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This post is presented as a piece of humor (satire) and contains no (Well perhaps some) political comments or innuendos. I have finally achieved Facebook FB-NIRVANA. There are no personal feeds on my time line, only advertisements and suggested links.
I just unfollowed all my "Friends" on Facebook. Amazingly, now my time line is full of 'Popular Across Facebook', 'Suggested Post', & 'Trending' suggestions direct from Facebook. I can now keep up with the latest advertisements and click bait without having to maneuver between the updates from people I used to know long ago. If this keeps up I may be forced to actually call my kids and talk on the phone. I only wish I knew how to use this device as a phone.
It is so nice to know that Facebook wants to keep me up-to-date with its latest moneymaking efforts based on my profile and previous cookie visits to sites. All I am seeing now is the pre-approved Facebook post which have been sanitized from any hateful intent as well as any inappropriate "ISM" that is consuming out country these days. Below is a sample of the unsolicited suggestions provided to me courtesy of Facebook.
CAUTION ALL LINKS IN THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN DISABLED TO PREVENT YOU FROM ACTUALLY GOING TO THESE SITES.
If the above information is not enough to interest me then I can
look at the right sidebar and see what is Trending on Facebook. Apparently this shows what is most interesting to some gnome deep in the bowels of the domain room of Facebook. So far I have not seen a Confederate Statue, picture of President Trump or even a Rebel Flag.
It is comforting to know that I can get ALL my news in a headline along with a picture and a few small icons that I can click to find out more about the news by subject matter. My sense of honesty requires that I admit I have never clicked or even looked closely at the trending sidebar until I created this post. I note that I can immediately go to a specific subject just by clicking on the little icon. I imagine that Mark has instructed his web-masters to present a fair and balanced presentation of the trending news. My only question is how would he find a fair and balanced web-master in his employee list.
I must admit that when I said I unfollowed all my face book friends, that was not exactly true. I do have this one cousin that I kept on my following list. The two of us are somewhat the family comedians and as such we often are required to post the absurd and funny memes that keep the rest of the family tuned in. Here is a sample of his latest post which of course I was required to blank out name since Facebook is keeping track of my likes and views.
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Fun with Facebook
I just unfollowed all my "Friends" on Facebook. Amazingly, now my time line is full of 'Popular Across Facebook', 'Suggested Post', & 'Trending' suggestions direct from Facebook. I can now keep up with the latest advertisements and click bait without having to maneuver between the updates from people I used to know long ago. If this keeps up I may be forced to actually call my kids and talk on the phone. I only wish I knew how to use this device as a phone.
It is so nice to know that Facebook wants to keep me up-to-date with its latest moneymaking efforts based on my profile and previous cookie visits to sites. All I am seeing now is the pre-approved Facebook post which have been sanitized from any hateful intent as well as any inappropriate "ISM" that is consuming out country these days. Below is a sample of the unsolicited suggestions provided to me courtesy of Facebook.
If the above information is not enough to interest me then I can
look at the right sidebar and see what is Trending on Facebook. Apparently this shows what is most interesting to some gnome deep in the bowels of the domain room of Facebook. So far I have not seen a Confederate Statue, picture of President Trump or even a Rebel Flag.
It is comforting to know that I can get ALL my news in a headline along with a picture and a few small icons that I can click to find out more about the news by subject matter. My sense of honesty requires that I admit I have never clicked or even looked closely at the trending sidebar until I created this post. I note that I can immediately go to a specific subject just by clicking on the little icon. I imagine that Mark has instructed his web-masters to present a fair and balanced presentation of the trending news. My only question is how would he find a fair and balanced web-master in his employee list.
I must admit that when I said I unfollowed all my face book friends, that was not exactly true. I do have this one cousin that I kept on my following list. The two of us are somewhat the family comedians and as such we often are required to post the absurd and funny memes that keep the rest of the family tuned in. Here is a sample of his latest post which of course I was required to blank out name since Facebook is keeping track of my likes and views.
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Per my usual habit of total immersion on a subject or research, once I start a quest I go full bore. I did that with Bluebloods, House of Cards so I guess I need to put Mad Men on the agenda now that it is in the box. I hate waiting week to week to see the next episode and prefer to binge watch when shows are on demand.
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"Mad Men" is a "pseudo-realistic version" of everything from that era to the point of occasionally strong satire.
Extremely well written, well acted and well paced. I think you would like it. It is nice to watch show where few people die, fewer still bleed, and while the language can get a bit salty, the story is not built on that vernacular. Plenty of sex, and even more a plenty of political incorrectness; a lot of that. |
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I have never watched an episode of Mad Men but I understand it was a pseudo-realistic version of Madison Avenue in the 1960's.
In the search for relevance in today's digital world, we all have a ready made forum for our thoughts. In days past, those thoughts would drift through our mind without the benefit of a platform. I guess Mark hit the jackpot and thus we are all now Digital Versions of Socrates and Plato. I AM GUILTY AS CHARGED. |
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I watched Mad Men with great enthusiasm, and it that great program is to be believed, your Advertising professor is mostly right.
The one ting that Facebook is doing now is getting all these "Suckers" to build out their website for free, while charging their little worker bees to have a more abundant access to the others, who might need what the "Suckers" might wish to promote. For me, Facebook has outlived its effectiveness. I don't spend much time there. |
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Thanks for that.
Marketing research may be an efficient way to sell a product, but when you are dealing with Facebook and Google for free it is important to know that the product they are selling is YOU. Otherwise they could not offer the service for free. I remember my Advertising Professor long ago saying that the effectiveness of advertising is more about reaching the advertiser than the buyer. He was somewhat of a contrarian part time professor at night school who had a clear understanding of the economics of an advertising budget. |
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I get it B.T.
The more we try to remove ourselves from the roving eye of Big Brother, the more the internet invites Big Brother into our lives through the likes of Google Facebook and all the wannabees. I sincerely think there is a backlash coming, and am finally proud of myself for the resisting of all the tracking of cookies, etc. crap that I have so far resisted here on BCN. I will be writing more about the Facebook /rating everything /gang-force pressure/ Big Brother overbearance. It is finally realing itself for what it really is: beaufortcountynow.com |
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Also, be aware of this: You and I grew up in that relative time period, and even though much of their social commentary is satirical in allegorical representation, some of it seemed very real to me, and kind of weirded me out a bit, especially the way they treated women.
I love the music from our era, but, those were strange times too. The best of it was very good, and the worst of it was very bad.