The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Feb 07 10:00PM -0800
On 2/7/24 12:59 PM, David LaRue wrote:
> Hi Bev,
> I never liked the terms of service for social media and thus you'll just
> find me on email and USENET.
What, you actually read them? I figure the condensed version is "We can
do whatever we want and you can't stop us." No point in worrying about
it. I use facebook because the people I "knew" from usenet migrated
there. I've made it as much like usenet as possible and very unlike
what I assume most people use it for. The bad thing about it is that
you can't carry on discussions and useful functions suddenly disappear.
We take what we can get.
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Cheers, Bev
"Tough? We drink our urine and eat our dead!"
-- N. Heilweil
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Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>: Feb 08 09:26AM -0500
David LaRue wrote:
> Hi Bev,
> I never liked the terms of service for social media and
> thus you'll just find me on email and USENET.
Same here.
Compared to the constant ads, tracking, and moderating
on the commercial [anti]social networks, it's much more
peaceful and often thought-provoking here on Usenet.
I find myself spending less and less time online over
the past few years with Usenet taking up most of my
time.
Since there's less on Usenet, I spend less time online
overall. Email takes up a pittance of time since
my email provider has good spam filters. I rarely see
more than one spam email per week.
I'll add one more rant:
Companies that *only* have social media methods of contact.
"Contact us on Facebook or Twitter/X" simply doesn't cut it.
No email address, no phone number, or even no snail mail
address equals me not being your customer.
Nyssa, who has been anti-Google for many years too
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Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 08 12:38PM -0800
On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12:59:10 PM UTC-8, David LaRue wrote:
> lookig elsewhere, I don't see anything more than shallow thinkers.
> It has been great knowing you over the years.
> I've used a few nyms myself. The email address is good.
I am on Reddit a lot and a lot of good exchange of information and interaction but also too fleeting and overloaded to build any actual communities.
It's not just Usenet but a lot of music fan forums and lifelong friends were made and a lot of that dried up when it just flipped over to social media.
I do enjoy it though. I remember reading how a lot of people feel inferior in comparison to their friend's profiles. I decided to be the one to make people feel that way. My feed is pretty much just this concert or that concert and downtime filled with remembrances of past events or upcoming with the occasional meme or cat photo, etc.
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Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fever@live.com>: Feb 08 12:40PM -0800
On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 6:25:19 AM UTC-8, Nyssa wrote:
> No email address, no phone number, or even no snail mail
> address equals me not being your customer.
> Nyssa, who has been anti-Google for many years too
I mostly agree with you and I hate the fact that so many family members and friends can only be reached thru Facebook. However I have gotten laid on Facebook and if that's a good enough reason to destroy lives and even civilizations, I can fork a little privacy over to Pimp Supreme Marky Z
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