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I don't respond to posts which lack social media icons.
The yoots tell me that forums like RPF are old-fashioned.
All the action's on facebook, twitter, and various other platforms which to me are, and shall always remain, a great mystery.
Vote and comment.
Voted .
FB forums are more akin to the chat here, but not quite. They're alright, but they're not discussion boards. They don't have good archive/search functions and they aren't as organized as a forum like RPFs. That said, they're good for quick and snappy real time debate. Another downside is it's easier for folks to stumble across the forum by keyword search on FB...and you wind up with a bunch of trolls because FB is full of annoying people. :P
From what I gather, it'd be difficult to have an intelligent conversation on any of these platforms.Originally Posted by heavenlyboy34
Even Reddit, the most forum-like of social media platforms (if people even consider it that), has terrible formatting.
"Hey
.....Yea?
...........Words
.....................More Words"
That's absurd.
HTML solved this problem long ago.
I don't know if you classify Yahoo Answers as social media, but it's a great communication tool (hence, "social media"). I'm on it regularly and made a thread about the impact liberty people here can have at that site. Here's the thread.
The great thing about Yahoo Answers is that people ask practical questions, and they will listen to your answer. This is unlike other sites because people often have their mind made up on those other sites. You just end up arguing and wasting your time. Yahoo Answers gives you a direct audience with no debating. Granted, it's often an audience of one person, but it's often one more person than you'd reach elsewhere. It is however, forum style, so other people will read your answer.
I've taken a lot of what I've learned here and share it with individuals and others on Yahoo.
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Disrupt, Deny, Deflate. Read the RPF trolls' playbook here (post #3): http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...eptive-members
I'm pretty much addicted to it. I'd like to not be.
Tool using carbon based life form uses tools.
as to why,
To put my spin on information concerning "me".. and to counter information bias.
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Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
Ron Paul 2004
Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
It's all about Freedom
Why do you think you're addicted to it?
Is it actually pleasurable in some way, or more of a "peer pressure" situation?
Well some of us think they'd just have legumes in them.
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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again."
Chris
"Government ... does not exist of necessity, but rather by virtue of a tragic, almost comical combination of klutzy, opportunistic terrorism against sitting ducks whom it pretends to shelter, plus our childish phobia of responsibility, praying to be exempted from the hard reality of life on life's terms." Wolf DeVoon
"...Make America Great Again. I'm interested in making American FREE again. Then the greatness will come automatically."Ron Paul
Future strange
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
I don't follow; is that some kind of fedbook slang?
Speak the English that God gave you.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
In two generations, we'll be back in the trees.
Exactly. Too disjointed, disorganized and ephemeral for my tastes.
Chris
"Government ... does not exist of necessity, but rather by virtue of a tragic, almost comical combination of klutzy, opportunistic terrorism against sitting ducks whom it pretends to shelter, plus our childish phobia of responsibility, praying to be exempted from the hard reality of life on life's terms." Wolf DeVoon
"...Make America Great Again. I'm interested in making American FREE again. Then the greatness will come automatically."Ron Paul
Heh heh; funny, but I think most people do get caught by people telling on them or people telling on themselves. Random, massive collection of data doesn't work, but many will insist the CIA has James Bond powers.
Disrupt, Deny, Deflate. Read the RPF trolls' playbook here (post #3): http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...eptive-members
In two generations, we'll be back in the trees.
Fear not. Trump will just grab thecdamned trees by the pussy and shake us down out of them again.
Chris
"Government ... does not exist of necessity, but rather by virtue of a tragic, almost comical combination of klutzy, opportunistic terrorism against sitting ducks whom it pretends to shelter, plus our childish phobia of responsibility, praying to be exempted from the hard reality of life on life's terms." Wolf DeVoon
"...Make America Great Again. I'm interested in making American FREE again. Then the greatness will come automatically."Ron Paul
I don't use any social media.
The strange thing about Facebook is it's best tools have nothing to do with real Socializing. For what it's worth, it has the News Feed. It also has things like the Marketplace which is a decent alternative to Craigslist. I mostly used it for following Entertainment News and discussion for new movies coming out or reviews.
Otherwise, I found the whole thing annoying as it tends to brings social groups together that don't normally ever come together especially Friends/Family and Work. In my case, work would be Truck Drivers who often swear freely lol. Also, it wasn't always clear to me who was seeing comments I posted on another person's timeline or page. I replied to an article a friend posted then I see my Mom adding a reply. It's just strange when not being sure what is a conversation versus what is being broadcast to everyone or seeing a notice that this Friend posted such and such on another Friend's page that has nothing to do with me. The whole thing is like a Gossip engine.
Recently after hearing Mark Zuckerberg discussing Facebook as becoming 'Meaningful Interaction' online, the whole this seemed like such a joke I decided it was time to quit.
I do still follow a few people or news sources on Twitter and will go to Reddit if I want my goofy Meme picture fix.
Only if built on Nock.
As this very forum is a form of social media, the poll is an incredibly stupid one.
Was my thought as well..
This has been the corner pub for some time.
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
Ron Paul 2004
Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
It's all about Freedom
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