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Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)



On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 22:45:55 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 06:44:54PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 18:27:58 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 08:27:23AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > > If they shun or ostracize you for not being on Facebook, they are
> > > > neither your friends nor your family.
> > > 
> > > I don't know whether that hard position is always viable. I mean,
> > > I managed without Facebook (and *all* the others, btw.) but that
> > > may well be sheer luck. To think otherwise would feel... arrogant
> > > to me.
> > 
> > How can "sheer luck" be a factor? My non-participation in Facebook
> > is due to a conscious decision.
> 
> The price to pay to follow through this decision may be very different
> for different people. Job, acquaintances, family. You name it.

Indeed it might be. That is why people come to different decisions.

-- 
Brian.


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