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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6631836" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I have similar patterns with FB and news. My wife doesn't watch/read the news. She sees stuff on FB, which by then, is old news.</p><p></p><p>I listen to NPR in the car and read news.google.com which keeps me reasonably up to date. The off topic forum usually fills in for "new movies/shows that are coming" for me as well.</p><p></p><p>Bear in mind, I have been on the internet since 1992. I predate the web (which came out of the closet in 93/94). I am a web app developer who's experience aligns directly to the public adoption of the web browser. So I'm not gunshy of this stuff.</p><p></p><p>I only use FB to connect to people I personally know. I seldom post any new stuff as that tends to give away if I am not home. I sometimes reply to other folks posts. I usually don't open any links to anything anybody re-posts. In fact I can't stand that aspect of FB, I wish it only allowed you to post a picture/video YOU took.</p><p></p><p>On the internet, I never click a link to watch a video. I can't stand the news sites that do that from google news. I want to READ an article. I only go to YouTube to google up how to do a physical process (like open up a playstation) because there's not a written article on it. I hate videos for learning anything as I'd rather read and see stationary pictures that I can study.</p><p></p><p>I do all of my personal online stuff under a fake name. As I work in the tech industry (I have interviewed with the Bing team for instance), I expect my real name to be googled and I would prefer to keep my private interests private.</p><p></p><p>I only visit a few sites, I have the URLs in my head and am comfortable typing them every time I want to go there (ex. enworld.org, basicinstructions.net, gmail.com, news.google.com, dilbert.com, giantitp.com). This frees me from any dependency on favorites/links that I might lose (kind of like losing your cellphone means not knowing anybody's phone# nowadays). And yes, that is pretty much my list of sites I frequent.</p><p></p><p>I cannot stand the idea of Twitter. Gather followers and speaking to them from on high in 140 characters sounds like a cult of personality. As a non-famous person, I want to talk to my friends. That's it. Phones, email and FB meet that need.</p><p></p><p>I also hate texting or Instant Messenging. It's an interruption to my work when it beeps. I refuse to install FB's Messenger app for that reason. Communicating with me outside of the phone should be a Pull relationship, not Push. I choose when to Pull when I open my email app or FB. I do not want crap getting Pushed on me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6631836, member: 8835"] I have similar patterns with FB and news. My wife doesn't watch/read the news. She sees stuff on FB, which by then, is old news. I listen to NPR in the car and read news.google.com which keeps me reasonably up to date. The off topic forum usually fills in for "new movies/shows that are coming" for me as well. Bear in mind, I have been on the internet since 1992. I predate the web (which came out of the closet in 93/94). I am a web app developer who's experience aligns directly to the public adoption of the web browser. So I'm not gunshy of this stuff. I only use FB to connect to people I personally know. I seldom post any new stuff as that tends to give away if I am not home. I sometimes reply to other folks posts. I usually don't open any links to anything anybody re-posts. In fact I can't stand that aspect of FB, I wish it only allowed you to post a picture/video YOU took. On the internet, I never click a link to watch a video. I can't stand the news sites that do that from google news. I want to READ an article. I only go to YouTube to google up how to do a physical process (like open up a playstation) because there's not a written article on it. I hate videos for learning anything as I'd rather read and see stationary pictures that I can study. I do all of my personal online stuff under a fake name. As I work in the tech industry (I have interviewed with the Bing team for instance), I expect my real name to be googled and I would prefer to keep my private interests private. I only visit a few sites, I have the URLs in my head and am comfortable typing them every time I want to go there (ex. enworld.org, basicinstructions.net, gmail.com, news.google.com, dilbert.com, giantitp.com). This frees me from any dependency on favorites/links that I might lose (kind of like losing your cellphone means not knowing anybody's phone# nowadays). And yes, that is pretty much my list of sites I frequent. I cannot stand the idea of Twitter. Gather followers and speaking to them from on high in 140 characters sounds like a cult of personality. As a non-famous person, I want to talk to my friends. That's it. Phones, email and FB meet that need. I also hate texting or Instant Messenging. It's an interruption to my work when it beeps. I refuse to install FB's Messenger app for that reason. Communicating with me outside of the phone should be a Pull relationship, not Push. I choose when to Pull when I open my email app or FB. I do not want crap getting Pushed on me. [/QUOTE]
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