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   "Fred J. McCall"  wrote in message   
   news:fk6pfa1ae0crrh9n80t1bevdv9d3gp282k@4ax.com...   
   > "Mary"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>"soupdragon"  wrote in message   
   >>news:XnsA45769853446B6e912rbx@news.datemas.de...   
   >>> "Mary"  wrote in   
   >>> news:mdfi2e$n2l$1@speranza.aioe.org:   
   >>>   
   >>>> He seems to like Facebook. I used to go on Facebook for a while a few   
   >>>> years ago, but I do a lot of searches when I go on the Internet and   
   >>>> was posting on a few newsgroups at the time and I am not that   
   >>>> interested in Social Media. Maybe I will check it out again sometime   
   >>>> but I have other things on my mind right now.   
   >>>   
   >>> Search Facebook for soc.culture.scottish. Most of the old die-hards are   
   >>> there. It offers things Usenet couldn't, like imbedded pictures and   
   >>> video..   
   >>   
   >>I liked Usenet for conversation about mutual interests.  It depends on   
   >>your   
   >>interests on the Internet I suppose.   
      
   > Usenet still works better than things like Facebook or BBSs for   
   > serious discussions, as they tend to peter out fairly quickly because   
   > of things like FB deciding what you really want to see rather than   
   > letting you decide.   
      
   Probably true.   
      
   > Usenet also made the right choice on 'killfiles'; "I don't want to   
   > read what that person says" rather than "I want to hide everything I   
   > say from that person".  The latter is the juvenile approach.   
      
   You think thats the best way to handle "killfiles"?   
      
      
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