If Facebook reinstates Trump

[orangecrush]

I will consider it my duty as an American to delete my account.

Anyone else?

[TraceNC]

1. Deleted in 2010. FB is the toilet of the Internet.

[Atticus]

2. This. nt

[Tracyjo]

3. Yep

I'm out of there if they don't do the right thing. Can't think of a better reason.

[snowybirdie]

4. Nope

FB keeps me in touch with far flung family and friends. I give a flying f... who else uses it.

[bamagal62]

6. I'm the same.

Plus, I have some artist groups that I would not want to lose. I do wish there was an alternative.

[secondwind]

11. Same here. Love some of the artist groups.

I learn something almost every day.

Wish there were an alternative, tho.

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Me too.

The people going after facebook all have very active Twitter accounts. Twitter did more damage to our democracy.

[onecaliberal]

15. I was suspended twice from twitter

Once for telling Boebert to put down the crack pipe and for calling margorie traitor green a fucking moron. After the second suspension I deleted my account.

[polmaven]

32. Ditto!!!

I simply won't read any post that may pop up from him or his close followers.

[ChazII]

48. Keeping my account as well as

my deceased son's account. Why? Check out #6 and #11.

As for my son's account I use it to keep in touch with his friends. We still have not had his celebration of life and putting announcements on his page is an easy way to keep in touch.

[Lucinda]

53. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[SYFROYH]

5. Probably not.

I know people call it the toilet of the internet, but my Facebook experience is defined by my friends. I don’t get any political ads let alone crazy RW propaganda.

[pazzyanne]

28. Agree!!!

Facebook is a primary link to family and friends. I keep my page politically free and delete any political stuff from others (can be a cathartic activity ) I have no one in my friends list that I do not know personally. Since letter writing is a lost art, Facebook is an important link to my peeps.

[RavioliMan]

7. deleted it several years ago

FB is evil.

[niyad]

16. Welcome to our DU family.

[bamagal62]

54. It is evil. And, I hate that people

Use it as a way to brag about how wonderful they are. Which in turn can make others feel like their life is not as perfect. But, it also serves a purpose. A lot of elderly people get to see what their close relatives and friends are doing. It makes my mother feel connected with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Facebook has helped my 90 year old mother survive the covid times while being isolated.

[Nexus2]

8. Never had one [nt]

[area51]

22. +1 n/t

[JohnSJ]

10. I have never had an account, and never will, however the question is for those who decide to

partake, do you protest by leaving FB or protest by pushing back on the truth as a member?

[Tommymac]

33. I have it. Rarely use it...but occasionally push back against relative's QAnon BS.

And I use an ad blocker so don't see the disinformation, not that it would sway me - just makes me angry.

I may post there 4 or 5 times a year at most now.

[kentuck]

12. If they do open the account?

It should not be closed to any opinions. It should open to all Americans. It will serve no purpose if it only a strategy and sounding board for the conspiracists that are afoot.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Are there not ways to disable FB?

Come on tech people, we need you.

[Tommymac]

35. Just dont go there. Very simple.

[twodogsbarking]

42. Not an individual account,

all of FB.

[Tommymac]

47. But FB does serve a real non political purpose for a lot of people.

I am not in favor of censorship.

If enough peeps don't use it for politics it loses it's influence. If they do and are not called on the carpet, then that is the majority speaking.

FB seems to be trying to get better, slowly, but it will never be a jewel of progressivism. It is a Corporate Money magnet after all.

Instead, We Progressives just need to continue to shine the light of Honest Reason and Truth on it and watch the cock-a-roaches skitter and scuttle about trying to regain the shadows.

[BoringUsername]

36. You can deactivate or delete your account

Deactivate will just make your account invisible within Facebook while you are away, but you can sign on again and resume your account at any time. You can still use the Messenger app while your Facebook account is deactivated. Deleting is permanent, but not until 30 days after requesting the deletion. You can stop your account from being deleted if you sign in before the 30 days is up. I've deleted my account 2 times already. I'm on my 3rd Facebook account, but I mostly leave it deactivated and just use Messenger. Messenger is useful for reaching people I know. Facebook app with the feed is a waste of time and annoying.

[BoringUsername]

39. Deactivating

prevents people from sending you friend requests, including the garbage requests from people you don't know, so you won't have any of those waiting for you if ever go back in there. It also keeps people from writing stuff on your wall or replying to your posts. No one can find you other than people you were already Facebook friends. People will often deactivate their Facebook accounts when searching for jobs to keep potential employers from snooping on their Facebook account. Even your friends cannot see your profile in Facebook when it is deactivated. Your friends will still be able to see you in Messenger when your account is deactivated. No ads on Messenger like Facebook too. Basically, this way you can use the good part of Facebook, which is Messenger and not participate in any of the other Facebook garbage.

[LittleGirl]

43. There's a setting for Not allowing people to

post on your wall. I like that.
If they tag you, you get a notification but it’s not on your wall. I have it set so only .I can post to my wall. Or Feed. It’s great. I have my FB locked down and rarely ever post anything public. I have 180 friends and I know everyone of them.

[BoringUsername]

52. Yes, there is

But your friends can still write weird comments on your posts that were shared to them while you are not around. That's why I like to keep it deactivated when not using it for a while.

Another thing to be careful of is your profile pic and background pic. Those must be public. I found Facebook by default lets anyone comment on those. There is a setting some place to not allow it. It's not very obvious. Some stranger dude wrote a comment on my profile pic once.

[George II]

14. They just decided to not reinstate him.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Thank you George II

Any snow today?

[pazzyanne]

30. Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[plimsoll]

17. I think Facebook exists to make google appear not so evil.

[Miguelito Loveless]

18. Deleted mine years ago

after about a year online.

The will re-instate Trump, as he is too profitable and Zuckerberg is totally cool with his fascism.

[left-of-center2012]

19. No, not leaving FB - I don't read news, politics on Facebook

I use it strictly to keep in touch with family and friends' activities.

An old expression: "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater"

..................................

"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" is an idiomatic expression for an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,
or in other words, rejecting the favorable along with the unfavorable.

[Jeff_was_here]

21. Way ahead

of you. Deleted my account 4 years ago due to other issues with Facebook policies.

I hope all DU members will do the same over this issue.

[SKKY]

23. Well, luckily we don't have to worry about that.

[WinstonSmith4740]

24. Absolutely.

But the panel just released their decision...the ban stands. He's off.

[Mike Nelson]

25. I'm staying on...

... as I said in other posts, how can they allow him back? If they do, he will be banned quickly. He has not changed his behavior, so on or off, he's going to be off.

[IronLionZion]

26. Facebook upholds his suspension

for now. Subject to future review

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/tech/donald-trump-facebook-account/index.html

[gab13by13]

27. Cue cable news,

to defend MF45's freedom of speech.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

29. Abso-F'ing-lutely.

That is all.

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. And let Facebook become a Trump-only echo chamber?

Saying that one will delete Facebook if Trump gets to use it is like a New Yorker saying they don't want to be on the municipal water supply because Trump uses it.

[Saoirse9]

34. If they had I would have deleted

Thank God they didn't. We don't need to give the lying moron a megaphone.

[Devil Child]

37. No thanks n/t

[JuJuChen]

38. I love how the title of this thread is already irrelevant

[634-5789]

40. Fortunately, I have never had a FB account, and never will.

[Lettuce Be]

41. I will do this also -- I only check in to see what family is doing but not if they let him back

[C Moon]

44. They didn't reinstate...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142738914

[CapnSteve]

45. Took FB private 5 years ago...

...after an ex-girlfriend stalked me there. Then, after several more horrible things were done to me and those I love (you don’t need to know the details...), I deleted my account and was set free on Valentine’s Day 2021!

I feel like Frodo did when the One Ring was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. No, really.

Get out now, for your own sake and for all those you love!

[CapnSteve]

50. And deleted Twitter and Instagram...

...for online connections I have beefed up my presence in LinkedIn, and I am very careful in how I use it. Way too easy to get in conversations with bots.

In my long experience, face to face or voice to voice are the only ways to make a real connection. I treat online communications like a dating app - the only goal is to get the first date, face to face.

[HUAJIAO]

46. No.

I use it professionally with contacts throughout the world.

I never, ever, see any right wing anything.... but that's just me...I'm lucky, I guess.

I understand if others choose to delete it, though.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

49. Of course not.

I am one of those who uses it to stay in touch with family and friends and intend to continue doing so. I have very high privacy settings, unfriend anyone who starts posting right-wing crap, and find it highly useful.

[BobTheSubgenius]

51. I absolutely would, but it seems that it won't come to that.

Their board in charge of such decisions ruled against him.