I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media

Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by WhompingWindows on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:48PM (#21128387)

> Oddly enough, social media made it's big entrance via movie stars - I could not possibly be any less surprised at this.

Is this true? I don't recall that occurring, it seemed more like a young-techie-people, grassroots phenomenon when people started using MySpace and FB.

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Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by not_a_cop75 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:41AM (#21147536)

Remember Twitter?

Facebook? I don't regard a company that sells people's information without their consent as "social media". There's nothing social about going behind someone's back and deceiving them.

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Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by wasdfff on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:12PM (#21128732)

When fan pages gave way to official profiles was a watershed moment. It showed facebook wasnt just a teenage myspace replacement, but a commercial engine.

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Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by not_a_cop75 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:09PM (#21129359)

When user's information was leaked to third parties without proper management or oversight, while Facebook stock continued to go through the roof, that was another watershed moment. That was the moment people realized that Facebook is full of crooks and enables other crooks to boot.

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