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fohat.digs:
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Thu, 09 January 2025, 01:38:17 ---
I do hope everyone here have deleted their Meta and X profiles
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I created Facebook and Twitter accounts 20 years ago or whenever they were started.
Facebook I only use to follow a photographer friend who posts his photos there. I can count my contacts there on my fingers and toes.
Twitter was something that I never used but the account sat dormant until the kerfuffle with the Musk purchase started, and at that point I deleted it immediately.
And, as I recall, you had to make it "inactive" or something for a month before you could delete it entirely.
chyros:
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Thu, 09 January 2025, 04:28:32 ---
--- Quote from: chyros on Thu, 09 January 2025, 04:16:24 ---I'm still on Twitter and plan to stay on there. I find it important not to close yourself off to what people you disagree with say, personally. Too many people only listen to news and opinions they agree with, while I think it's important to know WHY I disagree with my opponents.
That said, Twitter is a very depression cesspit by now.
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What percentage of posts in your feed are from friends and family, and how many are advertisements and targeted content?
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None, why?
noisyturtle:
Can anyone please explain why companies are giving money to the Trump inauguration? I really do not understand their perceived obligation. Is there a law that they have to? And how is it determined how much the event will cost, and why is that not covered by the government? I'm quite confused.
fohat.digs:
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Fri, 10 January 2025, 07:24:33 ---
why companies are giving money to the Trump inauguration?
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Because he demands it. He is actually calling rich individuals and corporations and telling them "We haven't gotten your inauguration donation yet."
It is pure grift and most of it will go into his pocket and not be spent on the inauguration at all. And he is tracking it like a hawk and knows exactly who has, and has not, coughed up and exactly how much.
That is his world. You don't think that he is sitting around pondering domestic and foreign policy matters, do you?
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 10 January 2025, 08:18:58 ---
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Fri, 10 January 2025, 07:24:33 ---
why companies are giving money to the Trump inauguration?
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Because he demands it. He is actually calling rich individuals and corporations and telling them "We haven't gotten your inauguration donation yet."
It is pure grift and most of it will go into his pocket and not be spent on the inauguration at all. And he is tracking it like a hawk and knows exactly who has, and has not, coughed up and exactly how much.
That is his world. You don't think that he is sitting around pondering domestic and foreign policy matters, do you?
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The democrats do the exact same thing. They all got call centers where the office holders go and "grift" rich people for "donations".
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