Long time ago i created a facebook account. I remember vividly the moment when some form asked my to volunteer my religious beliefs. At that moment I knew we had entered the twilight zone.
We are not out of it yet and, for all I know, we might never be.
Well I guess its time that I start a blog and write a post about how I never started a FB account and how I never bought a TV either.
Damn, my life is completely filled with all the relationship I can muster. I get to get my work done and surf teh web a bit. I also get to exercise some.
In any case the days are still too short for me - why the hell would I want to join the worlds biggest privacy fraud?
Yes I have been smart enough to foresee all the negative sides of it 4 years ago. Ain't I cool?
I made an account pretty early on, before the thought had crossed my mind that I might acquire some perceived associations I wouldn't want. I had a silly reason, I just wanted to follow a conspiracy theorist friend of mine that moved there. They're certainly not joking about their theories but I find them hilarious.
After seeing it was back online I figured I would log in and post communist memes until they banned me, but it seems I am unable to login. Looks like their technical problems continue.
#79509 here and was AC posting quite a bit before ever signing up. I've actually got a few accounts there and my oldest was hardly used for posting even back then.
Surprisingly I still remember my password on /. though I hadn't used that password in many years.
Lucky thing I remember it too since the email account (gfm@my-dejanews.com) registered to the /. account is long since dead.
I actually went back when you guys removed facebook authentication and made an account. It is a nice little time waster although at the moment 90% of the content looks like reddit's "AdviceAnimals" subreddit.
Wow, I'm flattered that you would sign up because of my comment! I haven't been here that long and hardly ever comment but have always kept an account for times like you describe.
I wonder how many dummy accounts from the mid-2000s of mine were included in that.
I was born in 1990, and my insecure online behavior from 2000-2005 scare me. Hopefully HaveIBeenPwned gets their hands on this so I can scan for my teenage usernames.
I find this tool to be disturbing. It is reality so I accept it. But I'm going to make effort to change my style between accounts.
A question for the author (costco): You created that account in 2019 but you didn't post or submit a single thing until 4 hours ago. Why did you create an account almost 3 years ago for no purpose?
I used to mess around on here with this account I consider to be a throwaway one. Turns out I signed up in 2018 and I have ~1041 karma! Time sure does fly.
Hey, I wrote this! I guess now's as good a time as any to make an account. I wasn't very happy with this one when I uploaded it, but I didn't want another file in the blog graveyard.
We are not out of it yet and, for all I know, we might never be.
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