Yeah, me neither. Nobody with a brain should 
They just look like babies, burning their shoes or chick-fil-a’s or whatever. What’s that gonna achieve? Squat, except profits for corporate.
mine versions of spite is to buy it and have a little laugh to myself. so a private spite.
publicly gloating of said spite just brings too much unwanted attention.
Yeah that’s fair. I think the thing that turns it from being a very normal ‘I want this thing so I’ll buy it, regardless of the bullshit surrounding things’ to ‘adult acting like a baby’ is that publicity.
The world would be so much more relaxed if we just stopped trying to wave things in other people’s faces. Facebook etc has a lot to answer for 
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after a while i forget i have these things cos they just end up being fads.
My old boss got this show going, laws are bit better in SA for what you can run on the street and how much it costs than some states. Can put you in touch with Sam if you want just sing out, lots of wogs in SA would cream their pants over that Ford 
I do, but because I’m remote and have friends and family across the world it’s handy to catchup and have a chat session. Cheaper than making an overseas call. Any bullshit I can easily skip. But yeah it is annoying.
What the hell you been watching Sounds like some drug fucked yanks
I somehow stumbled across a “thing” in the USA, where the “competition” was just a bunch of “certain descents” all gathered around a stage with massive stacks of bottles of the World’s most expensive Champagne/Whiskey/Wine/Vodka etc and just trying to outdo each other by pouring it out all over the floor, seeing who can “waste” the most amount of the most expensive alcohol? 
Typical US overdone hype and bullshit, like a scene from a Rap Battle with the stage surrounded by screaming fans, loud Rap music/lights/smoke/drama and some “commentator” screaming into a microphone like calling a Wrestling Match.
I’m sorry but……. what, why and how come?
Oh crap and I posted a facebook link before I read this. Gimme a break it’s Monday 
But I use it for what I already said. I can turn it off too. Not read shit I don’t like. Easy.
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You and I are in the same boat regarding Facebook, I think. It’s a chat program that’s low tech enough for even your Gran to use, and a major news outlet for gel blasters. Using it for those sorts of purposes are fine.
It only gets gross when you go full narcissist with it. Which, I don’t think anyone here is guilty of.
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The only reason I have a Fakebook account is to keep in touch with my family…
… then they all moved over to Insta… drew the line at that one. I also have lots of friends overseas who call me a dinosaur because I try to catch up with them on FB Messenger. They’re nagging at me to get onboard with Whatsapp… nope!
Can’t help but notice that even though they bag messenger and spruke Whatsapp, they’re still active on Fakebook.
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Oh yea bingo. That N word, yea I did have bad experience with that. A mates ex missus started harrassing me on it. Blocked and fucked that off then it proceeded to the 2am calls. Definitely a narcissist. Wasn’t a good experience per the platform because it got angry I blocked it on facebook and now I’m going to die (Skrillex).
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i use signal with my fam as a whatsapp replacement.
Interesting just catching up on Intel Raptor Lake refresh coming out next month. Punching 6.0GHz single core boost. Interesting, not that I can afford such things
I joined Facebook waaaaayyyyy back before it was really cool even heard about in Australia.
It had just started out in the USA and I was trying to communicate with an American bloke who I was put in touch with via email when I was trying to source a few parts for my 1936 Chev.
These were the days before having mobile phones and everything was done over the phone or via email…… which was very slow in trying to send photos back and forth and was no “real time” communication available.
Simply had to wait to receive reply emails, then find that the communication wasn’t correct regarding the correct parts, so send another reply email and wait days for another reply etc.
After a week of back and forth, he asked me to join Facebook so that we could message each other directly and send photos instantly.
I had never heard of it, nor any of my friends and family, who were all a bit dubious about me logging my computer into some unknown overseas website!
Anyrate, the deal was finally sorted pretty quickly on the parts, shipping was organised and I had what I needed pretty soon after.
Then I pretty much never went back on Facebook until many many years later, and only because I wanted to use it mainly for my business, and to keep in touch with all of my overseas mates/contacts.
I had to start a new account, because my original one was still there, but unable to log in and activate because it was so old.
Now that I’m having to retire from my work and closing my business, I rarely use Facebook anymore, pretty much only looked at it two or three times since about June/July last year, and even then only to message/check up on my friends and post a couple of thank you messages to people who have helped me out.
I miss being in regular contact with them all and keeping informed about their lives and activities, but otherwise certainly don’t miss it at all.
Was active with the different Gelblaster Clubs/Groups/Communities when the fight against the WA bans were in full swing, along with the SA and Eastern States Lobby Groups, which I still support and check in on from time to time, but that’s about it.
Facebook messenger is the only thing I still use regularly for my mates and family, especially my daughter!
Even though she has a mobile phone, she never uses it except for listening to music, never has any data, doesn’t receive standard phone calls/messages 90% of the time and barely ever answers/replies on it anyways
But she has her work/home Laptop, which she does receive SpaceBook Messenger and will actually reply and talk through this system, much to the frustration of her family who don’t have Messenger!
She doesn’t look at Facebook or have any other social media accounts either, so she’s like her Dad, living a very disconnected life from the online/mobile/modern world.
I wonder where she picked that up from? 
i remember joining gmail when it was in beta.
Oh god, same. Those closed beta invites you had to get off a friend and everything. Made for a fantastic word-of-mouth campaign.
I still use my original email that I made when I was 12. It has the word ‘rebel’ in it, but I’m never changing the darn thing ALLLLLLL my accounts are tied to it.
ha at least you didn’t have your business email tied to your ISP provider. As there was a better deal available I jumped ship, and of course had to re do everything. Everywhere. Had it done inside 2 weeks and lots of empty beer cans talk about boring sif doing bass statements isn’t enough punch screen material. But oh well someones gotta do it.
Anyone remember Myspace?
And messaging on MSN…
Unfortunately yes 
msn messenger fucking ads then it thought about sending your message, espicially on 32k dialup