I am new but not new?

Hawkeye10 said:
My personal experience and what I have heard from others is that all of the boards started going massively downhill around 2010/2011.....I think it is part of a broader societal decline that is deeply tied to the betrayals The Debacle In Iraq and The Great Recession.
Click to expand...

LOL - nothing to do with Twitter and Facebook, huh?
 
Uncensored2008 said:
LOL - nothing to do with Twitter and Facebook, huh?
Click to expand...
A lot of people think that the apps are a problem......I read X but have never posted, I mostly looked at Facebook only but stopped that about five years ago....I am not sure.

I do know that I currently hear a lot of people slamming X but I spend a good deal of time on it, because I find it very valuable.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
A lot of people think that the apps are a problem......I read X but have never posted, I mostly looked at Facebook only but stopped that about five years ago....I am not sure.

I do know that I currently hear a lot of people slamming X but I spend a good deal of time on it, because I find it very valuable.
Click to expand...

I understand - but the vast, overwhelming majority HAS put most of their posts on social media such as X and Facebook. Boards like this dominated at a time before the behemoth platforms existed.

I prefer this, and even Debate Politics, which is 10 times this size, to X because you get to know people here. You never will on X. But those like you and me are the minority view.
 
Uncensored2008 said:
I understand - but the vast, overwhelming majority HAS put most of their posts on social media such as X and Facebook. Boards like this dominated at a time before the behemoth platforms existed.

I prefer this, and even Debate Politics, which is 10 times this size, to X because you get to know people here. You never will on X. But those like you and me are the minority view.
Click to expand...
I remember Bret Weinstein having a long convo with a guy who says that the social media app algorithms are scrambling brains and degrading the moral fiber of the people, and that it might be intentional. It might be so,

I spend most of my days on X, YouTube and here.....so far it works for me.......but I am very deliberate in how I use all three......in the use of my time and the construction of my grapevine.
 
I heard Bret say recently that he knows (mostly used to know) several very smart people who years ago completely gave up social media.

He says that they have no idea what is going on, they are deceived by the information flow of this very corrupt society.....they dont have people like me and Bret to help them notice the lies. .....the cons.
 
Evan Keal said:
I’ve been around a lot of forums over the past twenty years, and to tell you the truth, I can’t remember if I’ve been part of this one before or not — time’ll tell. Either way, hello to everyone here. Glad to be back if I am, and if not, happy to meet ya.
Click to expand...
are you a dispensationalist, father Abraham?
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I remember Bret Weinstein having a long convo with a guy who says that the social media app algorithms are scrambling brains and degrading the moral fiber of the people, and that it might be intentional. It might be so,

I spend most of my days on X, YouTube and here.....so far it works for me.......but I am very deliberate in how I use all three......in the use of my time and the construction of my grapevine.
Click to expand...

You appear to only select those sources that confirm your biases and/or support your multiple conspiracy beliefs. This isn't healthy, intelligent, or credible.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
You appear to only select those sources that confirm your biases and/or support your multiple conspiracy beliefs. This isn't healthy, intelligent, or credible.
Click to expand...
Agreed. It's clearly irrational thinking. Determining whether it's mental illness, substance abuse or both is the puzzle for me. :)
 
Evan Keal said:
Well, I’m about sick and tired of those other places like Bluesky, Twitter (X), Facebook, and all the rest. Nothing but vacuums and empty sounding boards. Folks telling each other what they already know — and don’t give a damn about anyway. Nobody’s really talking, just waiting for their turn to hear their own voice bounce back. The minute you try to have a real conversation, or heaven forbid, an argument, they shut you down. Everyone’s locked in their little ideologies, shuffling through life in that one-note, zombie-world mindset. I need something more — something where people are alive, kicking, and still human, not just bots and I'm hopin it's here. We'll see.
Click to expand...
Congratulations you just described JPP accurately.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I spend most of my days on X, YouTube and here.....so far it works for me.......but I am very deliberate in how I use all three......in the use of my time and the construction of my grapevine.
Click to expand...
You're not fooling anyone, those festering shitholes are your "grapevine". ;)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top