Why I Left Facebook --
And Why You Should Too
American Thinker,
by
Mark St.J. Couhig
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
11/19/2020 8:31:40 AM
Like millions of Americans, I have in recent days grown sick of Facebook. Like hundreds of thousands, I've abandoned it for Parler.
When I said goodbye to my friends on Facebook, they were all kind. Many said they'd miss me, and others offered advice. One told me she had glanced into Parler and had found it horrifying. But, she said, she was sure I had done my due diligence before signing on.
Indeed I had. Parler allows you to choose whose words you read and whose memes you chuckle at. I'm not a fan of outlandish conspiracy theories so I don't keep up with the Joneses -- Alex or Mother.
I have not yet left Facebook, but I am on Parler and MeWe and am spending less time on Facebook than I used to
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
pritch 11/19/2020 8:53:29 AM (No. 610296)
I quit Facebook in early September. There are other options and I am still exploring
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rather Read 11/19/2020 8:54:04 AM (No. 610297)
I never got on Facebook. I have quit Twitter and I may check out Parler and MeWe.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 11/19/2020 8:58:32 AM (No. 610302)
I don't do FB, Twitter, or instagram. Never have. Don't use google as my browser anymore. Switched to Duckduckgo. Nothing for me to see here.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
pros7767 11/19/2020 9:18:13 AM (No. 610327)
Just as an FYI, if you are posting articles from the Gateway Pundit, they are being quietly censored. They do not appear and if one accidentally gets through, it is taken down quickly.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/19/2020 9:20:17 AM (No. 610330)
Like #4, I have never done any of these Social Media things. Having spent thirty years in Hi Tech I have known about Zuckerberg and his kind since they were start ups. Friends and children of friends were some of their first 100+ employees. Sorry to say all my initial fears about these characters have come true. And then some!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Safari Man 11/19/2020 9:26:59 AM (No. 610333)
In 2008, I responded to a Facebook poll that said “do you support Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or neither“. My response was immediately shared with my friends without my approval. I immediately began the process of shutting down my account, which at the time was not possible. But I did everything I could to disconnect and haven’t been back since.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/19/2020 9:34:21 AM (No. 610342)
My late sister asked me to go on FB so we could converse with her grandchild in a foreign country. I did that but want to divest from the subscription. I don't know how he did it, but my sister's child was able to destroy after her death, any reference she may ever have had on FB, but I am still accidentally kissing the sticky little tar baby.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 11/19/2020 9:39:15 AM (No. 610348)
I quit Facebook before I even started. Never trusted them, and despise them now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 11/19/2020 9:40:11 AM (No. 610353)
I must be the odd one out. Never used Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. It always amazed me that people complain about these SM companies but they continue to use them. Well, you can do something about it. Quit, or you can be a hypocrite too.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/19/2020 9:48:38 AM (No. 610374)
I'll stick with "Big Brother" FB with eyes open, as they have been for years, until Parler can match its universality. In many ways this is like the VHS/Beta dichotomy, both eventually overtaken by other technologies. FB serves my purposes. And while people flock to Parler, let me know when they break 20 million users. Facebook today has over 300 million regular monthly users. BTW: I didn't like Ma Bell, either.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 11/19/2020 10:35:39 AM (No. 610424)
Can't leave something you've never been on.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
dman 11/19/2020 10:38:47 AM (No. 610428)
I have signed up for Parler, but unless am missing something cannot live stream several hours of video to that platform, as our church does every Sunday on Facebook. Once that is possible, I can dump Zuckerberg's biased "platform".
Similarly, I am yet to find a real alternative to Zoom. Several wannabe's, but they are still not what we need.
For people to finally switch, these alternatives must be 100% up to the task.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Speedypetey 11/19/2020 10:47:22 AM (No. 610439)
Three of my friends deleted accounts within a few weeks of each other. Funny story, one friend received an email from a company he bought from through Fakebook thanking him for his interest. The dead vote in Chicago and elsewhere, and the deleted clickbait.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Safari Man 11/19/2020 11:36:00 AM (No. 610484)
#5 I am unclear: are your saying Facebook is censoring Gateway Pundit? Or this site?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
udanja99 11/19/2020 12:54:57 PM (No. 610558)
I quit Fakebook at least 15 years ago after only being on it for about 2 months.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
dst4life 11/19/2020 1:40:51 PM (No. 610596)
I left Facebook in early 2013. I admit it was hard at first, but I believe it was one of the best decisions I ever made. I don't miss it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 11/19/2020 2:52:28 PM (No. 610680)
Parler demands your cell phone number to register. Nope, not gonna give them my number.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
msavalla 11/19/2020 7:41:42 PM (No. 610934)
Well founded. I just posted my Parler address on Facebook so that people that switch to Parler can find me. We'll see what happens..
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
judy 11/19/2020 8:27:47 PM (No. 610961)
I Quit Fox & Facebook....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
judy 11/19/2020 8:28:31 PM (No. 610963)
Does anyone still watch Fox????
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