Comments on: Roger L. Simon says get off Twitter. Now. https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 06 May 2021 04:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Zaphod https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553945 Thu, 06 May 2021 04:58:41 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553945 @Aesop:

Chromium (de-googleified Chrome) with the extra security focus of Brave devs is about as good as things can get right now.

Chrome/Chromium and hence Brave are notorious Memory Hogs, but most of the loud complaints come from people with older PCs or who think they have a God-given Right to have a million browser tabs open for months on end.

16 or 32GB RAM if you have a Windows machine and life is peachy. Wouldn’t get out of bed for less… Windows won’t either 😛

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553942 Thu, 06 May 2021 04:48:28 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553942 Brave is Eich’s new browser.
Never fire the guy who wrote your code and started your company.

(Wikipedia)
“…creator of the JavaScript programming language. He co-founded the Mozilla project,[3] the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation,”
which owns the Firefox browser, “In January 2016, the [new] company released developer versions of its open-source, Chromium-based Brave web browser,which blocks ads and trackers”

Sorry to see he is still using Google’s Chromium, but that’s the way the ball rolls when a company essentially owns the universe.
However, it is open-source, and free. “There is no such thing as an official Chromium build from Google. All browsers released with the Chromium name and logo are built by other parties.”

]]> By: Ray SoCa https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553802 Wed, 05 May 2021 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553802 Brave works well as a browser.

]]> By: Mrs Whatsit https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553801 Wed, 05 May 2021 12:58:13 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553801 I never started with Twitter, even before it was clear how partisan and divisive it would be. I could never fathom why anyone wanted to engage in what seems to be intentionally designed to encourage users to throw slogans, mottoes and insults at one another while actively preventing any thoughtful analysis or real discussion or understanding. Facebook is a tougher problem, as I value the connections it provides with my very large extended family, scattered around the country and the world, and with likewise scattered old friends with whom I wouldn’t otherwise have reconnected. There’s no way to replace that at MeWe or whatever, as none of them will be going there anytime soon.

No one I’m connected with posts much about politics, fortunately, and I rarely post there myself — I just read and comment from time to time. Still, I understand that simply by keeping my account, I’m giving up privacy and giving Big Tech myself as another product to sell. I do read Facebook only on Firefox, which has a “container” feature that supposedly limits Facebook’s ability to track people around the web. It does seem to work, at least to some extent — since I installed it, I’ve definitely noticed much less of the creepy site-to-site overlap of ads that appear to read your mind.

I’ve also been trying to limit Google’s reach by using DuckDuckGo, and Firefox rather than Chrome whenever possible (though I find that not all sites play well with Firefox, and it hangs up sometimes.) Ironically, I uninstalled Firefox some years back over the Brendan Eich thing, but now it seems like the lesser of two evils. It’s hard to keep up!

]]> By: Art+Deco https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553800 Wed, 05 May 2021 12:52:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553800 We have a Facebook account to keep track of our relatives and old co-workers. One thing you notice about Facebook is that normal people use Facebook to post pictures of their grandchildren. Liberals use Facebook to post political rants.

]]> By: zenman https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553799 Wed, 05 May 2021 12:49:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553799 “Runner-up, or possibly tie, for irritation: posts that quote the substance of a Tweet, and then immediately embed the Tweet itself. Pick ONE or it’s just sloth and padding.”

I believe this is just ensuring those who have twitter blocked can still see the substance of the tweet, with the link being proof of such. My company blocks most social media with their firewall, for instance.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553779 Wed, 05 May 2021 08:54:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553779 “There a lot of people, including conservatives/libertarians, who provide a link to a Twitter post which in turn goes to a blog post. Why on earth?…Just provide a direct link, and another link to Twitter if you must.” – david foster

Amen to that.
I understand why Twitchy does it, because twitting Tweets is their raison d’etre, but I think other posters are just lazy. Ditto those who quote someone quoting another post, instead of going directly to the source.

Runner-up, or possibly tie, for irritation: posts that quote the substance of a Tweet, and then immediately embed the Tweet itself. Pick ONE or it’s just sloth and padding.

]]> By: A. C. https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553764 Wed, 05 May 2021 04:59:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553764 Twitter makes you stupid. It may do so in a few tweets or it may take years of daily tweets, but it always makes you stupid. One stupid tweet will show the entire Internet that you’re stupid. And even if you delete it, it’s out there forever.

If you’re not too stupid yet, get off Twitter while you can.

]]> By: Gringo https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553636 Tue, 04 May 2021 19:31:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553636 I have never had a Facebook or Twitter account, but have been made aware that Facebook can track you even if you have no Facebook account.

]]> By: Cloned https://thenewneo.com/2021/05/03/roger-l-simon-says-get-off-twitter-now/#comment-2553625 Tue, 04 May 2021 18:19:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106874#comment-2553625 If you use an iPhone or iPad, the latest iOS, version 14.5, includes a new feature on third-party trackers like Facebook and Google …

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/05/04/insanity-wrap-199-facebooks-most-laughable-lie-ever-n1444411

You’re automatically opted out from allowing apps to see what you do in other apps. You’re even automatically opted out from apps being allowed to merely ask permission to use cross-app tracking. …

Scroll down at the link for more detail.

I just checked my phone and see that 14.5 is available for me to install.

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