Maybe I need to quit Facebook

[vito]

I have been a fairly prolific user of Facebook, but I'm considering totally withdrawing from this social media website. What I will miss is the updates from some friends and family members, photos of kids, etc. and generally some social interaction with people that I might not have face to face real communication with on a regular basis. But I also know that I need to bite my tongue figuratively and not post responses when I see some of the absolute liberal nonsense that some of my own family members put on Facebook, which has escalated enormously since the election of President Trump. One of my daughters seems almost deranged with her craziness over this and she participated in the "Women's March" and has indicated she wants to join the protests at the airport against the immigrant ban now imposed. Despite her craziness I love her dearly and do not want to adversely affect our family relationships over political disagreements, but seeing the crap that she and others put on Facebook and just letting it slide is starting to get to me. I also realize, from our long standing disagreements over guns and gun control, that facts and reason will not change the mind one iota to those who worshiped the witch Hilary Clinton and who think Donald Trump is the devil incarnate, who think Obama was a wonderful President and that the NRA is an evil force in America, etc, etc. So the best strategy might just be to delete the Facebook app and forego the photos and cute stories and contact with old friends and acquaintances rather than aggravating myself.

 

[Don Lovel]

I have about had it with the whole thing. To the point where some little snowflake is going to get to be the one I stomp a grease spot out of when I hit the end of my tolerance for this much stupidity.

Latest for me was the owner of Magnatone Amplifiers calling for the assassination of Trump. His company makes great gear but running his mouth just lost him big sales I hope.
Hollywood libtards threatening to leave, THEN BE GONE, if you want a muslim refugee so much, adopt three or four for your own house.

little germs love running their mouths but said nothing about Obama, Hillary, hell even when Bernie got screwed by the DNC & Hillary, they blame Trump supporters.

 

[~JM~]

I deleted my FB account a while ago.

I was not a long time user & consider it to be the worlds largest mugbook.

It came to the point where FB was more of a negative experience, than a positive one & I no longer wanted to participate in Zuckerberg's liberal biased social experiment.

Good luck tracking down the hidden link to delete your account. It takes a while to find it. Unfortunately I cannot recall exactly how I found it.

 

[bsnake]

Yeah, I dropped off FB too.
I only joined so younger relatives would have a way to stay in touch with me.
The whole thing has just turned into a place for everyone to ape $hit crazy.

Find I'm having to really limit any news I watch too.
Try to catch the weather and then go back to the western channel.

 

[contender]

I'm sure many here understand your pain.
Having family,,, who goes against your basic beliefs,, especially when it's life altering things like our Constitutional Rights,, can be hurtful. You feel powerless in wanting to get them to understand that the very ability to do the things they do is protected by the blood of the very people who gave it all for them to do the things they do. You fear they will eventually be in a position of pain, loss,, or worse if a government takes over & destroys these Rights.
You as a father, want to protect your family. Yet,,, they do things to fight against that very protection.

Facebook is just another tool that can be used for good or bad.

I too get upset at these people who fail to understand what Freedom actually costs & how they are doing things to destroy our own country.
Watching the news,,, and seeing these protesters in DC,,, & now at airports,, & seeing the signs they wave makes me mad, sad, frustrated, & disbelieving. I say to myself; "It's simple folks,,, if you think this Country & all that is going on is so bad,,, then before you protest & speak out,,,go to these other Countries & experience life there for 3 years. WITHOUT a Constitution." Once educated,,, THEN you can come here & protest & fight against these "evil" things you claim to be against. I say 3 years because that's a common military enlistment timeframe. And when then I tell these same people,,, when you get to one of these other Countries,,, you can NOT claim to be an American,, claim any special treatment because you are an American,,, and MUST live by their laws. I also tell them to enter any of those Countries illegally & demand the rights the citizens there have.
Only when they have lived that kind of life will I even consider listening to them & their protests.

Facebook is a tool to allow many people another disconnected way of getting noticed,, and (to them) fame. It's like being able to be on a free TV show & becoming a star if you get noticed.

As such,, I've never joined FB,, and have no plans to do so. I still call my friends. I email my friends & mail them cards & such.

If you choose to delete FB,,, that's your call. But,, you can still use it to connect with the people you prefer,,, but you can also try & learn to accept the fact that you being able to change your family's views isn't going to come from anything you do. Change will only come when an outside entity forces them to face TRUE reality.

 

[bayou5252]

Suckberg doesn't deserve anyone's business.....

 

[graygun]

I'm not on it nor have ever been and also have libs as relatives. FB may be tempting but I'll pass. I only frequent this site and one other.

 

[gasbag]

I don't understand social media like Facebook and Twitter.
It's only purpose I can think of is for a small business to advertise and show it's products
and talk to prospective customers.
Other than that being on Facebook is like sitting at the cool table in the cafeteria of an insane asylum.

Gun forums get crazy enough for me.
The anonymity that hiding behind a keyboard gives people is a recipe for idiocy at times.
The only forums I participate in that are calm and rational are my guitar forums
where politics is not allowed and if you get stupid you are gone with no warnings.
It's about guitars and music. You want something else, go somewhere else.
It may seem like a daycare for adults but it keeps things rational and on topic.

 

[Fox Mike]

I'm able to say what I wish and pass family photos back and forth via email just as easily as any other way. I see no need for Facebook.

 

[Kevin]

I'm not a Face Book user, but since Christmas, two different people have told me they took a short break from using FB and feel better NOT being on it. There are just too many people who feel the need to have more "friends" and "likes" to feel better about themselves. As if somehow a hundred "likes" for a comment or picture by more or less strangers, will boost their self confidence. It's a skewed world where this has become reality.

Why do people feel the need to make themselves sound more important on in online social websites?

Try it, I dare any FB user. Give it a week without logging into Facebook and see if you do indeed feel better. Just like the OP says, he can do without the aggrivation. I don't doubt that for a minute. Granted, if you use it for business that is different. I'm speaking of the social aspect of facebook.

 

[~JM~]

I resisted FB for years. Had zero interest.

Then I began to notice that small businesses were using FB to display their products/services vs. creating printed literature, or a real web-site. So... Reluctantly, I signed up. I think I was a member for about 1.5 years. Somewhere along that time frame, I was hacked once with porn sites & several of my contacts would receive messages that I endorsed certain topics, products, online games, etc. None of which I had sent or ever used. The drama leading up to the election kept ramping up in stupidity & I ended that BS.

I kind of missed a few aspects of FB for about 3 to 7 days & then was over it.

 

[caryc]

I never got sucked into that facebook or twitter crap and my life seems to be going along fine. Don't do texting either. I still know how to talk to people.

I have an IPhone 5S and would you believe I have never received an incoming call on it? It's for emergencies. I carry it in the car but it's never turned on.

 

[CGDustDevil]

The worse it gets, the more involved I get.

I have changed the odd mind, and I've actually had my own views impacted by listening to others.

I don't even bother with the memes from EITHER the right or left, because most of it is rubbish.

I'm involved with several liberty groups, gun advocacy groups, Constitutional groups... I'm teaching and learning.

B!)#$*@#s ain't gonna run me off.

 

[Fox Mike]

I failed to mention that if you are my friend...we both know it. If you aren't' YOU know it. I don't need a page to tell me, or others, these things

 

[Scout943]

Not on it never have been .

 

[mikewriter]

To answer the original question - YES!!

Never even visited Spacebook, have no desire to.

Mike

 

[WAYNO]

My wife got sucked into my family's facebook. The page is predominantly liberal, so the pissin' never stops. And then they always ask, "how come WAYNO doesn't join?"

EVEN MY OWN DAUGHTER...JOINED UP WITH THE PROTESTERS IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, JUST TO BRAG ABOUT IT ON THIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

Caps now off. I don't see myself joining facebook any time soon.

Deep breath. :wink:

WAYNO.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I'm with Pete. I am on FB to keep in touch with friends and famlies. Yes there is some liberal stuff on their and I let them know how stupid they are, but there is a fair amount of conservative stuff that I "Like" when I get a chance. You have to be stupid to not know where I stand. I have booted a couple of folks off, including my BIL who is an idiot. But it's nice to have a reminder of friends birthdays and such to remember them. Most of my friends are older so they aren't inclined to be very liberal (at least around me). They aren't going to run me off either. I might run off a few or they may block me, because they don't like my opinion, I DON'T CARE. I probably don't spend 10 minutes a day on it, so I don't waste a lot of time there. Actually I spend more time on Solitaire.

 

[wunbe]

Its a playground for infantile egos to dump whatever their 'feelings' are at any given time. Adolescence triumphant!

Hell, at NHL games the backway-hatters text all through the games.

Life is too short.

wunbe

 

[Ray Newman]

I look on Facebook to see what is going on with a few friends. I chuckle when I see some of the comments/pictures posted by the snowflakes.

But what I amazes me is I know some guys who never served, never considered it, never have been in any type/form of danger, never had a dangerous job, never had a shot fired at them in anger, and/or were scared sh*tless that their draft number might have been called, now post on Facebook that they are really bad arses and just what they would do, or what someone else should do. The "Walter Mitty Syndrome" really does exist and I believe it is very prevalent on Facebook.

For those Not-In-The-Know about the Walter Mitty Syndrome: http://www.newmedicalterms.com/media-medicine-2/literary-figures-real-fictional/walter-mitty-syndrome/

 

[tsubaki]

I've been trying facebook for a few months and am finding a few useful things.

One was the ability to communicate with family members through messenger when the cell phone reception was down due to hurricane Matthew.

I can unfollow the liberal idiot family members so as not to see their Hillary/Obama rants. Same for the news media that is also in mourning.

I have been invited/added to a few private local sites that cotton to firearm and related sales. You know, things craigslist and facebook prohibits.

I also found out it appears most of my classmates of 38 years ago are conservative.

 

[ChiefMuzz]

I might offer a different perspective. I was in college when Facebook first came out. Then you had to be a college student to sign up with a registered .edu email address. After about 3 years I dumped it and haven't gone back. It was getting too weird for me back then, right after they opened it to everyone and adults and teens started getting on. I could tell there were privacy issues too. I at times think about signing back up, but honestly I don't miss anything. My wife has an account and keeps in touch with her family, as well as gossip with mutual friends. Otherwise it's turned into an absolute nightmare of ads and opinions. It was ruined when it went beyond college age students. Probably none of you knew what is was like back then, but I can tell you, what it is now is nowhere near what it was.
There are a lot of pros of social media. However the cons still outweigh it for me.

 

[rimmer]

I never got sucked into that facebook or twitter crap and my life seems to be going along fine. Don't do texting either. I still know how to talk to people.

I have an IPhone 5S and would you believe I have never received an incoming call on it? It's for emergencies. I carry it in the car but it's never turned on.

I'm with you!

 

[Colonel Daddy]

I've been on Facebook for a number of years and do enjoy keeping up with family and friends and enjoying the pics and posts. I am somewhat vocal about political ideas when necessary and those that disagree with me sometimes try to argue and I refuse. I stand on my belief's, based on The Constitution and Bill of Rights, state them and won't fall for anyone spewing garbage. Seldom have I had to "delete" any so-called friends. If I refuse to argue with those with different......uninformed views and they usually drop me. With that said, I started with just family and we all pretty well see eye to eye. Then friends, some as far back as from childhood and now hundreds of miles away, began sending me requests. Strangely (or not) many of us developed the same general ideas/attitudes as we matured. Those who didn't, don't hang around long. :wink:

 

[Johnnu2]

I hardly ever even 'pop-in' to our own Lounge. Today, I had nothing to do, so I took a peek and found this facebook post. I'm thinking how 'we of the Forum' think alike, (probably many if not most are 'boomers' at very least) yet we do allow for some divergent ideas too. I do think that I'm a narcissist and, therefore, qualify for FB membership; however, I've never thought it beneficial (or wise) to publicize myself on an international stage. Nor, have I ever really had the need to 'stay connected' with anyone that i can't reach via an annual telephone conversation. People being people NEED gratification and FB gives the masses that opportunity.... God bless them all.

 

[volshooter]

No face book here fer dang sure.
My real friends call or visit.
Besides, anything on face book is available to anyone, yes they can be hacked.
Once you put it out there it is forever available to anyone.
My life is none of anyone's business except the real friends.

Pick up a phone and call, write a letter or visit them in person.
Face book is an evil tech tool, as is most of "social media". Count me out.

 

[tinman]

Not a fan......wont go there.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

Never started, no intentions of ever doing so... I don't need to invite annoyances into my life.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

So I have been trying to make friends outside of Facebook and thought I would try applying the same practices. Today I go outside my building and just start walking down the street. As I pass by people I let them know what I had to eat, how I feel right now, what I did last night, what I will do later etc... I thought it would be interesting to hand out pictures of my family, my dog and me doing some of my favorite things. If they were talking I would stop to listen to their conversation and then give them the good old "thumbs up" and let them know I like them.

So it actually worked!!!! I already have four people following me: two police officers, a private investigator and a psychiatrist.

 

[Colonel Daddy]

So I have been trying to make friends outside of Facebook and thought I would try applying the same practices. Today I go outside my building and just start walking down the street. As I pass by people I let them know what I had to eat, how I feel right now, what I did last night, what I will do later etc... I thought it would be interesting to hand out pictures of my family, my dog and me doing some of my favorite things. If they were talking I would stop to listen to their conversation and then give them the good old "thumbs up" and let them know I like them.

So it actually worked!!!! I already have four people following me: two police officers, a private investigator and a psychiatrist.

:lol: :lol: 8)