Facebook bans

[AndyC]

It's funny - I first got onto FB many years ago simply so I could easily keep up with family and friends, as most of us probably did. Over the years, however, I've been drawn like a magnet towards the anti-gun lunatics and started taking them on quite heavily with facts - didn't make me popular at all and I experienced many attempts at doxxing, trying to find my workplace, etc.

More recently I've gotten the typical FB bans - not that I care a whole lot but it does irk me a little that FB never looks at the context of my comment. For example, I once mentioned the cynical and awful 'Arbeit Macht Frei' slogan above the gates of Auschwitz - and FB promptly decided that my quoting that phrase implied support for Nazis, the boneheads.

Yesterday I was in the midst of tackling a whole bunch of anti-gunners on a Lefty page and (in my opinion) slaughtering them with facts when some person said "Oh, we'll just go to gun-owners' houses and take their guns" to which I replied "You'd better take lots of friends and lots of body-bags". Just a warning that it wouldn't end well for anyone if they were dumb enough to do that - but of course FB claims it was "Hate Speech" and shut me down for 3 days.

Anyone else get this kid of thing?

[waksupi]

I've been in Facebook jail so many times that they named a wing after me.

[gwpercle]

I've been in Facebook jail so many times that they named a wing after me.

LIKE , LIKE , LIKE !!!

Gary :D

[10-x]

I quit it after so much commie stuff, not worth getting upset over their bs. Quit fleabay too, same reasons.

[brewer12345]

After the censorship of anything not far left during the election, I am done forever with FB and all other social media.

[popper]

Just don't understand the allure of FB or Zoom. Text and email or just regular telephone work for me.

[Half Dog]

My daughter helped create me an account on FB about 2-1/2 years ago. I found and got reacquainted with some military friends. I also enjoyed many of the memes but now the ads, government news, and censorship creates animosity. FB can fade away and it wouldn’t bother me.

[Winger Ed.]

I've spent about 15 minutes on FB, and never had a problem with them or any of the social media platforms.

If I want to 'connect' with somebody, I go over and visit them, or call 'em on the phone.

[Burnt Fingers]

Time spent on Facebook arguing with idiots is time wasted

[tai95]

Never had any urge to get on facebook, twitter, myspace, ect. I even yell at family if they put pictures of me on those types of sites. I always get the same response from them, what if someone is looking for you? To which I reply if I'm not still talking with them there is probably a reason.

Seeing all the drama that revolves around those sites though I doubt I would last more than an hour or two before I was banned.

[abunaitoo]

I've never understood the attraction to these types of sites.

[Win94ae]

That is why I don't go to facebook, too many family and friends. :/

[Wheelgun]

I don’t have FB anymore, got it about ‘05 or ‘06 while in college and quit them about 2010. Too much anti American bs and too many “poor me, look at me” crybaby snowflakes. If you need to talk to me text or call me...
It’s very tempting, but an “Ol’ Timer” once told me “never argue with idiots, they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience”.

[buckwheatpaul]

Been to FB Jail on several occasions.....I got to the point that I truly dont give a rat about their policies and their "independent fat head checkers" as they have a socialist and in my opinion a communist slant.....if the sheeple would grow up and do the research they would see how they are getting managed by FB and the Federal Govt.

[Finster101]

"Anyone else get this kid of thing?"


Nope! Don't plan on joining and giving them opportunity either.

[robg]

its a fun sport winding up the loony left, i just cant resist it.

[bedbugbilly]

Like many, I set up a FB page solely to be able to keep up with a couple of girls that are like daughters to us. From the get go, the only photo I put up (instead of my own) was an image of Wyatt Earp. When I set it up, I also wrote a short quip about an old west gunfight - nothing terrible - a guy went up against another guy in a shootout - the jest of it ws that he lost because he forgot to make sure his Colt '51 Navy was "capped". This was quite few years ago and kind of odd how the short story got "wiped out" by FB. My attitude? Screw 'em.

Congresss refused to do anything about the hi techies and their censorship when President Trum0 was in office - I though the "inaction" on the part of both the Left and the Right spotke volumes on who is in whose pocketket.

Facebook? It's about time they get censored . . . . .

[MrWolf]

Never used them or any other social media site. When Verizon dropped there email to AOL, I got access to the today on AOL or whatever it is. Could post on articles. They rejected so many of my responses for using just facts that if I type in anything, i.e. Hi, the post is blocked within seconds as I appear to be against their community guidelines. Oh well. I did manage to make a few think especially when they started finding out what left media was not reporting. Then basically banned.

[Petrol & Powder]

Mark Zuckerberg may be the greatest marketing genius since P.T. Barnum. In fact, I will even say that he bested P.T. Barnum.

Zuckerberg knew that humans are inherently and deeply narcissistic. AND he found a means to exploit that trait.

Facebook doesn't exist because it provides a platform for people to keep in touch with "friends and family". You can do that with e-mail, zoom, video calls, etc. Facebook exists because it provides a platform for people to tell others about themselves and Facebook can sell advertising on that platform.

[AndyC]

Time spent on Facebook arguing with idiots is time wasted
I see where you're coming from and totally get your point, but I'm going to disagree for one specific reason: I'm not trying to change the mind of the person with whom I'm arguing (I don't give a rat's ass what they believe because I doubt they'd change their mind) - I'm showing an alternate viewpoint and facts to the larger, mostly silent audience.

I guess I'm ornery that way - I refuse to let Commies have it all their own way to spew outright lies and BS without challenging them, particularly on the subject of firearms and 2A rights (plus it's fun to light them up and leave them spluttering with rage - heh).

[fiberoptik]

I was permanently banned from fb for “hate speech. No real explanation given. I put up recipes, health tips, political joke pictures against bobama & hilarious, and pro-2A stuff. I used a picture of isis about to behead Christians for my main pic, & my last post was of a pair of teen Turks standing with looser Pit Bull in middle, each holding up its ears. My post was how evil it is to chop off your dogs ears. I guess that is racist and judgmental against Turkish dog fighters??? F ‘em!!!


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[trails4u]

Mark Zuckerberg may be the greatest marketing genius since P.T. Barnum. In fact, I will even say that he bested P.T. Barnum.

Zuckerberg knew that humans are inherently and deeply narcissistic. AND he found a means to exploit that trait.

Facebook doesn't exist because it provides a platform for people to keep in touch with "friends and family". You can do that with e-mail, zoom, video calls, etc. Facebook exists because it provides a platform for people to tell others about themselves and Facebook can sell advertising on that platform.

I believe the intentions of MZ and Facebook are much, much more nefarious than this....

[Walks]

I've never wasted My time.
I was raised; My business is Private business.

[abunaitoo]

Sounds like if your not of their thinking, they ban you.
So it seems like they don't believe in free speech.
Kind of how it was in 1939 Germany.

[coloraydo]

It is fun to get on there and rile up the liberals, and yes I have been in fake book jail numerous times. :grin:

[Shopdog]

OK,never even been on FB,much less register.

Just sayin,if you're being put in "timeout",and the goal of your posting is to raise awareness for,not only a 2A position but also blow holes in some commie's anti American diatribe.... well,you're doin it wrong.

You need to ask questions that dosen't raise their cockles,but exposes their ridiculous position. Ask it in a way that(yes a stretch) they have to reconsider their platform. Once you start to question your "moral high ground" that is one of the early steps to self actualization. If you're posting,just to stir the pot.... this still accomplishes the goal. You need them to,spill their guts in a moronic attempt to justify stupidity without "challenging" them.

To use a boxing analogy,work the combinations. Jab,jab,then crush with a power shot.

Edit:

"My neighbor is such a Trump supporter,is it OK if I poison his dog"?

[Petrol & Powder]

I believe the intentions of MZ and Facebook are much, much more nefarious than this....

Zuckerberg's intentions were to make money. He accomplished that and he did it by exploiting human traits. As for his other intentions, I agree, he has nefarious goals. However he couldn't pursue those other goals without that wealth.

[JSnover]

They've locked me ups few times but I keep going back to troll the Lefties. If/when I get banned for life I'll move on...

[reloader28]

I deleted face book in December and it has been so nice ever since. the best thing I could have done.
Not only is it a liberal/commie safe home, it is by far the easiest place for gov spys to see what everyone is doing

[contender1]

I never have, nor will I get involved in FB, Twits, or whatever other "social media" crap is out there, until it's open to free speech, & not slanted only one way.
Even those of us here who disagree about things, are allowed to politely speak our minds, as long as we are polite & civil.

But that crap is being exploited as a powerful tool to promote a specific agenda, and that's scary.

But if I were to waste my time there,, I would choose to engage them as Shopdog has mentioned. Do things to make them expose themselves. Ask them where they get their facts, and resources, & to use direct quotes etc. Do such things in a polite manner, and allow the idiots to continue to expose their stupidity, to where people understand how stupid they really are.

Not a FB story, but instead a real face to face event I was invited to.
A supposedly "debate" on how we could address fast action on "firearm violence" at a local level. It was held at the Asheville UNC campus. I was assured that it would be formal, and unbiased.
Turns out, my wife & I were the only solidly pro-gun people there. There were a few attendees who were gun owners, but also believed in "some restrictions." (Good for thee, but not me,,," types.)
But instead of an actual debate, it was more of a presentation event. You were allowed a 2-3 minute presentation, and maybe a few questions, until you yielded to someone else. You could also present again, after others had already had a say.
Now, I could go into a lot more detail of the event, but I'll just say this.
I made one man so mad after he challenged my "credentials" that he left & slammed the door after I answered his challenge with my credentials.
But the best part, was when I was allowed to speak & wrap it up, I stood and politely said;
"I have presented a lot of things here today, that I've seen expressions on faces that said you think I'm wrong. Fine. Do not believe me. Do not take my presentations as fact, OR dismiss them. Be an educated person, and take the time to look up the facts yourselves. Here are the books and reference materials I used to present my support for the US Constitution, and the Right to Keep & Bear Arms. (As I said this, I held up a stack of books & reference materials.) Today was supposed to be an open & honest debate and I came to present facts & not emotional items. But again, do not believe me. This place is a college. People come here to learn. Be an educated person, and research the facts yourself. I'll be available after this if anybody wants to copy the names of the books and the authors. Thank you."

After I sat down, and it closed,, (3) people actually did come & copy my info. Maybe I did change a few minds. or at least I gave them things to study.

If FB or Twits, etc would allow such similar attitudes, we'd not have as many problems as we now have.

[rockrat]

I had much rather spend time here than on Facebook.

[Bent Ramrod]

I have a FB page. I’m an e-mail type person myself; run out of things to say pretty quick on the phone, and writing letters and sending them by mail (which I used to do a lot) is as obsolete as pressing cuneiform into clay tablets and baking them.

It’s the only way to keep up with the doings of the younger generation. “Kids” (now in their 30s) who won’t sign a Christmas card or send a one line message on e-mail barf their entire lives out on FB. But to say that it’s a major political platform, the modern equivalent of the Federalist Papers, is ridiculous. It’s trivialities, including the political trivialities of vapid, shallow youngsters. Now in their 30s.

I wouldn’t imagine the Federalist Papers would have been published in the London Times, either. Anybody who can’t deal with reality wants to abolish it. That doesn’t work in the long run, but the stupid, like the poor, will always be with us.

One April 15, I copied Kipling’s “The Rupi’iat Of Omar Kalvin,” a poem about a sleazy politician raising taxes (one of my favorites), onto my page in honor of Income Tax Day. Got a couple of Likes, and a message from one of my Facebook BFFs that “This is too deep for FB.” It must have been, because the post became hard to bring up in a couple weeks. Don’t know where it is now, or care much.

They changed the format on my page and it isn’t easy to use any more. The “Friends With New Posts” section disappeared and I don’t have the time or steam to go through any but the most notoriously self-absorbed constant posters, maybe once or twice a month. There’s also something called “Messenger” that is constantly bugging me to join it. Just what I need, another cyber rabbit hole with passwords, countersigns, etc, etc.

Oddly, I find the postings on the various FB sites set up by these shooting and reloading forums a good deal less interesting than their actual forum sites. Not much in the way of interesting technical stuff, just “Hey, look at these boolits I just cast. Kool, huh?” Or, “This is where I set the heat on my Lee pot. Is it OK? Trivialities. Lots of pictures, though. No organization like the forums, so hard to wade through, too.

As I said, it’s trivia.

[derek45]

facebook is for liberal soccermoms

facebook is the enemy of the 2nd amendment

AVOID IT

[Burnt Fingers]

I see where you're coming from and totally get your point, but I'm going to disagree for one specific reason: I'm not trying to change the mind of the person with whom I'm arguing (I don't give a rat's ass what they believe because I doubt they'd change their mind) - I'm showing an alternate viewpoint and facts to the larger, mostly silent audience.

I guess I'm ornery that way - I refuse to let Commies have it all their own way to spew outright lies and BS without challenging them, particularly on the subject of firearms and 2A rights (plus it's fun to light them up and leave them spluttering with rage - heh).

I went through that when dial-up modems were the big thing.

IMHO it's like getting down in the mud and wrestling a pig. You're not going to "win", you're not going to change minds and the pigs love it.

[AndyC]

The pigs I take on sure aren't enjoying it ;)

[green mountain boy]

its odd that zuckergerg to congress said, yes, he had given.........(insert name here)this corporation free axcess to the info that all FB users provide in profiles and what they post.....but HE NEVER knew what they were doing (data mining, etc) congress did nothing to stop this, and didnt slap his hand OR the corporation that was guilty and said so. this was a waste of everyones time and money since nothing became of it. congress is a bunch of lazy freeloaders, who have no intention in doing what they hired to do because we have voted them in over and over. im sick of it !

[wv109323]

I am still using Zoom and Facebook for church services. I follow a classmate with her battle with cancer. Other than that I have no use for either.

[lightman]

My Wife is on Facebook. She uses it to keep up with and to chat with friends and family. She had gotten reacquainted with a few old friends. But I had a battle on my hands training her to not post about me and to not post about our trips and us being gone. She now post about "what a wonderful time we had" VS "what a wonderful time we expect to have on these dates". It was a battle!

She pretty often tells me about the leftist stuff posted but doesn't address it. The only time she addresses anything was about some jerk complaining about how long their power was off after a major storm and that the power company wasn't doing anything. I talked her into letting me make a reply to the one! I just posted a direct reply to that person saying something like this " That man you are complaining about has probably been out working since shortly after midnight. He has now been cold and wet for over 16 hours. This was a major storm and there are still 130,000 people state wide still off. You are not the only one". I think they got the message!

Anyway, I feel the same way most of you do about Facebook.

[Mal Paso]

What is facebook? I was invited several times but they would not let me in without joining. I never agree to anything sight unseen. I don't give personal information to strange web sites so I have no idea what you are talking about. I think the facebook admission "fee" is too high.

[.429&H110]

SWMBO was on f-book and it broke her heart. Made me sad to see her losing her family. The thing is evil. It is an echo for the progressives. Any dissent is canceled, and this is the future if we let it stand.

[gbrown]

I have a FB account, look at it occasionally, not a lot. Use it to follow family and friends. Look at the Market Place from time to time. Don't post, or comment, except for my family. On the other hand, my SWMBO lives on that puppy. During Harvey, back in '17, she got so worked up about the posts, we had to call EMS. She has cardiac problems. Diagnosis? Get off FB! Real story. Oh, yeah, forgot to add, I don't put my business on the street. How I was trained. No bumper stickers or such, to indicate how I feel, what I do, or anything. In the Army, it is known as OPSEC, Operational Security. Just a way of life I adopted.

[abunaitoo]

I find it "hypocritical" when a company bans someone that has an opinion opposite of their own.
Doesn't free speech go both ways????
utube removes post all the time.

[trapper9260]

I use to be on it and got off after find out all they do to your info and how it is used. I have no use for it . Also the law enforcement use to need to get a search warrant and now they do not people give out there info freely and it is used on them just like others that gose on there to check out who someone is or if they have a claim of workers comp or SSDI or lawyers for other things to find out about someone. Beside those that want to know when someone is home or not for there own use.

[dverna]

I find it "hypocritical" when a company bans someone that has an opinion opposite of their own.
Doesn't free speech go both ways????
utube removes post all the time.

We have no right to free speech on social media. Just as we have no right to free speech on this site.

I do not do very much at all on FB and will likely end my relationship with them. But it is their site and their rules.

[Lumberman31]

I was on FB years ago and did get to meet of with some friends from high school, some who has passed since the mini reunions. So it did have some value to me. But no more I banned it, the censorship and commie pushing killed any value.

[toallmy]

I chose to ban face book before they banned me . hehehe

[Shawlerbrook]

Mrs shawlerbrook and I are proud to say we never twittered or facebooked. I rather spend time either at places like this or speaking directly to family and friends.

[Petrol & Powder]

I've never had a profile on facebook and I never will.

[444ttd]

i use fb for my sons' that are far away. i've been in fb jail many many many many times. but don't worry, i have, ahem, "cousins" to let me in.

[Electrod47]

Keep up with family, and only friends who would get out of bed at midnight to bail you out of jail. Everybody else-simply ignore

[Shawlerbrook]

Like I said above I know nothing about Facebook so please indulge my possibly ignorant question. Many say they only use Facebook to keep in touch with family and close friends, but why is it needed with email, texts, Skype, FaceTime,etc. where you can communicate directly without the outside world snooping ? This is an honest question and not a swipe at anyone. I am ignorant on this subject.

[Petrol & Powder]

No, you're right.

There no NEED to use Facebook.
Facebook just wants you to think they are the only option.

[quilbilly]

Just don't understand the allure of FB or Zoom. Text and email or just regular telephone work for me.
Ditto's

[Lloyd Smale]

Like I said above I know nothing about Facebook so please indulge my possibly ignorant question. Many say they only use Facebook to keep in touch with family and close friends, but why is it needed with email, texts, Skype, FaceTime,etc. where you can communicate directly without the outside world snooping ? This is an honest question and not a swipe at anyone. I am ignorant on this subject.

yup i ask my wife that same question and why she taps those silly text message constantly. If i want to talk to you or ask a question ill call you up and actually hear your voice. Or better yet hop in the truck and go and see you personaly. A good part of the problem these days in this country comes from no one actually interacting with others. They sit with there head burried in a phone all day. That way theres no accountability. Makes it so much easier to lie. My mother called the other day and asked me if i was getting a new car. I had told my wife id like to buy a new hellcat in a couple years and she posted it on facebook. She got read the riot act!! I had told her before to NEVER POST ANYTHING about me or anything i say on facebook. I dont even want my name on there site.

[john.k]

Im on FB for the special interest groups.......dont even think my picture is on FB,and outside of old trucks and machinery ,have no contact with anyone thru facebook.......Its magic for selling obscure parts and stuff......instead of tyrekickers ,buyers come straight over with the cash to get a new radiator,or new pistons ,or some other bit they want......No packing ,delivery ,or having PP and EB steal half the money.

[waksupi]

I got banned for about ten minutes this morning. Called BS on them, and they reinstated me.

It's about the only reasonable way to keep in touch with friends and family for me. Over the years, I have met and made friends from all over the world, and we have many friends in common. We like being able to stay in touch.

[MOshooter]

I finally broke away from FB, I could no longer handle the one sided partisan, and censorship directed towards conservative values and our people in Blue.
I do miss seeing my 3 year old grandson pictures, and the hobby pages. Like various firearms, reloading pages, along with other various lists of hobbies I enjoy.

[FarNorth45]

I quit Facebook and deleted my account 2 years ago ..... best choice I've made in a long time . Now i have more time to get things done that matter !!! More time with my family, i dont even have cable or a antenna lol . I'd rather be hunting , fishing , shooting, reloading or Shoveling Pig Crap than be on Spacebook !!! LOL

[Three44s]

Immediately below this line is the sum total of my connection with social media:

[Gator 45/70]

Was on there, Had posted an up for discussion for 1-Chi-com SKS, Took em 5 years to catch up with me for a 3 day ban....lol

[starnbar]

yeah and i get the same censure from cast boolits too you need to understand that just because cb is a gun related site doesnt mean the gun haters and free speech haters dont surf this site too check out some of the mods on here

[fatnhappy]

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[David2011]

MOST, not all, of the people that I went to high school with have similar political views as mine. I’m “friends” with exactly two people that I have never met face-to-face and I’ve had personal interaction with both of them. I’ve expected to get put in FB jail a few times but was surprised that I wasn’t, over pre-election political discourse.

Mostly I participate in discussions surrounding radio controlled airplanes, keep up with high school classmates and shop on Marketplace.

[sharps4590]

Absolutely zero need or desire for it. Wife uses it to sell some stuff once in a great while...and has to figure out how to do it every time she uses it so rarely.

[Thumbcocker]

Mrs.Thumbcocker is on and shares pics and stuff with a circle of friends.

I will never be on. In addition to the privacy issues I have read some disturbing information about how social media can have negative mental health consequences for some people. Some folks get depressed because their life doesn't measure up to the lives of folks on social media. Never mind that most folks don't post the less glamorous parts of their lives. You can be anything in cyberspace.

[KCSO]

As a LEO I would not touch facebook with a ten foot pole. Every Cop I know who is on facebook has had problems because of it.

[FISH4BUGS]

It's funny - I first got onto FB many years ago simply so I could easily keep up with family and friends, as most of us probably did. Over the years, however, I've been drawn like a magnet towards the anti-gun lunatics and started taking them on quite heavily with facts - didn't make me popular at all and I experienced many attempts at doxxing, trying to find my workplace, etc.

More recently I've gotten the typical FB bans - not that I care a whole lot but it does irk me a little that FB never looks at the context of my comment. For example, I once mentioned the cynical and awful 'Arbeit Macht Frei' slogan above the gates of Auschwitz - and FB promptly decided that my quoting that phrase implied support for Nazis, the boneheads.

Yesterday I was in the midst of tackling a whole bunch of anti-gunners on a Lefty page and (in my opinion) slaughtering them with facts when some person said "Oh, we'll just go to gun-owners' houses and take their guns" to which I replied "You'd better take lots of friends and lots of body-bags". Just a warning that it wouldn't end well for anyone if they were dumb enough to do that - but of course FB claims it was "Hate Speech" and shut me down for 3 days.

Anyone else get this kid of thing?

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[Shawlerbrook]

Well I banned Facebook a long time ago.

[Mal Paso]

I Banned Facebook when they wouldn't let me look. "Get your revenge in first" LOL

[Idaho45guy]

I'm on Facebook to stay in touch with my kids and grandkids. They load up videos and pictures almost daily. I also have a bunch of friends from High School on there as well as aunts and uncles and cousins.

I don't typically engage the leftists on there, including my own kids, in arguments, so have never had an issue.

Then I got invited to join a gun enthusiasts group a month ago. I posted a picture of my latest gun purchase, an AR pistol, and somebody in the group asked me a question about it. I replied "Negative Ghost Rider, it is registered as a pistol so is legal without a stamp". Got a 3-day ban for that. No idea why. My brain can't figure out how using a term from Top Gun is hate speech.

[45workhorse]

I had much rather spend time here than on Facebook.

Mighty fine statement!

[Harter66]

I got a day because apparently they thought I was buying 6.5 residents of Tokyo for brass or some such ......

It was stupid whatever it was . One word or a misattributed quote makes it wrong and fictional .

[Eddie Southgate]

Never been on that site or any of the others and never intend to be on any of them in the future .

[Eddie Southgate]

I'm on Facebook to stay in touch with my kids and grandkids. They load up videos and pictures almost daily. I also have a bunch of friends from High School on there as well as aunts and uncles and cousins.

I don't typically engage the leftists on there, including my own kids, in arguments, so have never had an issue.

Then I got invited to join a gun enthusiasts group a month ago. I posted a picture of my latest gun purchase, an AR pistol, and somebody in the group asked me a question about it. I replied "Negative Ghost Rider, it is registered as a pistol so is legal without a stamp". Got a 3-day ban for that. No idea why. My brain can't figure out how using a term from Top Gun is hate speech.

Probably thought you were calling somebody a spook .

[john.k]

If I was banned from FB ,and all the forums I waste time on ,I might actually get something done around the yard and house.....My father used to get accused of wasting an hour a day reading the paper ,from 6-7am,but Im wasting half the day.....need to cold turkey......but cant dump the net entirely ,as all my finances are done online.

[stef76]

I dont understand the social media fixation myself. I remember when the internet started I thought this is pretty cool: a fast mailing and information access tool. Coupled with MS office and video streaming it covered everything. The next 20 years were a waste of a trillion bucks selling the same things different ways. back in the 20th century we got used to groundbreaking discoveries every 10 years. The last 20 years has been doubling the useless functions on an excel spreadsheet and different sized cellphones.

[GhostHawk]

My wife reads facebook for pictures of her grandkids etc. But her facebook account was recently suspended. She never says ANYTHING!

Back before the election I did post a picture of puppethead dufus being dufus like. They would not go back that far now would they?

[Gator 45/70]

I'm on Facebook to stay in touch with my kids and grandkids. They load up videos and pictures almost daily. I also have a bunch of friends from High School on there as well as aunts and uncles and cousins.

I don't typically engage the leftists on there, including my own kids, in arguments, so have never had an issue.

Then I got invited to join a gun enthusiasts group a month ago. I posted a picture of my latest gun purchase, an AR pistol, and somebody in the group asked me a question about it. I replied "Negative Ghost Rider, it is registered as a pistol so is legal without a stamp". Got a 3-day ban for that. No idea why. My brain can't figure out how using a term from Top Gun is hate speech.

I won't dwell any time over it, These fact checkers are the liberal Krauts you read about living in mommies basement and won't get a real job or can't pass a drug test.
What I do periodically is use the blocking feature to block fact checkers from even seeing what I'm doing or at least for a short time.
Other than buying or selling a few items,High school buds and family its a huge waste of time.

[john.k]

Its certainly magic for selling .....buying I dont waste time,because anything useful is gone in seconds.....Someone I know sells NOS antique truck parts for astronomical sums ......no time wasters either he says.

[444ttd]

go to parler
https://parler.com/main.html

[Fishman]

If you go to Facebook and only follow things or people that are interesting or fun, you won't have to deal with any of their BS and be all angsty and mad.

[Lloyd Smale]

havent spent a single minute of my life on that liberal run trash site and that will be true the day I die. If i need to find out what someones doing i can hop in the truck and go see them or if nothing else do something that has about been forgotten. CALL THEM ON THE PHONE. Now if your interested in what sally made for supper or what dress nancy bought yesterday then have at it.

[rbuck351]

My wife signed me up for a FB account several years ago so I could see what friends and family were doing. I think I have responded twice to family.
My sisters are about 8 hrs away. My youngest son and family are 12 hrs away and the oldest is 50hrs drive time away in AK and the Canadian border is closed. I don't just hop in the truck and go visit them much. The phone still works so I can easily avoid FB and other social media

Most people seem to use FB as a "hey look at me, aren't I special" site.

[bowfin]

I banned Facebook and Twitter once I no longer needed an account to administrate social media for work.

If I need to know what somebody is doing, I phone them or go visit them...but usually I don't need to know.

[Geezer in NH]

I've never understood the attraction to these types of sites.I am with you there.

[hwilliam01]

I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and former colleagues that I have worked with all over the US and some foreign countries. I have stopped commenting to liberals and arguing with them. Yesterday I sent my best friend's wife a Happy Birthday message that I thought was pretty innocent. The text said "Happy birthday, Karen....I found a picture of you and Bill in your younger days enjoying the Jersey Shore" This picture was attached. I am now on a 7 day Facebook Jail sentence. I don't know....maybe I'll get suspended here too! No one has a sense of humor anymore!
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[Stephen Cohen]

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You are lucky Sir that you live in a Country that still has free speech, that comment in this Country would have you arrested and your guns taken and you being forbidden to have use or look at guns. We have no legal right to free speech rights in this Country. Regards Stephen

[Lloyd Smale]

do what you want but when you use a site like that your counted in the numbers that support it and you are strengthening the same people that banned trump and others and want to infringe on our first amendment rights and helping those that would have us loose our 2nd amendment rights. If i had to go on it to comunicate with my kids or grandkids id tell them to find another site or another way to communicate. Last i heard phones still worked and you can texted pictures with them too. Me? I wont even use a cell phone because i know in the end im supporting the socialist with that too but i do understand some people do need a phone for there job. but i dont know anyone that NEEDS facebook