The Zuckerpurge Has Begun

[proffrink]

On 04/01/2021 at 17:24, Tackle said:

Can't understand why people persist in trying to resurrect the FB Airsoft groups that keep getting closed down, new variants on a name etc won't change the fact that FB opposes anything that relates to guns, even toy ones, & half the population of said FB pages are juvenile cockwombles that can't follow the simplest of rules.

The sensible members need to give up flogging a dead horse & migrate back to the forums such as this one.

As for the cockwombles, they can just fuck off full stop 😜.

Because despite all their outrage at Facebook's content policies and general social statements, it's far too robust for many not to build their online lives around. There are people on there out of necessity but there are a lot more who are in denial about Facebook's value to them. If you're ostensibly "only on there to keep in touch with auntie dorris" then why are you active in 30 different hobbiest groups?

 

It goes without saying that they are very welcome here and many of our best posters also post on FB groups, but don't expect a sudden surge of people opting out of Facebook and signing up to forums. The kinds of people who browse both have already been here for some time.

[Adolf Hamster]

Theres a lot of almost societal demand for someone to have a facebook prescence, as if somehow not being on facebook means your not a real person.

 

Twitter too, i work in a uni and not having a twitter account basically makes you a ghost.

[DaktariT]

I'm back on Facebook due to the fact that some airsoft sites will only post their events on there.

[RonLancs]

7 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

Theres a lot of almost societal demand for someone to have a facebook prescence, as if somehow not being on facebook means your not a real person.

 

Twitter too, i work in a uni and not having a twitter account basically makes you a ghost.

It's scary the power and influence that social media has over us. I remember when smart phones first came out, at the time I used to take the train to work. I remember getting on the packed carriage and noticing that everyone had their heads down in complete silence and it was so surreal to see then however sadly now its just the norm. You've made a valid point of people feeling that they need a presence, a voice and to show others what / how their doing and its quite un-nerving as to how Orwellian everything seems to be going. 

 

On top of that, the riots in America (a whole other thread I'm sure) how many in that footage brandishing smart phones and checking what's on their screen more than their actual eyes. Truly frightening and something to keep an eye on. 

 

**Eh herm Airsoft**

 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

15 minutes ago, DaktariT said:

I'm back on Facebook due to the fact that some airsoft sites will only post their events on there.

 

Thats basically the sole purpose of my account.

 

Its kinda scary how many people do a double take these days when you tell them you dont have facebook (yes i have a ghost account for checking sites but i aint for giving it out to folk), its almost like if you arent on facebook you arent a real person.

 

I think @proffrink has a very solid point. Seems to be that for the everyman facebook does pretty much everything in one place just well enough that they cant be arsed going elsewhere to get their information from better platforms.

 

Tbh i kinda reckon i'm lucky to be just old enough to have matured the ability to distinguish real life from internet life before this all became mainstream.

[Skara]

21 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

Theres a lot of almost societal demand for someone to have a facebook prescence, as if somehow not being on facebook means your not a real person.

Facebook then, Instagram now.

 

If your IG isn't full of pictures from vacations, you are a sad cunt with no social life.

Sad, really fucking sad if you ask me.

[Adolf Hamster]

3 minutes ago, Skara said:

Facebook then, Instagram now.

 

If your IG isn't full of pictures from vacations, you are a sad cunt with no social life.

Sad, really fucking sad if you ask me.

 

it probably says a lot about me that i need reminding that instagram exists.....

[Skara]

6 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

 

it probably says a lot about me that i need reminding that instagram exists.....

It's where I get the most info on airsoft stuff from.

 

Every company has moved over there for their advertisements and updates on R&D -.- mostly because their FB pages get zucced a lot because of gun shaped objects in pictures.

[Adolf Hamster]

12 minutes ago, Skara said:

It's where I get the most info on airsoft stuff from.

 

Every company has moved over there for their advertisements and updates on R&D -.- mostly because their FB pages get zucced a lot because of gun shaped objects in pictures.

 

i kind of subscribe to the general theory that any announcement big enough that i want to pay attention to is going to filter its way to me eventually.

 

or in shorter form, i like it under my rock, i have all the dank just how i like it

[Tackle]

I find I join a particular group because something has spiked my interest, but I'll soon tire of it & get rid of said page.

A good example, mini/monkey bikes, in the summer I passed a convoy of about 40 of them, all "grown" men lol, being a biker myself I'm like "wtf is that about" & promptly joined a couple of pages, which I see occasionally on my feed, & TBH I've come to realise it's just little bikes, pointless for most uses, so I'll get rid of the pages anytime soon.👎

[Stratton Oakmont]

45 minutes ago, Tackle said:

I find I join a particular group because something has spiked my interest, but I'll soon tire of it & get rid of said page.

I wholeheartedly agree, I think this pretty much sums up Facebook. It’s pretty much a Christmas cracker for me. Looks appealing and promises much but the reality is less fun than expected and is full of tat.

[Shamal]

10 minutes ago, osteoshot said:

I wholeheartedly agree, I think this pretty much sums up Facebook. It’s pretty much a Christmas cracker for me. Looks appealing and promises much but the reality is less fun than expected and is full of tat.

Get your crackers from M&S.

More bang for your buck.

In mine I got an xcortech x301 tracer,a mini holographic sight and a hop unit.amazing what you can do with slight of hand.the wife was amazed...she only got a metal ring puzzle,plastic magnifying glass and pair of tweezers.

Better luck next year hunny! 🤭🤭

Regards 

[Druid799]

I find Facebook is a bit like my rota for work , I’ll be on it for a few days then I get a day off (read  ban) Then I have another long run of days on , then I get another couple of days off , then every now and again I get 1 or 2wks off !😉

like today now I’ve got 3 days off simply for directing a reply to an America Covid denier who’d said the rioting was like the pandemic , all fake news and they weren't the trump supporters rioting in Washington , the protest had been ‘infiltrated’ by ANTIFA supporters and they where the ones who attacked the capitol building  , so I said to him and I quote ;

“Infiltrated by ANTIFA ? Are you mental ? All you can see in all the film and pictures are wall to wall inbred rednecks ! there’s not a greasy haired pimply faced skinny ass’ed middle class part time socialist kid to be seen anywhere ! You truly are a mongtard swallowing general bonespurs lies like a toothless 5$ Crack whore working on her knees !” End quote .
Apparently that’s “bullying” and I got 3 days off ! Well there ya go , Who knew ? 😳

[John_W]

I notice the Doorkickers page on FB has gone quiet. They have a fair few rednecks, maybe they breached standards. Looking at some of the members the only door they ever kicked in was their cousins...

[Stratton Oakmont]

1 hour ago, John_W said:

I notice the Doorkickers page on FB has gone quiet. They have a fair few rednecks, maybe they breached standards. Looking at some of the members the only door they ever kicked in was their cousins...

Just looked up door kickers as had never heard of it. Fuck me, now I know what happened to the people who made the crappy 90’s no fear slogan T-shirt’s. They spend their time posting this crap for walts and boogaloo boys. 
 

[Shamal]

2 hours ago, Druid799 said:

I find Facebook is a bit like my rota for work , I’ll be on it for a few days then I get a day off (read  ban) Then I have another long run of days on , then I get another couple of days off , then every now and again I get 1 or 2wks off !😉

like today now I’ve got 3 days off simply for directing a reply to an America Covid denier who’d said the rioting was like the pandemic , all fake news and they weren't the trump supporters rioting in Washington , the protest had been ‘infiltrated’ by ANTIFA supporters and they where the ones who attacked the capitol building  , so I said to him and I quote ;

“Infiltrated by ANTIFA ? Are you mental ? All you can see in all the film and pictures are wall to wall inbred rednecks ! there’s not a greasy haired pimply faced skinny ass’ed middle class part time socialist kid to be seen anywhere ! You truly are a mongtard swallowing general bonespurs lies like a toothless 5$ Crack whore working on her knees !” End quote .
Apparently that’s “bullying” and I got 3 days off ! Well there ya go , Who knew ? 😳

Umm.

You're bad! 

Take a week off from AFUK.

😉🤭

Regards 

[Druid799]

7 minutes ago, Shamal said:

Umm.

You're bad! 

Take a week off from AFUK.

😉🤭

Regards 

Meh ! 🥱

😂

[emilianoksa]

On 04/01/2021 at 19:17, DrAlexanderTobacco said:

No great loss TBH - FB groups are intolerable - though it must be frustrating for your friend for sure.

Facebook itself is intolerable.

[jsmithski]

I’ve moved to GAB.com and created a Polish Airsoft group - I’m sure at some point people will need to move.

[Tackle]

11 hours ago, John_W said:

the only door they ever kicked in was their cousins...

Yep, probably the back door lol

[Sitting Duck]

1 hour ago, jsmithski said:

I’ve moved to GAB.com and created a Polish Airsoft group - I’m sure at some point people will need to move.

 

congrats

group 6879 or 6881 ???

I'd join the group but not fluent in Polish

 

join gab, find a group you align with

ignore the nutter trolls, block/mute them

play nicely chaps

 

it is not the full on Alex Jones KKK Nazi nutters that MSM / Wiki says it is

it is just full on free speech & yes there are nutters on there

but if your feelings are very fragile then stay on FB/Twitter etc...

 

Also gab does a browser called Dissenter which is pretty good alternative to Chrome

and running Linux Mint + Dissenter on a couple of PC's which runs quick too

 

There are some good alternatives out there chaps

[jsmithski]

On 08/01/2021 at 23:56, Sitting Duck said:

 

congrats

group 6879 or 6881 ???

I'd join the group but not fluent in Polish

 

join gab, find a group you align with

ignore the nutter trolls, block/mute them

play nicely chaps

 

it is not the full on Alex Jones KKK Nazi nutters that MSM / Wiki says it is

it is just full on free speech & yes there are nutters on there

but if your feelings are very fragile then stay on FB/Twitter etc...

 

Also gab does a browser called Dissenter which is pretty good alternative to Chrome

and running Linux Mint + Dissenter on a couple of PC's which runs quick too

 

There are some good alternatives out there chaps

https://gab.com/groups/6879

(the other one is a marketplace)

 

I’m with you on that, I prefer Crowder than Jones but I also genuinely hate Facebook. I don’t believe in hate speech too so 1+1 and GAB sounds like the only place.

[Sitting Duck]

30 minutes ago, jsmithski said:

https://gab.com/groups/6879

(the other one is a marketplace)

 

I’m with you on that, I prefer Crowder than Jones but I also genuinely hate Facebook. I don’t believe in hate speech too so 1+1 and GAB sounds like the only place.

 

except gab is nightmare just recently as the purge intensifies

and gab is swamped by massive traffic increase

think SM wants people to comply and all think the exact same way (echo chamber)

 

peace & free speech to all

[Davegolf]

Have any more FB groups etc been shut down?

There seems to be an influx of newbs diluting the long standing threads with the lamest and lazy questions.

[TheFull9]

UKAC alone had what, 20k or something people in it?