trueblue
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Post by trueblue on Jul 6, 2023 10:27:02 GMT -6
I signed up for threads. At this point i really just assume that google, apple, meta & amazon have all my info anyway
Eta: out of all the Twitter replacements that have flashed across my screen for the past few months (post, mastodon, etc) threads has the most familiar feel. I was pleased to find the majority of those I follow on Twitter had already set up shop on threads.
I do not like that it is now a mix of entertainment and news-I worked hard to curate my Instagram feed to just be entertainment based as my escape from the news.
Etaa: threads is a hot mess, unless Meta allows you to have a page of just the people you want to follow I am not going to be able to handle the clutter of seeing anyone and everyone who has posted. It’s like the world’s worst flea market.
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Jul 6, 2023 12:43:41 GMT -6
I don't fuck With apps from Zuck.
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athn64
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Post by athn64 on Jul 6, 2023 12:50:27 GMT -6
I don't fuck With apps from Zuck. Yeah, I still have FB and IG, but I barely use them. No thank you for signing up for another one.
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athn64
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Post by athn64 on Jul 6, 2023 12:50:45 GMT -6
It's just him trying to get the SM monopoly.
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klw
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Post by klw on Jul 6, 2023 14:07:20 GMT -6
Oh, what a shame
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Jul 6, 2023 14:22:29 GMT -6
That’s scary though. What purity test did she not pass??
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Jul 6, 2023 17:33:47 GMT -6
That’s scary though. What purity test did she not pass?? Too tight with Kevin
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elle
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Post by elle on Jul 6, 2023 20:50:39 GMT -6
I'm giving threads a shot. I work in marketing so social is a necessary evil 🤷 And I've found some really affirming communities on FB I'm not willing to give up just because Zuck sucks. I love my local buy nothing group. I think I could easily give up FB if it weren't for that.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Jul 6, 2023 21:32:19 GMT -6
I'm giving threads a shot. I work in marketing so social is a necessary evil 🤷 And I've found some really affirming communities on FB I'm not willing to give up just because Zuck sucks. I love my local buy nothing group. I think I could easily give up FB if it weren't for that. Same. And my peloton groups.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jul 7, 2023 4:26:05 GMT -6
This was quite the rabbit hole.
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willow
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Post by willow on Jul 7, 2023 5:34:43 GMT -6
I’m the same re: FB. I haven’t posted to my timeline or even read through the feed in years but I still log in every few days to check my groups. I have several local groups that have been very helpful for a variety of things. I would have deleted it long ago if not for that.
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Post by cakewench on Jul 7, 2023 6:50:15 GMT -6
Happy Anniversary to the Carters!
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Post by mrsweasley on Jul 7, 2023 8:24:34 GMT -6
I have FB exclusively for a couple groups and staying in touch with long distance family. I'll probably begrudgingly create a page for my school board campaign
I made a post last week in a local group that promotes diversity and acceptance in our community about running for school board and trying to set up a time for interested people to sign my petition, ask questions, etc. Someone messaged me asking my thoughts on affirmative action and the SCOTUS ruling. On one hand I would love to tell them exactly what I think, but on the other hand it has nothing to do with the school board. Screenshots, trust no bitch, and all thar. It's in my "others" folder so I'm trying to decide if I should just pretend I didn't see it for now. Unfortunately a large number of people in our community likely feel the SCOTUS ruling was good, the same ones that don't want "books with genders" 🙄
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jul 7, 2023 9:58:09 GMT -6
Here is a gifted article from WaPo about some amazing underground drilling happening nearby. Pretty neat!! wapo.st/3XE37A9
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Post by geekygirly on Jul 7, 2023 21:07:49 GMT -6
I have FB exclusively for a couple groups and staying in touch with long distance family. I'll probably begrudgingly create a page for my school board campaign I made a post last week in a local group that promotes diversity and acceptance in our community about running for school board and trying to set up a time for interested people to sign my petition, ask questions, etc. Someone messaged me asking my thoughts on affirmative action and the SCOTUS ruling. On one hand I would love to tell them exactly what I think, but on the other hand it has nothing to do with the school board. Screenshots, trust no bitch, and all thar. It's in my "others" folder so I'm trying to decide if I should just pretend I didn't see it for now. Unfortunately a large number of people in our community likely feel the SCOTUS ruling was good, the same ones that don't want "books with genders" 🙄 So take this with a grain of salt since my town is about 2/3 dem, but when I ran and I got questions like that I just answered them professionally but honestly. At first I was afraid to speak up because of the reasons you said, but if people were going to vote for me, I felt they needed to know what I stood for, and I was just as likely to gain supporters as lose them. So I eventually decided to just lean in to my values.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Jul 7, 2023 21:34:39 GMT -6
Tonight I saw my first tik tok ad. Like they are marketing good stories that came out of tik tok to up their profile. One even says at the end “if tik tok went away, I would be devastated”.
Have y’all seen these or are they targeting tech land?
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Post by mrsweasley on Jul 7, 2023 21:44:38 GMT -6
I have FB exclusively for a couple groups and staying in touch with long distance family. I'll probably begrudgingly create a page for my school board campaign I made a post last week in a local group that promotes diversity and acceptance in our community about running for school board and trying to set up a time for interested people to sign my petition, ask questions, etc. Someone messaged me asking my thoughts on affirmative action and the SCOTUS ruling. On one hand I would love to tell them exactly what I think, but on the other hand it has nothing to do with the school board. Screenshots, trust no bitch, and all thar. It's in my "others" folder so I'm trying to decide if I should just pretend I didn't see it for now. Unfortunately a large number of people in our community likely feel the SCOTUS ruling was good, the same ones that don't want "books with genders" 🙄 So take this with a grain of salt since my town is about 2/3 dem, but when I ran and I got questions like that I just answered them professionally but honestly. At first I was afraid to speak up because of the reasons you said, but if people were going to vote for me, I felt they needed to know what I stood for, and I was just as likely to gain supporters as lose them. So I eventually decided to just lean in to my values. I would really like to do that, but I'm also afraid of the implications of a potential ultra-conservative on the school board. So far 2 registered repubs have pulled petitions to run and we have a current board member that admitted we should have left masking up to parent choice 😒 Our county votes about 60/40 rep.ublican for presidential elections. We have a LOT of military. I just found out the assholes with casseroles started a chapter in our county and are already filing book complaints in an area school district. I'm really worried they'll try to ruin all our schools
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jul 9, 2023 7:49:07 GMT -6
This is pretty amazing SS let him do this. #averagejoe
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Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Jul 9, 2023 12:24:50 GMT -6
This is pretty amazing SS let him do this. #averagejoe Joe and I hang out at the same beaches. 😁
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Post by mrsweasley on Jul 9, 2023 14:02:58 GMT -6
I got 3 signatures yesterday from my local group social media posts to come out and meet me 😖 One lady stayed to talk the whole time and was ready to fight the crazies with me, one guy came in saying his wife is out of town and told him he had to go 🤣, and the guy running for mayor told his brother to stop by. Unfortunately probably not the best use of my time. I'm going to try and hit up a local parks dept-sponsered concert in the park tonight. 🤞🤞🤞 I get more than 3!
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Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Jul 9, 2023 16:09:42 GMT -6
Tonight I saw my first tik tok ad. Like they are marketing good stories that came out of tik tok to up their profile. One even says at the end “if tik tok went away, I would be devastated”. Have y’all seen these or are they targeting tech land? Yup. They come up on Hulu for us regularly. I’m not really active on tik tok at all, so I find it funny/strange to see them so often.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jul 9, 2023 18:20:27 GMT -6
I got 20 signatures tonight. There were still people arriving when I left but the music had started so it was loud. A few dumb questions (are you woke, are you going to let the pride flag fly 🙄), but everyone I asked that lives in the school district signed, even the ones that didn't seem too keen on what I have to say. One guy even told me he thinks everyone that wants to be a candidate should have the opportunity and convinced the guy next to him to sign that said no
I got one question about my feelings on Issue 1 (changing the threshold for ballot constitutional amendments). I hope I at least made him think. I'm going door to door for Issue 1 on Wed but I didn't tell him that
This has really made me think that I might be best at the "behind the scenes" things rather than a "politician", but we'll see how this all shakes out. Our kids need to be protected from the extremist bullshit
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