Facebook is 20 years old today.
The first iteration of the site was launched by Zuckerberg on the 4th February 2004 in his Harvard dorm room from his personal laptop.
I opened a profile on the site in 2006 but rarely share anything there now, preferring instead the immediacy of WhatsApp for keeping in touch with friends and family.
As the bullying, hate posting and sexual abuse continues to escalate one does wonder what the long term negative effects of digital social media platforms are having on society and wether there will be gradual migration away from their use, especially as the various generations mature.
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@divegeester saidI am not on Facebook. I like WhatsApp now owned by FB.
Facebook is 20 years old today.
The first iteration of the site was launched by Zuckerberg on the 4th February 2004 in his Harvard dorm room from his personal laptop.
I opened a profile on the site in 2006 but rarely share anything there now, preferring instead the immediacy of WhatsApp for keeping in touch with friends and family.
As the bullying, hate postin ...[text shortened]... r there will be gradual migration away from their use, especially as the various generations mature.
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@the-gravedigger saidWhatsApp I use a lot. Family. Friends. I manage my work with it and interact with clients. I use it for sending people files. For sharing links. It's the only type of phone I use. I use it for making videos. I use it to organize and make radio programmes.
I am not on Facebook. I like WhatsApp now owned by FB.
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@drewnogal saidScrap Book sounds lile a good name for RHP forums,blenty of verbal thumpings take place here.
I rarely use it, I prefer instagram which is my gardening and recipe scrapbook.
@david-burton saidBlenty of fun and creativity too 😀
Scrap Book sounds lile a good name for RHP forums,blenty of verbal thumpings take place here.
@drewnogal saidCareful you don’t get someone blent out of shape 😂
Blenty of fun and creativity too 😀
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@drewnogal saidIts the only chess site I have been on that has mob rule,some days its like the St Balantines day Mascara.powder puffs at dawn.
Blenty of fun and creativity too 😀
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@david-burton saidWe are not a mob sir, we are an unruly collective.
Its the only chess site I have been on that has mob rule,some days its like the St Balantines day Mascara.powder puffs at dawn.
@david-burton saidNo one is forcing you to be here; stop complaining. You sound a typical socialist whiner.
Its the only chess site I have been on that has mob rule,some days its like the St Balantines day Mascara.powder puffs at dawn.
@divegeester said20 years, my how time fly's.
Facebook is 20 years old today.
The first iteration of the site was launched by Zuckerberg on the 4th February 2004 in his Harvard dorm room from his personal laptop.
I opened a profile on the site in 2006 but rarely share anything there now, preferring instead the immediacy of WhatsApp for keeping in touch with friends and family.
As the bullying, hate postin ...[text shortened]... r there will be gradual migration away from their use, especially as the various generations mature.
I started a FB account to get details on an upcoming class reunion in 2013. but shut it down a few years later. It was fun for a short time, but got boring after awhile.
Personally, I think social media is overrated. We have snail and email, fax, phone, text, skype, zoom and other means to stay connected - do we need social media on top of all that? I think not.
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@divegeester saidyou leave my politics out of it and I wont ridicule your childish religion.oops
No one is forcing you to be here; stop complaining. You sound a typical socialist whiner.
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@mchill saidI like it for 1 thing Facetime,I can see my relatives in Oz anytime for free.
20 years, my how time fly's.
I started a FB account to get details on an upcoming class reunion in 2013. but shut it down a few years later. It was fun for a short time, but got boring after awhile.
Personally, I think social media is overrated. We have snail and email, fax, phone, text, skype, zoom and other means to stay connected - do we need social media on top of all that? I think not.
