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  • Re: Family vs Politics - Did

    From John Short@21:1/242 to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, February 13, 2026 13:52:48


    See my earlier post - it's easier to amplify a lie through the
    manipulation of social network feeds to the point where it
    because accepted truth.

    That does double-duty of forcing the opposition to debunk the lie, which takes energy from the spread of their platform.

    I'm torn - I see Facebook and Twitter as a Convenient Evil, need to find
    a way to minimize the negativity and falsehood.

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    I have used the not interested and block options on FB until I just see my close friends posts and some comedy reels I like now. I must have 300 pages of blocking now. I don’t want to see any hard left or right political stuff anymore. I really miss a good debate. Now we just have hot mess meltdown shutdown. I have never tried twitter, is it much better or worse?

    John,
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to John Short on Friday, February 13, 2026 11:46:32
    Re: Re: Family vs Politics - Did
    By: John Short to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 13 2026 01:52 pm

    shutdown. I have never tried twitter, is it much better or worse?

    Both are bad in their own ways. I just logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and was shocked at how much AI slop there was. I'll need to go on a blocking binge there.

    Twitter is bad in its own way - I thought it interesting that they turned on country of origin on posters. Bots are bus business on Twitter.
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  • From John Short@21:1/242 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, February 15, 2026 12:12:02

    Re: Re: Family vs Politics - Did
    By: John Short to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 13 2026 01:52 pm

    Both are bad in their own ways. I just logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and was shocked at how much AI slop there was. I'll need to go on a blocking binge there.

    Twitter is bad in its own way - I thought it interesting that they turned on country of origin on posters. Bots are bus business on Twitter.
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    I decided to skip twitter. Have fun with your blocking binge.

    John,
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to John Short on Sunday, February 22, 2026 11:03:05
    John Short wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I decided to skip twitter. Have fun with your blocking binge.

    I went one step further and am running a script to delete my content off
    of Twitter. Interesting that Twitter rate limits you from removing "your"
    data.

    Which begs the question, is your data *really* gone when you delete it?
    I'd think not.

    ... All of this has happened before, and it will happen again.
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