I'm an active FB user. At one time, my teddy bear Frank had an account, and several of my Barbies had accounts. I made them all their own email addresses through Outlook. They were all separate from 'me' in all ways, other than computer and address of origin. And they worked fine. I deactivated them myself for my own reasons.
Then my friend is routinely getting banned, for supposedly bannable adult content, which is clearly not being banned on most of their friend's accounts. The obvious conclusion is, once the algorithm takes a bead on ya, it will systematically attack you for the slightest hint of an offense. I can verify this, as I got a warning for a meaningless comment, on someone's thread, and just commenting on that thread in a harmless fashion resulted in a 3-day ban. This indicates the program considers it a banning offense just for posting to the thread.
I rarely get any trouble on FB, but today I have all of 7 people on my 'Friend' list, and I post inside of a group I created. I no longer initiate posts on my 'Wall'. and I mainly post limited comments on friends' threads. I am largely invisible to FB in the process. I mainly use it to talk to about 3 people in the same way most chat back and force on their cell phones.
So it would NOT surprise me if some think our social media is censorship heavy when in reality, I think it is mainly a non-human algorithm at work.
Once it targets you, the rules are more programming than human bias. Having multiple FB accounts is a ban. Having someone other than your real name is a ban. Having other than your real picture is a ban. And my teddy bear Frank used his real name Frank t Bear, and his actual picture (he's a fine-looking teddy bear too), and has his own email address. And was even listed as my husband
(in his profile he said I spend too much time on FB). FB has algorithms that are utterly worthless if you know what you are doing. But the moment you cross the line with the rules, your account is in the crosshairs and it is doomed. FB is worthless for people who want large sums of contacts, and the desire to post contentious comments. It's ideal for teddy bears though
I gave my friend my Barbie Rebeccas's (she's a doctor eh) FB account, but it didn't last long
This forum is a case of there is little point in making an account if you are going to endanger it with contrary behaviour.
Because we tend to be persons who want to build our reputation among our fellow forum members. Otherwise, the site is only good for buying the games.
I wouldn't be doing myself any favours getting myself banned.
Twitter is only useful for people who are ok with pointless character limited comments of little real merit.
Which is likely why some use it. Because that's all they are offering.
Being banned from Twitter is likely one of the most useless punishments out there.
Being banned on YouTube could totally ruin your income stream.
Being banned on FB could distance you from a large number of friends.
Being banned on Twitter only results in embarrassing silence and the inability to post idiotic comments.
And there is no shortage of text-based mainly options on the internet.
But Discord, for instance, won't help irrational posters rant efficiently.
I have no sympathy for the whining of the irrational.
A bigger problem is it is obvious, if you have enough money, you can have a news outlet, that can spread easily found content, with excessive bias and reach a wide audience who probably will believe anything. I think this is becoming plainly a problem globally. It appears 'news' is more dangerous than the current viral problem. It's likely causing more harm. No one trusts anyone's news. It's always 'lies'. Facts mean nothing to people these days. They are downgraded to 'opinions'. If you don't like content, it is easy to just call it a lie or a conspiracy. We are never required to actually confirm anything. I know the earth isn't flat. But no amount of proof is going to deter the believers that it is flat. Heck, just last night my friend Sue was over. She's so utterly hardcover Bible. She doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed. Showing her the fossils won't help ya. THAT is why news media sources have such a hard time in 2021. Because we are cherry-picking what we will believe.
I know why Hitler was his own biggest problem. But people will argue over the details all day long
And none of us were there. All we have are pictures and videos. There are now almost no living persons who remember 1945, let alone 1935. I usually hate comparisons with Hitler and the Russian form of communism. I was not alive during Hitler's life. I was never breathing during Stalin's reign. I watched them tear apart the Warsaw Pact and remove the wall though. I am not sure China's commies are the same as Russian commies. I'm a Canadian, and Canada is a socialist country in its way. But we are not China. Socialism is not communism. Saying so means the person doesn't understand either. China has some very brutal behaviours. I don't think it is because they are communist. I think it has more to do with their legal system. And they have the muscle to get their way inside their country.
Wargame, 05% of the time.
Play with Barbies 05% of the time.
Play with Legos 10% of the time.
Build models 20% of the time
Shopping 60% of the time.
Exlains why I buy em more than I play em.