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Re: Zuckerberg lampooned

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In message <len0b7$nf3$1@solani.org> 
  RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> But hell, someone SHOULD lampoon Zuckerberg and Facebook.  Facebook 
> sucks.  It's pervasive, it's damaging, it's now proven to have 
> detrimental effects on young peoples' emotional and physical health, and 
> in its blatant attempt to surpass every useful web protocol, it is the 
> borg itself.  I suggest we nuke it from high orbit and piss in the crater.

Hear, hear!

> I reluctantly tried out Facebook for about 4 months, but deleted my 
> account when they wanted my cellphone number (yes, I know it was not 
> actually deleted).  Friends who tell me "you'll have no other way to 
> communicate with me if you don't use it" I say "see ya later."

I was on it for a time because most of the extended family is on it, but
I couldn't stand it anymore.

I'd never posted any photos or any personal info other than name and
city, but I'd get tagged in other people photos. Well, they can't tag me
if I'm not there.

> I rejoice at articles showing young people no longer like/use it, 

The use it to 'talk' to their parents, grandparents, uncles, and other
Old People.

> preferring those crazy picture sharing sites.  And the day the 
> mainstream media stops wanking itself silly over every little thing Zuck 
> says or does I'll be happy.  I'm sick to death of hearing about Twitter, 
> too.  "OMG, Twitter caused the Tunisian revolution" etc.  It's so vapid.

The difference is that twitter is actually useful.

> When my revolution comes, it will be hard-wrapped at 72 spaces, thank ya 
> very much.


-- 
You know, Calculus is sort of like measles. Once you've had it, you
probably won't get it again, and you're glad of it. -- W. Carr

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Zuckerberg lampooned Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-02-26 21:33 +0000
  Re: Zuckerberg lampooned RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 09:26 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-27 06:47 -0600
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-02-27 14:04 +0000
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-27 14:08 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-27 15:03 +0000
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-27 15:33 +0000
    Re: Zuckerberg lampooned Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de> - 2014-02-27 22:00 +0100
      Re: Zuckerberg lampooned RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 22:24 +0000

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