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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 11:32 am

FB probably judged that the picture where you look like Miami Vice's Sonny Crockett is misleading, hence doesn't comply with their latest anti fake news policy.
 
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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 12:24 pm

Which moustache?

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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 8:14 pm

I find Facebook on the whole pretty unsatisfactory. There are a couple of groups that hold my attention just enough that I won’t readily abandon the whole thing (including one dedicated to those who grew up in my small and insignificant town in Norway).
 
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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 9:29 pm

More like this:

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I can't see why Facebook would object to him. These social media companies are just carrying on his tradition of airbrushing people from history.
 
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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 10:19 pm

I like it. 

I also liked the moustache of the doorman Joop of Casa Rosso.RIP, he was 97!

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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 11:17 pm

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Re: Facebook

February 15th, 2021, 11:24 pm

Living the good life - Covid be damned! 

Here is further inspiration:

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Democrats, Libertarians, Psychedelic Rastafarians - do the labels really matter that much?

Try this! There are even suitable parts for the ukulele...

Grateful Dead - 6/9/1977 - Winterland Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 8:38 am

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Good photo; can't imagine why they would ban you. Did one of FB's moderators get annoyed?
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 4:29 pm

One has to login to one's deleted account in order to ask.
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 5:02 pm

One has to login to one's deleted account in order to ask.
No doubt you have thought of this, but it doesn't seem like people are making these delete decisions - AI/machines are.

And maybe you were deleted because there is another Paul Wilmott who has been banned for whatever activities (fair or not) - and by some stretch of the imagination, if there even is a quality control check, maybe you look enough like him that the machine decided you were indeed that Paul Wilmott.

I'm not justifying such banning in any case, but I've heard some other FB and TW stories and they are weird - irrational deletions/bans

I've never done much with FaceBook myself, I just have an account because a few friends from high school and college are there.

However, I'd be happy to try some experiments.  Please feel free to suggest things that might result in a ban but that aren't truly offensive. For example, I can start posting about the card game bridge and mention Trump cards frequently or whatever.

I also have quite a few email addresses and separate phone numbers and could set up a couple of accounts that way as well.

So, let's see if experimentation would be worthwhile, illuminating, worthy of a paper for W. Mag, or a blog post etc.

Make FaceBook Great Again! :D (spoken ironically)
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 5:04 pm

Living the good life - Covid be damned! 

Here is further inspiration:

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Democrats, Libertarians, Psychedelic Rastafarians - do the labels really matter that much?

Try this! There are even suitable parts for the ukulele...

Grateful Dead - 6/9/1977 - Winterland Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
I have never been able to find their rendition of Chunder in the old Pacific sea.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Bho-ARDHc
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 5:11 pm

Elusive that one - but Jack Straw was playing in my mind this morning.
Starts right off:

"We can share the women, we can share the wine.
We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine..."


The heart and soul of Rainbow Tie-Dye Socialism.  : D
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 5:43 pm

I wondered about the name thing. But they already seem to have plenty of Paul Wilmotts. Surely one more can't hurt? Unless they think I am pretending (they don't like that) to be the Paul Wilmott. Obvs my ego has taken a knock, I thought I already was. But FB knows best!
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 6:21 pm

However, I'd be happy to try some experiments.  Please feel free to suggest things that might result in a ban but that aren't truly offensive. For example, I can start posting about the card game bridge and mention Trump cards frequently or whatever.

I also have quite a few email addresses and separate phone numbers and could set up a couple of accounts that way as well.

So, let's see if experimentation would be worthwhile, illuminating, worthy of a paper for W. Mag, or a blog post etc.
You have to be careful. If you fool around with new accounts you might find herpes zuckerbergus spreading. It's highly contagious, painful and will play havoc with your social life.
 
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Re: Facebook

February 16th, 2021, 7:01 pm

Just an offer - I like the John Le Carre aspect of it, as a child of the Cold War and corporate espionage (joking!), but there would be contamination risks and a drain on time for sure.

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