I cancelled my Facebook "page" the day I found out Mark Fukerberg sold data to Cambridge Analytica. Read "Burn Book," and listen to Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway so at least you understand how unsocial social media is, how unintelligent AI is, how the Internet has deninished your choices not expanded them (Beyonce and Swift)…
I cancelled my Facebook "page" the day I found out Mark Fukerberg sold data to Cambridge Analytica. Read "Burn Book," and listen to Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway so at least you understand how unsocial social media is, how unintelligent AI is, how the Internet has deninished your choices not expanded them (Beyonce and Swift). It is about making the big four richer and richer. Facebook is Oxy for the masses and Mark cares zero about the patient, like the Sacklers. Media has lost to silicon valley.
I just never got the appeal of Facebook. I reconnected with people I thought I wanted to get to know better as adults. It was interesting but not enriching. No regrets about not following anybody or not being followed. Never had a twitter or tictoc account. Why do I need them?
Lately I've been wondering if I actually need a subscription to the NYTs (I'd miss the recipes and games) or WAPO (tepid tea)....because I've noticed a subtle change....one not so positive article about Biden interspersed with 10 articles about the latest Trump manifesto and spin pieces in guest opinions. Did the "media" learn nothing from 2016? I just don't understand why the average person doesn't already understand that their independence has been surrendered and the only way they can get it back is by abandoning the internet sites designed for narcissists and haters.
Instead of outright ‘Yellow Journalism’ of the late 19th century, they are practicing a beige-color journalism signifying a kind of marketing for the greatest number but still appeasing the capitalistic marketplace instead of import truthing.
I cancelled my NYT subscription after a week of finding nothing at all worth reading. And then they put up a very sweet video about the power of, of all things, knitting.
I would miss the recipes.
Just fyi, when I signed up again I got it for a dollar a week for six months. So every six months I'll cancel again. Until they figure it out,
I miss Facebook. I had friends from childhood to my work colleagues, hundreds, lost when it crashed in March. They want my SSN, driver's license /passport, so I will not be rejoining. Also banned on x.
IMHO it's because of my political views. I'm not alone.
Daniel, I missed fecebook when I first deleted my account in 2000, but now like a recovering addict consider myself fecebook-free for 4 years. (maybe I'll get a triangle tat with a 4 in it:) I missed a lot of friends from there, but were they? Those that I was quite close to connected by e-mail and I occasionally get response from them. The others are just digital manifestations that I thot were friends. I did find a half-sister that I lost contact with for 40 years and have since visited her and keep in touch by fone & e-mail. Before leaving, I discovered a very loving, liberal friend I knew from the '70s had become a MAGAt with her new husband so blocked her just as I did with any tRump supporter I knew IRL.
Oh, I have also been twit free-for 2 years and never missed it. My only social net now is MeWe and wish ppl & agencies would stop linking to fecebook & twit as if everyone is still wading in those cesspools.
Just a quick comment--I had become increasingly disappointed with the NYT, but love the crosswords and games (and didn't want to break my crossword streak, haha). I recently switched to "games only," which is about $6/month, and I now get the content I want. It was hard at first to let go of the recipes, but I can find much better recipes by googling, so aside from downloading a few favorites, I'm content to live without the recipes.
I still have. an fb account but don’t use it, aside from forwarding the occasional post I make to Instagram. But even that is becoming something of a hellscape, full of bots and/or knuckle-draggers in the comments anytime somebody has something to say about lgbtq+ issues or Gaza. I’m an artist but thank goodness I don’t try to promote anything there because it’s become completely useless for engagement.
As for the Times, I had a sub to them for a time but their continued both-sides slant made me give up. I moved to the WAPO…same thing happened. Then I landed on the Guardian and they do it as well. I bailed the day they published an article about that ridiculous “report” came out about Biden’s memory issues, with absolutely no mention of the political nature of the thing. So I’ve pretty much given up on these fronts. The daily Letters is about all I need (or can handle) for the ugly parts of the world.
Never signed up for Facebook but did start to signup for Linkedin thinking it was better suited to professionals I'd want to stay in touch with or converse with. It quickly turned into a mess with requests coming out of nowhere, or links to people I knew of in sensitive positions. The absolute worst was quickly finding out that many of the requests that appeared to come from people I knew didn't come from them at all.
I never look at LinkedIn any more since a woman I thought was a close friend started sending me Alex Jines stuff there, I should have known who she really was when she started praying for me and put a Ben Carson sticker on her company car, calling on scientists, whom I'm pretty sure would not at all appreciate her political beliefs. Smfh
I didn't have the problem of actual friends sending such stuff, I think because I started calling them to see if it was actually them who sent requests for links. Since half of them weren't actually from friends (just appeared to be from them), I had called the first dozen or so to tell them I wasn't going to respond to any Linkedin notices. That made it much easier to just let them know anytime I received something supposedly from them. I suspect that pretty much curbed their enthusiasm for Linkedin, too.
I cancelled my NYT subscription of 17 yrs due to their obvious bias for trump & anti Biden. It's over the top & ridiculous how they seem to be doing what they can to get trump elected. I don't believe anything in the NYT anymore & now I buy crossword books instead.
I never bother with the Post and I read selected bits from the NYT and always do the crossword and some other puzzles. I like the recipes, the science section, and the book review. Our local rag long ago ceased to be a newspaper when it was bought by Gannett.
You lost me after the Sackler comment. Are you inferring Zuckerberg, Sackler and by extension, Jews are dishonest and not to be trusted? Don't even tell me about your views on Israelis.
Facebook was likened to “Oxy” which is oxycodone—the highly addictive pain pill that The Sackler Family—owners of the company that promoted Oxy to doctors, encouraging them to write more prescriptions.
Call me paranoid! I'm accustomed to the siren calls. I see it in the propaganda used here in this country everyday of the week. I see it on college campuses, where Jews are being singled out for their religion. I hear it from attendees to religious institutions that have experienced these subliminal accusations. Yes, I see it in the commentary, where what most would call an innocent comment gets a ground swell of praise because the writer doesn't come right out and say what they think. Sought of like tRump. He doesn't have to say what he wants, his followers are well aware of what he wants, and they fall into line.
Lest you believe I am prejudiced, think again! My daughter married a Christian. My son is going with a religious Catholic. My granddaughter is in a serious relationship with a christian. I love them all. What gets my feathers up are comments like Fuckerrberg and Sackler. This isn't the first time Martha has made comments like these
I cancelled my Facebook "page" the day I found out Mark Fukerberg sold data to Cambridge Analytica. Read "Burn Book," and listen to Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway so at least you understand how unsocial social media is, how unintelligent AI is, how the Internet has deninished your choices not expanded them (Beyonce and Swift). It is about making the big four richer and richer. Facebook is Oxy for the masses and Mark cares zero about the patient, like the Sacklers. Media has lost to silicon valley.
I just never got the appeal of Facebook. I reconnected with people I thought I wanted to get to know better as adults. It was interesting but not enriching. No regrets about not following anybody or not being followed. Never had a twitter or tictoc account. Why do I need them?
Lately I've been wondering if I actually need a subscription to the NYTs (I'd miss the recipes and games) or WAPO (tepid tea)....because I've noticed a subtle change....one not so positive article about Biden interspersed with 10 articles about the latest Trump manifesto and spin pieces in guest opinions. Did the "media" learn nothing from 2016? I just don't understand why the average person doesn't already understand that their independence has been surrendered and the only way they can get it back is by abandoning the internet sites designed for narcissists and haters.
Instead of outright ‘Yellow Journalism’ of the late 19th century, they are practicing a beige-color journalism signifying a kind of marketing for the greatest number but still appeasing the capitalistic marketplace instead of import truthing.
I cancelled my NYT subscription after a week of finding nothing at all worth reading. And then they put up a very sweet video about the power of, of all things, knitting.
I would miss the recipes.
Just fyi, when I signed up again I got it for a dollar a week for six months. So every six months I'll cancel again. Until they figure it out,
That's how I do it. I think I get a 3 months for 5 bucks deal about every 6 months (after dropping it after 2 months and 29 days).
I am thinking of it too. But I would miss the editorials by Thomas Friedman.
Me too because I like the recipes.
I miss Facebook. I had friends from childhood to my work colleagues, hundreds, lost when it crashed in March. They want my SSN, driver's license /passport, so I will not be rejoining. Also banned on x.
IMHO it's because of my political views. I'm not alone.
I ask people who are on Facebook to protest.
Daniel, I missed fecebook when I first deleted my account in 2000, but now like a recovering addict consider myself fecebook-free for 4 years. (maybe I'll get a triangle tat with a 4 in it:) I missed a lot of friends from there, but were they? Those that I was quite close to connected by e-mail and I occasionally get response from them. The others are just digital manifestations that I thot were friends. I did find a half-sister that I lost contact with for 40 years and have since visited her and keep in touch by fone & e-mail. Before leaving, I discovered a very loving, liberal friend I knew from the '70s had become a MAGAt with her new husband so blocked her just as I did with any tRump supporter I knew IRL.
Oh, I have also been twit free-for 2 years and never missed it. My only social net now is MeWe and wish ppl & agencies would stop linking to fecebook & twit as if everyone is still wading in those cesspools.
Just a quick comment--I had become increasingly disappointed with the NYT, but love the crosswords and games (and didn't want to break my crossword streak, haha). I recently switched to "games only," which is about $6/month, and I now get the content I want. It was hard at first to let go of the recipes, but I can find much better recipes by googling, so aside from downloading a few favorites, I'm content to live without the recipes.
Yes I quit FB then too Martha for all the same reasons. It was such a relief. I find the practice of mindfulness is the enrichment ingredient now.
I still have. an fb account but don’t use it, aside from forwarding the occasional post I make to Instagram. But even that is becoming something of a hellscape, full of bots and/or knuckle-draggers in the comments anytime somebody has something to say about lgbtq+ issues or Gaza. I’m an artist but thank goodness I don’t try to promote anything there because it’s become completely useless for engagement.
As for the Times, I had a sub to them for a time but their continued both-sides slant made me give up. I moved to the WAPO…same thing happened. Then I landed on the Guardian and they do it as well. I bailed the day they published an article about that ridiculous “report” came out about Biden’s memory issues, with absolutely no mention of the political nature of the thing. So I’ve pretty much given up on these fronts. The daily Letters is about all I need (or can handle) for the ugly parts of the world.
Never signed up for Facebook but did start to signup for Linkedin thinking it was better suited to professionals I'd want to stay in touch with or converse with. It quickly turned into a mess with requests coming out of nowhere, or links to people I knew of in sensitive positions. The absolute worst was quickly finding out that many of the requests that appeared to come from people I knew didn't come from them at all.
Unfortunate that LinkedIn actually was begun as a legitimate place for business/resumes/job searching/hiring.
I never look at LinkedIn any more since a woman I thought was a close friend started sending me Alex Jines stuff there, I should have known who she really was when she started praying for me and put a Ben Carson sticker on her company car, calling on scientists, whom I'm pretty sure would not at all appreciate her political beliefs. Smfh
I didn't have the problem of actual friends sending such stuff, I think because I started calling them to see if it was actually them who sent requests for links. Since half of them weren't actually from friends (just appeared to be from them), I had called the first dozen or so to tell them I wasn't going to respond to any Linkedin notices. That made it much easier to just let them know anytime I received something supposedly from them. I suspect that pretty much curbed their enthusiasm for Linkedin, too.
I cancelled my NYT subscription of 17 yrs due to their obvious bias for trump & anti Biden. It's over the top & ridiculous how they seem to be doing what they can to get trump elected. I don't believe anything in the NYT anymore & now I buy crossword books instead.
I never bother with the Post and I read selected bits from the NYT and always do the crossword and some other puzzles. I like the recipes, the science section, and the book review. Our local rag long ago ceased to be a newspaper when it was bought by Gannett.
That "molasses" accident must have been something to have actually experienced, actually living there, right on your street! Gawwwd!!!
You lost me after the Sackler comment. Are you inferring Zuckerberg, Sackler and by extension, Jews are dishonest and not to be trusted? Don't even tell me about your views on Israelis.
Facebook was likened to “Oxy” which is oxycodone—the highly addictive pain pill that The Sackler Family—owners of the company that promoted Oxy to doctors, encouraging them to write more prescriptions.
Just an observation - you are the one 'inferring' things. You're trying to say that the person you're writing to is 'implying' them.
Call me paranoid! I'm accustomed to the siren calls. I see it in the propaganda used here in this country everyday of the week. I see it on college campuses, where Jews are being singled out for their religion. I hear it from attendees to religious institutions that have experienced these subliminal accusations. Yes, I see it in the commentary, where what most would call an innocent comment gets a ground swell of praise because the writer doesn't come right out and say what they think. Sought of like tRump. He doesn't have to say what he wants, his followers are well aware of what he wants, and they fall into line.
Lest you believe I am prejudiced, think again! My daughter married a Christian. My son is going with a religious Catholic. My granddaughter is in a serious relationship with a christian. I love them all. What gets my feathers up are comments like Fuckerrberg and Sackler. This isn't the first time Martha has made comments like these
Cancelled mine awhile ago, the WAPO too