of you who want to keep up with Willets, he is an active Tweeter.

Ceetar Jul 30 2018 07:41 AM Re: Facebook 2018

It's not that those things can do you harm, it's that it's simply data and probably can be sold. particularly the mobile number and email. Speaking of scams that seem to serve no purpose, there seems to be something going on with recruiters, at least tech recruiters. I get all sorts of form type recruiter emails, sometimes with the same typo. Often the same sub-set of cities. I usually don't answer their calls/emails, but I did one a few weeks ago and the recruiter was crazy persistent, called me like 10 times for this detail and that detail and was very specific about getting specifically worded responses from me. (this is typical, stuff like "Yes, I accept that rate") Stuff that would seem like it was in response to a client request "okay, i've submitted you, the client needs your phone number." we discussed specific windows for a phone interview, which somehow became a 'computer interview, you need an internet connected laptop'. All that's semi-common, if annoying. I've done stupid tests online for recruiters/companies. I've remoted into computers before to do a coding project. But like, we went through all this, we set up a time for the interview a few days later, and he said "the company will send you an email with the connection info" and like, nothing. I emailed the recruiter back and he's like "I'll keep you up to date as i'm informed" which is standard protocol, but like, this was clearly not real and what's the end game? verifying some data to sell? to send me more of these same recruiting garbage emails? It seems like my standard rule going forward is going to be if someone can't adhere to very detailed, but not complicated, instructions they're not on the up and up. Stuff like "I'm free all Thursday afternoon. anytime between 2-5 is good for a half hour phone call". A normal human recruiter can parse that. And if they don't voluntarily reference anything you've said to them previously, that's a red flag too. Like if they ask for your phone number despite them calling you.

Mets Willets Point Jul 30 2018 10:10 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Fman99 wrote: The longer I go without it, the less I miss it. For those of you who want to keep up with Willets, he is an active Tweeter. LOL, this explains the uptick in Twitter followers. I'm not sure anyone here would really be interested in my Twitter account unless you like rants about Massachusetts politics.

cooby Jul 30 2018 01:08 PM Re: Facebook 2018

So far, every one of willets’ tweets are blocked for me. Hmmmm

Mets Willets Point Jul 30 2018 01:43 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I'm scandalous.

cooby Jul 30 2018 01:53 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Apparently :)

MFS62 Sep 19 2018 06:23 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I click on "comment" and facebook does not open up a line and let me post a comment. This is on my PC. I don't do phone facebook. Solution? Later

d'Kong76 Sep 19 2018 06:38 PM Re: Facebook 2018

MFS62 wrote: Solution? Tweet it?

MFS62 Sep 20 2018 05:58 AM Re: Facebook 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Solution? Tweet it? Don't use twitter either. BTW, the problem seems to have been resolved. Maybe a FB problem rather than mine. Later.

Edgy MD Oct 30 2018 08:57 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I joined FB way back when as a Scrabble delivery system, but I soon fell in love with the attention and the high highs a like could bring me and the desperate emotional valleys I'd fall into when the likes stopped coming. But I never got that viral-ity thing figured out. I'd written some good stuff, created some good meme-y images, but my LIKE totals have long since peaked at about 100-110. If I got 10 or 15 shares, I was over the moon. Then last week, half distracted by some home crisis, I threw together a second-rate photoshop jobbie and uploaded it to a Beatles group I'm a part of. It was far from the best thing I'd ever done, and far from even the lowest of Zvon's standards, but I went to bed and when I got up, I had hundreds of reactions. Shares were coming in by the dozen. From around the world. Eventually I reached about 550 reactions and 229 shares. My self-esteem was getting DANGEROUSLY high. But then things slowed down, and I prepared for the eventual crash, when everybody moved on to the next thing, and I wouldn't have a followup hit in me. And I'd accept that even my success was far more about luck and novelty than about inspiration and skill. And I would want to die. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, I got one more like ... and one more share. From EDDIE DEEZEN. Yes, THE Eddie Deezen. Suddenly, my life has been touched by the meaning and purpose that has long eluded me. I walk into a room and stand a little taller. I speak up at meetings and people LISTEN. "Why, yes, I AM the guy whose shit got shared by Eddie Deezen? HOW do I do it? Well, he just likes my stuff, I guess. Heh-heh. Sure! I'd be happy to take on a little more budget? My team could always use a little more support. What's that? You need me to represent the organization at the conference? I'll see if I can fit it in. EDDIE DEEZEN might need me that week."

seawolf17 Oct 31 2018 06:32 AM Re: Facebook 2018

Reminds me of the time the original drummer from Uriah Heep followed me on Twitter. Social media is weird, man.

cooby Oct 31 2018 07:02 AM Re: Facebook 2018

After spending a quarter of my life posting shit to Facebook, I've decided that's enough, and I shut down my account. Loved your facebook page! I click on "comment" and facebook does not open up a line and let me post a comment. This is on my PC. I don't do phone facebook. Happened to me last night on my phone when I was trying to comment on my grandson's daycare pumpkin patch field trip. He probably thinks I don't care :(

Mets Willets Point Oct 31 2018 08:24 PM Re: Facebook 2018

I once got a like from Rodney Anonymous of the Dead Milkmen.

Zvon Nov 13 2018 03:57 PM Re: Facebook 2018

Edgy MD wrote: I joined FB way back when as a Scrabble delivery system, but I soon fell in love with the attention and the high highs a like could bring me and the desperate emotional valleys I'd fall into when the likes stopped coming. But I never got that viral-ity thing figured out. I'd written some good stuff, created some good meme-y images, but my LIKE totals have long since peaked at about 100-110. If I got 10 or 15 shares, I was over the moon. Then last week, half distracted by some home crisis, I threw together a second-rate photoshop jobbie and uploaded it to a Beatles group I'm a part of. It was far from the best thing I'd ever done, and far from even the lowest of Zvon's standards, but I went to bed and when I got up, I had hundreds of reactions. Shares were coming in by the dozen. From around the world. Eventually I reached about 550 reactions and 229 shares. My self-esteem was getting DANGEROUSLY high. But then things slowed down, and I prepared for the eventual crash, when everybody moved on to the next thing, and I wouldn't have a followup hit in me. And I'd accept that even my success was far more about luck and novelty than about inspiration and skill. And I would want to die. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, I got one more like ... and one more share. From EDDIE DEEZEN. Yes, THE Eddie Deezen. Suddenly, my life has been touched by the meaning and purpose that has long eluded me. I walk into a room and stand a little taller. I speak up at meetings and people LISTEN. "Why, yes, I AM the guy whose shit got shared by Eddie Deezen? HOW do I do it? Well, he just likes my stuff, I guess. Heh-heh. Sure! I'd be happy to take on a little more budget? My team could always use a little more support. What's that? You need me to represent the organization at the conference? I'll see if I can fit it in. EDDIE DEEZEN might need me that week." I have found that the graphics I work really hard on get very little reaction, most times. And the stuff I throw together real quick without really trying gets much more attention. I've stopped trying to figure that out.

Fman99 Nov 13 2018 07:53 PM Re: Facebook 2018

It's a good thing you posted a photo of Eddie Deezen. Cause I had no damn idea.

Edgy MD Nov 13 2018 10:06 PM Re: Facebook 2018

LIAR! JEALOUS MUCH!