Uh oh, better scrub that social media history

[boom boom]

On the flip side, you really shouldn't be posting stuff on social media that you wouldn't post on a public corkboard that your mother might read.

I don't post such things but my mother would probably be bored quite frankly because all of my posts are rated G for the General Public.

I do have the rating at times for of B for being longwinded, pedantic, redundant, and boring at times on some posts. Fortunately, I don't have the L for language, S for sexual , or V for violence content warnings on them.

 

[doubleh]

About a social as I get is THR. I'm probably rated G for being a grouchy old f---.

 

[Bang!]

They know exactly what the constitution says and they are cunning not stupid.
Their minions going to the polls today are stupid.

That’s depressing...depressing because it’s true.

 

[Tinman357]

Hey MODS, can I get all my posts deleted prior to June 2018? I was a bit grumpy back then.

 

[George P]

You might need eye bleach afterwards. You might also find some searches of Nuremberg Laws from these clowns.

My worry is Google is developing censorship algorithms for the Chinese in order to reenter the Chinese market. The Chinese are also working on applying social credit model that rates individuals similar to a credit rating but on "social and political reliability" for use in determining jobs, security clearances, privileges to relocate, etc. In the trust and security councils adopted by Twitter, Google, Facebook, and the like, the rudiments of separating good people and bad people based on wrongthink is present. All that it takes to impose a technological solution to bad think in the U.S. would be a ruthless government elected by a hapless electorate that really should know better.

It is always the situation that some officeholders, or even via majoritarian popular vote, seek to abridge individuals' natural rights on speech, assembly, trial by jury, privacy, liberty, due process, ownership of firearms, etc. They will always come in the guise of "doing good" for society and directing societal attention to society's disfavored, not for their individual actions--good or ill, but because those faceless members of a bad group must be punished for their future bad tendencies to benefit societial harmony and growth.

Constant vigilance, political participation, and hearty mockery/shaming of such individuals is the only cure to preserve our rights.

Google and others already censor things here in the US and it will only be getting worse. Nothing posted on the Net EVER goes away, so starting now is like locking the barn door after the horse is gone.

 

[RETG]

GAF: "I have to wonder if not having a social media profile will bring up red flags too?"

So, Comrade, you do not post on social media? Vhat are you hidink? Hmmm? Ve haf our vays of findink out.

Seriously. Back in the 1950s, I saw WWII movies, cold war dramas, "Man Hunt", "1984", "The Gamma People", and I thought, it can't happen here.

Nearest thing to social media I have is a few forums like this and that is it. However, I will say when I left my job, it was recommended I do not get on social media because it is not just the liberals in this country that want to search it to find people and/or families. Social media can be dangerous to some people. And no one I ever worked with has a facebook account.

But you bring out a good point; I know a woman who used to work in HR for a large corp and they had people search sites like facebook. They had not come to the point of asking for passwords, but she told me it might be coming some day at that corp.

 

[MidRoad]

I gotta find a new place to live . Cuomo is in for another 4 years now....than this?

Bright side is THR is the closet thing to social media that I have. Never had a FB, Myspace etc....except snap chat. But that's just for sending stupid stuff to friends, don't post "stories". This is a very Grim morning indeed.

 

[Robert]

If we wanted to discuss the impact on firearms rights then this would be great. But we seem hung up on social media alone, so we are done here. Maybe try again in Legal...