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Johnny2X2X

(19,425 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:52 AM Mar 2018

Time to boycott Facebook! [View all]

Do people even realize what this application is now? Facebook is a potent form of mind control that people opt into. We voluntarily give them more information on ourselves than we even comprehend. Every quiz, every like, and every post is used to create a detailed psychological profile that is used to manipulate and control us with fear.

Facebook lied about how they were being used and what they were doing. We have Donald Trump because of Facebook.

And this was not just about Cons being manipulated, the Dem primaries were heavily influenced by this mind control. This does not discriminate based on your politics, I see fake stories based on fear posted here every day too.

ENOUGH! Facebook is an insidious form of control that we must reject! It is being used to tear our country apart. I personally am organizing a boycott and have gotten pledges from friends and family to leave FB forever.

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Time to boycott Facebook! [View all] Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 OP

Facebook did not elect Trump ksoze Mar 2018 #1

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #13

Have you read what Cambridge Analytica was doing? It's a lot more than another form of Squinch Mar 2018 #19

Exactly! Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #21

I am Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #22

You sure about that? Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #65

Well, Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #74

Seems you're simply projecting your own lack of mental discipline onto everyone else. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #42

I'm not on Facebook. And I am glad you think you are immune to this, but it's naive Squinch Mar 2018 #52

Zero to do with strength or weakness Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #73

Thank you. Sick and tired of farcebook apologists. we can do it Mar 2018 #48

Youre only manipulated to the degree that Codeine Mar 2018 #59

Not even close to true Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #72

I guess if you are determined to be frightened Codeine Mar 2018 #80

Stop the panic Thirty by 30 Mar 2018 #81

People who can be mind controlled by Facebook could likely be mind controlled by bubble gum cards Siwsan Mar 2018 #2

See post 52. Squinch Mar 2018 #56

Creating a hankering for a burger is a whole different level of manipulation, IMHO Siwsan Mar 2018 #85

I'd rather regulate and ensure that it and other services are run properly Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #3

Facebook does suck. Dread Pirate Roberts Mar 2018 #4

Not weak minded Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #5

I think it is naive to dismiss a sophisticated attack based on a minute study of people's fears and Squinch Mar 2018 #24

It works on everyone, literally. Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #64

Just read in student newspaper that Facebook is losing younger sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #6

Snapchat and Instagram are just as bad and could be worse Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #8

DU is the only social media I use. Hate Twitter and deleted FB account in 2015. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #58

I love this website Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #62

i deleted fb because CelticWinter Mar 2018 #7

Very good! Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #10

I have to admit I've never felt controlled by Facebook, but after reading your post . . . el_bryanto Mar 2018 #9

.... Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #12

Thats how they get you! Codeine Mar 2018 #61

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #75

Do you have any study to actually confirm this? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #11

A DUer warned us years ago about Facebook data mining Deb Mar 2018 #14

meh. I saw more scary (and true) shit about Trump on FB than stuff about HRC. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #15

When I find a better way to communicate with my family and friends around the globe, I'll do it. Neema Mar 2018 #16

Everyone thinks it didn't happen to them Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #20

I generally take everything I read online with a grain of salt. I'm on FB to connect Neema Mar 2018 #35

Facebook tracks your activity on other sites Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #17

That's why I use the Ghostery browser extension Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #77

Never had it. Never will. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2018 #18

+1 nt backtoblue Mar 2018 #25

I really want to delete FB but it's the only form OliverQ Mar 2018 #23

I'm struggling with this myself Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #27

Jim Carey said so a month ago. What a comedian, just laugh at him I guess. poboy2 Mar 2018 #26

But, but, but snowybirdie Mar 2018 #28

No problem, I dont do social media Kilgore Mar 2018 #29

Yes. Yes. Yes!!!!!!!! Anon-C Mar 2018 #30

I deleted FB last year as I came to realize jrthin Mar 2018 #31

We deserve to know Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #33

Totally agree w/you. nt jrthin Mar 2018 #51

Better yet, people should be discerning and not stupid. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #32

More than just advertising Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #36

I'm not suggesting that Cambridge Analytica wasn't up to no good The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #44

I look at the occasional posting from one of several family and friends. FarCenter Mar 2018 #34

And yet Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #39

Install Adblocker+ and get rid of those pesky ads FarCenter Mar 2018 #41

Unsubscribe and close your account for good. It is that simple. democratisphere Mar 2018 #37

I understand people's concern with FB. pangaia Mar 2018 #38

This is from 4 years ago Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #66

Very interesting. pangaia Mar 2018 #84

A lot of friends have disabled their accounts C_U_L8R Mar 2018 #40

I was kinda saving it for a big event California_Republic Mar 2018 #54

Stay on FB and post this information California_Republic Mar 2018 #43

Sorry! ananda Mar 2018 #45

That's how my wife feels about njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #47

I told my wife that last night, Room got real quiet so i dropped it. njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #46

LOL no bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #49

I post on Facebook daily. Yonnie3 Mar 2018 #50

Let me see now malaise Mar 2018 #53

Facebook shares down 8% today Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #55

"Father of the World Wide Web" Tim Berners-Lee called for a regulatory crackdown dalton99a Mar 2018 #57

People have been sounding the alarm for a while Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #60

+1. I think more people are waking up dalton99a Mar 2018 #63

You Are Wise... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #67

I understand Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #70

Near the time I first started posting here, I had several posts which... LuckyCharms Mar 2018 #68

We are divided Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #76

heh. KG Mar 2018 #69

I left FB in 2012 shanti Mar 2018 #71

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2018 #78

Transparency Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #79

I have 2 Facebook accts Catherine Vincent Mar 2018 #82

Never use it, never will ailsagirl Mar 2018 #83

meh, just practice random acts of anarchy Kali Mar 2018 #86