Toxic fandom ?

LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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SunsetLament said:
Really? I've been using the laughing emoji for posts I found funny. Have I been doing it wrong?
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This is the usage I was referring to:
The Mom said:
Please remember that using the laughing emoji to laugh AT another poster because you don't agree with their POV is NOT allowed.

If you have done so, please remove it or receive a warning and possibly exclusion from the discussion. Thank you.
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It's quite prevalent. If you haven't encountered it yet, you've been very fortunate.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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mysto said:
I think a "dislike" button gives posters the ability to quietly disagree without bothering to literally argue. It's much more useful than a "report" button.

When someone says something crass and gets a bunch of downvotes on other forums they tend to skulk away, even apologize. Without that feedback arguments just escalate into louder and louder shouting until someone reports something.
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Not a dislike.... that makes no statement at all. How about a inappropriate button.
 
DfromATX

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TotallyBiased said:
All due to social media, and primarily FB. It started out nice enough. I enjoyed it. Was great to catch up with family I hadn't seen in ages, keep in touch with old friends and meet up with former classmates and such. It morphed into a shockingly dangerous and powerful platform for manipulation, division, and control. It doesn't matter what the subject matter is. It could be politics, it could be music, it could be food, it could be the damned color of a dress. The first action is label/name-call/belittle and that reaction is reinforced and validated through comment likes, and this escalates and breeds mob-mentalities. I had to bail on it. I was getting into heated fights with siblings over the dumbest stuff and felt compelled to respond to comments that really didn't deserve it.

Weapons of destruction shouldn't scare anyone nearly as much as the media should. And that's not about 'fake media' or any other trigger word garbage. It's simply far to large, has severely consolidated ownership, and out of control with little regulation or responsibility. Just turns people into drones.
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Agreed. I recently shut down my Facebook account about a month ago. I don't miss it at all! Other than my real friends and family, who already text me, I only had one Facebook friend contact me and ask where I went. Turns out, I don't really care what some former high school classmates had for lunch or how much they hate the president. I'm not against modern technology, but I do think social media is the downfall of our society. It's just gross the way some people behave nowadays. I decided I won't be part of that.
 
bdearl41

bdearl41

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DfromATX said:
Agreed. I recently shut down my Facebook account about a month ago. I don't miss it at all! Other than my real friends and family, who already text me, I only had one Facebook friend contact me and ask where I went. Turns out, I don't really care what some former high school classmates had for lunch or how much they hate the president. I'm not against modern technology, but I do think social media is the downfall of our society. It's just gross the way some people behave nowadays. I decided I won't be part of that.
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I have been off all social media. Obviously I still do some message boards like this but no Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. I did this 4 years ago and the clarity, happiness, and open mindedness it’s provided me has been incredible.
 
TotallyBiased

TotallyBiased

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DfromATX said:
Agreed. I recently shut down my Facebook account about a month ago. I don't miss it at all! Other than my real friends and family, who already text me, I only had one Facebook friend contact me and ask where I went. Turns out, I don't really care what some former high school classmates had for lunch or how much they hate the president. I'm not against modern technology, but I do think social media is the downfall of our society. It's just gross the way some people behave nowadays. I decided I won't be part of that.
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I had a bunch of friends ask me where I went, mostly because I never posted anything political or controversial... just lots and lots of stupid that would make people laugh. That's something I certainly miss. Brightening people's days... or making them groan and ponder unfriending.


Michaelson said:
I don't know. I was on Kingston Pike in Knoxville a week ago and got cut off half a dozen time between West Hills mall and Farragut. ;-)

Regards! Michaelson
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LOL! Hell one was probably me trying to get back to work after lunch at Chili's or picking up wings from Big Kahuna :) SORRY IN ADVANCE!
 
DfromATX

DfromATX

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bdearl41 said:
I have been off all social media. Obviously I still do some message boards like this but no Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. I did this 4 years ago and the clarity, happiness, and open mindedness it’s provided me has been incredible.
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Yep! I've deactivated my account before and then gone back, but this time I completely deleted it so no turning back. It got to where I was unfollowing so many of my "friends" (and even some relatives ha ha) that I thought "why bother?" Obviously I love to talk about Disney World so I come here mostly and I like watching YouTube videos (not just Disney related). My real friends know how to find me if they need me.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Besides this, I only do one which is Facebook. If I could find another better run one then Facebook as an alternative I would switch. However, I haven't had that much problem with Facebook personally. I have been on since about 2010 or thereabouts and have only friended relatives or close friends. After a 50th HS reunion I picked up a few old classmates, but by around 2015 and beyond I started to unfriend people that were, in my opinion, not people that I wanted to converse with. So after all these years I have only 36 Friends that are like minded or at least tolerable. Lately though I have started to feel that it is counter productive to be part of Facebook and would like to, for the sake of our youth and our culture cut it out completely. I have never put anyone on ignore in all the years I have been on here.
 
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GuyFawkes

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I left Face Book, if I haven't talked to someone in a decade or so, there probably is no reason to talk to them now.

Too much political stuff is out there now on all platforms which on the surface seems alright but too many people are just fanatics. They don't have any give or take, it's all they are right, everyone else is wrong who disagree.

My personal favorite is when people who have no concept of business, finance or how the monetary system in general works go on rants that make no sense at all because they are clueless.
 
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DfromATX

DfromATX

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GuyFawkes said:
I left Face Book, if I haven't talked to someone in a decade or so, there probably is no reason to talk to them now.

Too much political stuff is out there now on all platforms which on the surface seems alright but too many people are just fanatics. They don't have any give or take, it's all they are right, everyone else is wrong who disagree. I may think you are a woke, idiot, communist who doesn't understand the bigger picture or the ultimate out come of what they are saying. I'm fine with that, at least I know what you are thinking. The problem is when these people just go after someone else or groups saying those people are the complete enemy. Fox news comes to mind. I have heard people go on rants about Fox news. If you don't like what they have to say don't watch it?

My personal favorite is when people who have no concept of business, finance or how the monetary system in general works go on rants that make no sense at all because they are clueless. There seems to be a big push to Socialism again, problem with that is, it works until you run out of the last generations money.
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And don't forget about all the doctors and medical experts that are on there. :rolleyes:
 
TotallyBiased

TotallyBiased

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rreading said:
Re: Disney - I don't mind the idea of them being less offensive if they could come up with a replacement that was amusing. I haven't seen the new Jungle Cruise, but Pirates was definitely a swing and a miss.
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To be honest, I'm not sure a really noticed much of the change in PotC with the auction scene, so I kind of shrug off the outrage on that one.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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rreading said:
Re: Disney - I don't mind the idea of them being less offensive if they could come up with a replacement that was amusing. I haven't seen the new Jungle Cruise, but Pirates was definitely a swing and a miss.
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Give it another 10 years and everyone that remembers the old one will no longer be active or be in much smaller numbers. The following generations will not know it existed and will be quite happy with what is there.
 

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