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EllieBC

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115. Did you know DU

Reply to Wawannabe (Reply #114)

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:28 PM

Jun 2020

has an FB page and group?

Maybe don’t visit this site as per your words it supports a right wing company.

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Facebook is a right wing site. [View all] Wawannabe Jun 2020 OP

I'm off of Facebook Coleman Jun 2020 #1

fb is what you make it. what we make it. mopinko Jun 2020 #2

I disagree Wawannabe Jun 2020 #3

Well so is pretty much every KatyMan Jun 2020 #21

The point is being missed Wawannabe Jun 2020 #22

so is mine. by you. mopinko Jun 2020 #31

mopinko Wawannabe Jun 2020 #33

You should tell the admins of this site to delete their facebook Du page too dustyscamp Jun 2020 #71

Hell no, I won't. DU has a 1st Amendment right to promote Democratic Party values, ancianita Jun 2020 #87

I should have added a sarcasm tag dustyscamp Jun 2020 #95

Ah. I see. Okay, cool. ancianita Jun 2020 #101

What point am I missing? KatyMan Jun 2020 #32

Well said. SharonClark Jun 2020 #50

Thanks. KatyMan Jun 2020 #52

+1000 ancianita Jun 2020 #88

Well, you can disagree all you like, but you are wrong obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #48

Ditto. CurtEastPoint Jun 2020 #4

Exactly right. DavidDvorkin Jun 2020 #10

Neither do I. Plus there are a lot of groups that I follow that are very useful. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #37

That's exactly what I was going to say. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2020 #40

I've been on for 13 years, I get enjoyment out of it Polybius Jun 2020 #5

Just so you know I am laughing my ass off at your reply Wawannabe Jun 2020 #8

He's liberal Polybius Jun 2020 #25

Your speech is totally anecdotal Wawannabe Jun 2020 #30

He's a conservative rich white boy from Ardsley. And he let Squinch Jun 2020 #35

Need a viable facebook alternative. Where is Soros, Bloomberg, et al empedocles Jun 2020 #6

Here's an alternative. Niagara Jun 2020 #11

An 'alternative' that doesn't include friends and family and is all about Trump? SharonClark Jun 2020 #51

Thanks! I just joined up. lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #76

You're welcome, lambchopp59. Niagara Jun 2020 #94

I and a bunch of my friends moved to MeWe. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #12

MeWe has tons of pro-Trump, pro-Faux, pro-NRA, and other right wing groups SharonClark Jun 2020 #53

I think they keep my data private which is why I left FB SoonerPride Jun 2020 #55

Thanks for letting me know. SharonClark Jun 2020 #58

Sure they keep your data private. That horse left Pandora's box a long time ago. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #89

I don't get targeted ads like I did on FB. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #92

And scene. Bless your heart. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #96

If you're not being sold, you are the product. You are being tracked and data ancianita Jun 2020 #105

Make sure you tell DU admin EllieBC Jun 2020 #107

Neither did I JonLP24 Jun 2020 #111

You are absolutely correct. Though someone, apparently, has taken offense to your post. Squinch Jun 2020 #7

Well... Mike Nelson Jun 2020 #9

Thanks for your rec and reply, Mike Wawannabe Jun 2020 #15

Tried that but who has the time to stop the torrent of crap exboyfil Jun 2020 #16

Maybe people who have your experience on Facebook should stop trying to be a keyboard warrior, SharonClark Jun 2020 #56

Sorry to say this but FB is keeping me sane right now. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2020 #13

I was thrilled when I found bloom county Mosby Jun 2020 #18

See post 13 please Wawannabe Jun 2020 #19

It's the only way you DO keep in touch with them, but is it the only way you CAN? Squinch Jun 2020 #38

Same. EllieBC Jun 2020 #78

Considering his first major investors... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #14

Twitter is better for left wing politics JonLP24 Jun 2020 #17

Sure, if you've got the time and energy to scroll through a Twitter thread. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #45

I wish I could type more paragraphs into Twitter JonLP24 Jun 2020 #60

I just don't have the time or energy for dealing with Twitter. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #63

I wish DU had more people JonLP24 Jun 2020 #67

If you don't believe..Hit the links in the Original Post. Read the articles. Stuart G Jun 2020 #20

EXACTLY! ancianita Jun 2020 #81

People don't use Home Depot to keep in touch with their Grandma Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #23

It was useful for keeping in touch with Army friends & family JonLP24 Jun 2020 #29

See, that right there is what I mean. Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #34

I have no use for it. grumpyduck Jun 2020 #24

"Facebook is a right wing site". HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #26

No, I'm not going to wall them off and let them spread it undiluted. nolabear Jun 2020 #27

I think it depends on how FB has profiled you. marmar Jun 2020 #28

I post news of interest to progressives on FB every day, and so do my friends. pnwmom Jun 2020 #36

If it is the place most of those idiots get their information Bettie Jun 2020 #39

Too right, and some of us do. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #44

+1 but a lot of Dems are afraid to do that or just want to runaway dustyscamp Jun 2020 #75

I won't leave Bettie Jun 2020 #93

Ah, right. As someone said, Facebook is what you make of it. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #41

Agree. And a few liberals leaving FB is not going to change anything. LymphocyteLover Jun 2020 #61

That's a good approach. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #86

I'm 2500 miles from home. Stranded because of covid GusBob Jun 2020 #42

Watching so many of my apolitical or casual lefty friends going hard left the last few years Blue_Adept Jun 2020 #43

same obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #47

No, it isn't obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #46

I don't think it is irrational JonLP24 Jun 2020 #57

Why was the 2020 Texas Democratic Convention on Facebook Live? LeftInTX Jun 2020 #49

The Internet is a right wing site... brooklynite Jun 2020 #54

If I just I friended one person TheFarseer Jun 2020 #59

The world is a right wing world! I'm deleting myself! BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #62

You have to block yourself here first. Then on Facebook and Quora. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #90

Blocking is obviously a left wing conspiracy! ;-) BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #91

And some days it's not worth chewing through the restraints. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #97

ahhh those relaxing days in Facebook prison... BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #98

That's only happened to me once. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #100

I've spent many days there. Since I've posted hundreds and hundreds of anti-trump things, they BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #103

Quitting is basically screaming into the void. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #64

+1 ancianita Jun 2020 #74

I've boycotted since 2016 election Trueblue Texan Jun 2020 #65

Never used it, never will bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #66

I have been off for 5 years seta1950 Jun 2020 #68

Never been there. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #69

Facebook is helping the Boogaloo Movement along, in plain sight. ancianita Jun 2020 #70

THAT said, I say know the enemy and take the fight to THEM! ancianita Jun 2020 #82

I never went on, and never will. I don't do Twitter either. NNadir Jun 2020 #72

It's also a marketplace Bluesaph Jun 2020 #73

I lulz'd KG Jun 2020 #77

I loathe and despise fb Six117 Jun 2020 #79

So it is. SO WHAT?! We should just throw up our hands and give up? Well I'm not. ancianita Jun 2020 #80

I deleted my BookFace in 2010 lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #83

I have to engage with Facebook because my employer maintains a company Facebook page totodeinhere Jun 2020 #84

Stop making this about Facebook and make this about the right wingers! ancianita Jun 2020 #85

Rightwing relatives/friends are always touting crap they read on Facebook Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #99

So, you left Facebook in 2012, but you are an expert MineralMan Jun 2020 #102

This about a thousand times. GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #104

Whatever Z may have said in a progressive direction at one time ... Odoreida Jun 2020 #106

This again? Captain Stern Jun 2020 #108

Lol, good luck. Tipperary Jun 2020 #109

Lol! Wawannabe Jun 2020 #112

Indeed BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #116

Ha! Tipperary Jun 2020 #117

The proselytizing on this got old a long time ago. tritsofme Jun 2020 #110

I don't. First line of the OP. Wawannabe Jun 2020 #114

Did you know DU EllieBC Jun 2020 #115

I didn't know because I am not on FB Wawannabe Jun 2020 #118

it sickens me how many people were sucked into the Facebook Borg Skittles Jun 2020 #113