Aug wrote --

I did threaten to leave Facebook, and go to another
social media platform.

With the millions of other usersout there, they wouldn't care
about you. They probably get far more new users than people
threatening to leave.

I only use FB for a few friends. Otherwise I don't.
I am in a couple of OTR (Old Time Radio) groups but mostly just lurk.
Joe
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August,

I did threaten to leave Facebook, and go to another
social media platform.

With the millions of other usersout there, they wouldn't care
about you. They probably get far more new users than people
threatening to leave.

Well, I discovered (by accident) what the problem was. The app
I have on my smartphone to block spam voice calls and spam text messages...apparently has a "global usage database"...and someone
had blocked the codes for Facebook.

So, if this happens again, I know what to check first.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

Well, I discovered (by accident) what the problem was. The app
I have on my smartphone to block spam voice calls and spam text messages...apparently has a "global usage database"...and someone
had blocked the codes for Facebook.

I've used spam filters that are sometimes a bit too ambitious. It will
mark good email as spam.
Some ad blockers say good sites are dangerous.
And its sometimes the opposite, bad is listed as good.
Joe
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Joe,

I've used spam filters that are sometimes a bit too ambitious. It
will mark good email as spam.
Some ad blockers say good sites are dangerous.
And its sometimes the opposite, bad is listed as good.

What I'm afraid of is a site being infected by malware, but it still
looks legitimate. I "practice safe hex", but you can't be too careful.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

What I'm afraid of is a site being infected by malware, but it still
looks legitimate. I "practice safe hex", but you can't be too careful.

Isn't that what good witches do?
Joe
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Joe,

What I'm afraid of is a site being infected by malware, but it still
looks legitimate. I "practice safe hex", but you can't be too careful.

Isn't that what good witches do?

Sounds like Glenda from The Wizard Of Oz. <G>

Daryl

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Haven't left FB completely... I'm the one that does the
broadcast from church, and I have some friends that that
is the only way they communicate, but I don't 'hang out'
there any longer. :-)

Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins <=-

I did threaten to leave Facebook, and go to another
social media platform.

With the millions of other usersout there, they wouldn't care
about you. They probably get far more new users than people
threatening to leave.

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Haven't left FB completely... I'm the one that does the
broadcast from church, and I have some friends that that
is the only way they communicate, but I don't 'hang out'
there any longer. :-)

Same here, re: friends and family who only communicate that way.

Mike


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jimmylogan wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

Haven't left FB completely... I'm the one that does the
broadcast from church, and I have some friends that that
is the only way they communicate, but I don't 'hang out'
there any longer. :-)

Same here. I've started dropping out of groups that I don't really care
about. And I simply don't look at it much.

Same about friends and family. I'll keep it around for that, but
they don't get much of my eyeball time anymore.


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jimmylogan wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

Haven't left FB completely... I'm the one that does the
broadcast from church, and I have some friends that that
is the only way they communicate, but I don't 'hang out'
there any longer. :-)

Same here. I've started dropping out of groups that I don't really care about. And I simply don't look at it much.

Same about friends and family. I'll keep it around for that, but
they don't get much of my eyeball time anymore.

I don't use FB more than about 10 minutes a day. And that is generally
on my phone when I have a few minutes to spare before going to work.
I am in a couple of groups and new messages there are e-mailed to me.
But I have never been one to spend hours on FB. I have better things to
do.
Joe
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Jimmy wrote --

Haven't left FB completely.

Hi Jimmy, don't recognise the name,
Welcome to Memories.
Joe Mackey, Mod
Huntington, WV
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Jimmy,

Haven't left FB completely... I'm the one that does the
broadcast from church, and I have some friends that that
is the only way they communicate, but I don't 'hang out'
there any longer. :-)

If it wasn't for the fact that several of my ham radio traffic
nets have Facebook groups that I use for checkins, and that I'm
the social media/web chairperson for the Arkansas State Square
Dance Federation, I'd leave it as well.

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut down.

Daryl

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Hello Daryl!

** On Tuesday 12.01.21 - 10:24, Daryl Stout wrote to jimmylogan:

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut down.

The site/service is still there. The download links for the app
are at the bottom of the pages.

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Hi August,

On 2021-01-13 06:58:00, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut down.

The site/service is still there. The download links for the app
are at the bottom of the pages.

You don't want it. It's been hacked, and the complete database (including all photo's and video's all it's users ever shared on it) has been copied...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

** On Wednesday 13.01.21 - 13:00, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut
down.

The site/service is still there. The download links for
the app are at the bottom of the pages.

You don't want it. It's been hacked, and the complete
database (including all photo's and video's all it's users
ever shared on it) has been copied...

I heard about the "copied". But it was described to be a way to
preserve any history of the chatter predating the Capitol event
- by posting it open and in the clear on the internet.

So, the hack was on purpose.

I wouldn't necessarily want the app either. But I like the idea
that people have options to use different technologies for
privacy.

--
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Hi August,

On 2021-01-13 07:55:00, you wrote to me:

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut
down.

The site/service is still there. The download links for
the app are at the bottom of the pages.

You don't want it. It's been hacked, and the complete
database (including all photo's and video's all it's users
ever shared on it) has been copied...

I heard about the "copied". But it was described to be a way to
preserve any history of the chatter predating the Capitol event
- by posting it open and in the clear on the internet.

So, the hack was on purpose.

Yes, and what I heard of it, it was quite easy, because of the code mess the owner/creator made of it. It very much sounds like an amateur job.

I wouldn't necessarily want the app either. But I like the idea
that people have options to use different technologies for
privacy.

There are (like Telegram and Signal ;-)). But Parler isn't one of them...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Re: Re: leaving FB
By: Daryl Stout to jimmylogan on Tue Jan 12 2021 10:24 am

I can forget about Parler, though...it
has been shut down.

i have it downloaded to my phone, and it appears to be working. google let me download it recently and it let me create an account.
John Guillory
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Wilfred wrote --

Bye, Wilfred.

Hi Wilfred --
Don't recognise the name.
Welcome to Memories.
Joe Mackey, Mod
Huntington, WV





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John,

i have it downloaded to my phone, and it appears to be working. google let me download it recently and it let me create an account.

I've barely had time for social media or my BBS lately, in the aftermath
of being in a multi-vehicle wreck last week (which wasn't my fault). I'm usually only on Facebook now for my ham radio nets that have "groups",
for checkins during the net. I also use Netlogger.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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August,

I can forget about Parler, though...it has been shut down.

The site/service is still there. The download links for the app
are at the bottom of the pages.

I've had little time for the BBS lately, let alone social media,
in the aftermath of the car wreck last week.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

I've had little time for the BBS lately, let alone social media,
in the aftermath of the car wreck last week.

I've been posted at a clinic for a couple of weeks and there is literally nothing to do there. Just sit for the most part.
A big thrill is calling a local hospital shuttle, or the bus company Dial-a-ride to transport someone.
I have spent more time on FB (a couple of hours a day) than I have in the last year combined.
At another post I can take the laptop and be productive doing something.
I've been putting in 56+ hour weeks for a month.
Glad I'm retired and only working part time. I can imagine the hours I
would be working if I were full time again.
Joe
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Joe,

Glad I'm retired and only working part time. I can imagine the hours
I would be working if I were full time again.

I'm busier being a widower than I was when I was married. :P

Daryl

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03-04-21 05:57 JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT about Re: leaving FB
Howdy! Joe,

@MSGID: <604104D6.24509.memoryln@capitolcityonline.net>
Daryl wrote --

I've had little time for the BBS lately, let alone social media,
in the aftermath of the car wreck last week.

I've been posted at a clinic for a couple of weeks and there is literally nothing to do there. Just sit for the most part.

-- snip --

I've been putting in 56+ hour weeks for a month.
Glad I'm retired and only working part time. I can imagine the hours
I would be working if I were full time again.

Probably 168 Hours a week if You are allowed to sleep on the job.

7 X 24 = 168


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