Daryl wrote --

I uninstalled Facebook and Messenger from the phone. A local BBS Sysop
saw the message on my Timeline, as it was posted the same day my Mom
died, and he got worried about me.

I go on Facebook a few times a week, usually about 30 minutes at a time.
The people I "follow" are people I know, friends to one degree or
another, co-workers, etc.
The only posting I do is replying to something. I don't post my daily activities. I don't want others to feel worthless compared to my exciting life. :)
The crazy cat lady friend in PA (who I visited on my trip) posts things
like photo's of her meals, etc nearly every day. Others will have selfies
with "my doing this/going there", etc). I just scroll past a lot that.
But FB is sometimes good in catching up with old friends who have
disappeared over time.
I've reconnected with some people that way.
Joe
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Joe,

I go on Facebook a few times a week, usually about 30 minutes at a time.

I've about gotten down to that level.

The people I "follow" are people I know, friends to one degree or
another, co-workers, etc.

Those who had previously gotten friend requests in Messenger, can
still send me a note, but otherwise, I have no "friends" on Facebook. I
do have friends here on the BBS, and with ham radio and square dancing,
but there comes a point when you just have to have time for yourself.

The only posting I do is replying to something. I don't post my daily
activities. I don't want others to feel worthless compared to my exciting JM>life. :)

Some of them told of their bathroom habits and sex life...like I
really needed to know such. :P

But FB is sometimes good in catching up with old friends who have
disappeared over time.

That's how I got in contact with some of the relatives. They're
planning a reunion next August in central Ohio, but there's too many red
flags that will keep me from going.

I thought I was going to have to cancel the planned square dance
festival trip to Clinton, Arkansas next month, in the aftermath of the
next Low-T implants in the buttocks (left untreated, it can cause or
aggravate diabetes and cardiovascular issues), because of the long drive
(about 2 hours if the roads are clear and the traffic is light). But,
they cleared me to take the trip. Had they not, it would've meant my
travel outside central Arkansas was FINISHED.

It's bad enough I had to cancel the train trip to New Mexico this week
for a ham radio event.

Daryl


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Nancy wrote to Daryl --

UNFRIENDED ALL OF MY FRIENDS...family members, relatives, and everyone

else.

Possibly you overreacted there... I'd think that true friends and family might have well been exempt from the unfriending

I have only people I know as friends. The only messages I get are from
those on that list.
I will get "people you may know" show up and the vast majority of them I
have no idea who they are and ignore that.
I still fall from time to time those click bait "quizzes" such as "how
much of this do you know/remember?" things. Those are a waste of time but I still find myself clicking those...
Joe
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On 2019 Sep 20 06:48:48, you wrote to NANCY BACKUS:

I still fall from time to time those click bait "quizzes" such as "how much of this do you know/remember?" things. Those are a waste of time
but I still find myself clicking those...

you have to watch those things, too... a lot of them are social engineering and
are designed to ask questions like are asked by some sites as additiona security questions...

what's your mother's maiden name?
what's your favorite color?
what was your first dog's name?
what street did you grow up on?

and similar... some are more actual quizzes, though...

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