Oh no! My Facebook account is being closed down!

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

@hillhjill I notice that a lot of the stuff on my Facebook page is photos others took of our music gigs.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

I mostly respond to others' posts these days.

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Hillary Ralston

@hillhjill (23717)

• United States

27 Dec 18

@TheHorse yeah there can be some good post.

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Icydoll

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

27 Dec 18

I don't miss Facebook if at all it is closed down.im not much into social media

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

I don't do Twitter or any of that other silly stuff.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (46968)

• India

30 Dec 18

@TheHorse Twitter still has an "intellectual" baggage and some good writers and a few of my online friends are also there. I also share my mylot posts there sometimes.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (79929)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Dec 18

Someone was certainly spamming you. Good that you ignored it. I use FB to stay in touch with my many online friends and I have my personal page and two book pages there so I better not be kicked off ever

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (79929)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse I have published two books of poems Poetic Thoughts Fly came out at the beginning of 2018 and I just published On the Wings of Love so appropriately the second one came out at the end of this year. You could do a music page I would think.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

I should start promoting my music there. But I feel like old friends would feel "obligated" to listen to it. What are your book pages all about?

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

@RasmaSandra I have some music out on YouTube, but don't want to do anything more than that. Many of my local music friends have albums out, but they wind up giving most of them way.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

27 Dec 18

A hoax, apparently, and yes, I would miss staying in touch with family and friends around the world.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

But whay not just call them? Sometimes I tire of our "dependence" on Facebook.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

@DianneN Yeppers, that's true.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

27 Dec 18

@TheHorse I don’t depend on it at all, but it is great for photos when you are thousands of miles away.

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ARM

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

27 Dec 18

I got a message today about money being put in my bank account!

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Yuki

@yukimori (10145)

• United States

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse Oh, that's totally legit. Just requires you to wire a small confirmation amount to them to cover the processing fees, right?

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

Congratulations! Where was it from?

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

@responsiveme Oh, I'm Barrister Mbalo from Nigeria and I am sending you $1,000,000. Please don't tell anyone.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

27 Dec 18

No I would not miss it at all.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

I enjoy some of the pictures I get from friends around the world. And I get some really funny stuff from certain friends whose senses of humor are as juvenile as mine.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

@CarolDM It serves a purpose. But I resent how dependent some people have become. They seem to forget that telephones and emails are still available.

CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

27 Dec 18

@TheHorse I am glad you enjoy it.

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Curlann

@annierose (21583)

• Philippines

28 Dec 18

Oh, that is weird. I never received such news from Facebook. But, be careful about the link. If you are not sure about the reliability of that message, never trust it. It might be a virus.

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Curlann

@annierose (21583)

• Philippines

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse Good to hear that. Maybe it is just a scam.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

@annierose I'm sure it is. I wonder what they're "collecting"

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marguicha

@marguicha (223128)

• Chile

28 Dec 18

I do not miss new technology that is already old. Somwthing else will come up to make me work learning how to use it

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marguicha

@marguicha (223128)

• Chile

30 Dec 18

@TheHorse I hate that. It is the way that I discover that I am old.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

Yep.That's happening at the college where I teach as well. They try to be "modern" and introduce new technology that doesn't always work.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

@marguicha Yep. I want to use transparencies when I teach. Now I have to buy a laptop and use Powerpoint. I don't want to, but I'll have to.

Four Walls

@FourWalls (68121)

• United States

27 Dec 18

Well, he’s had a lot going on lately, he can’t spellcheck everything.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

At least could have had the respect to write the company he works for beginning with caps. Tsk.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

28 Dec 18

If spammers and phishers ever discover grammar and spell checkers, we are all doomed. I would miss Facebook because of my writing-related pages.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse I don't write on FB, but I use pages there to promote my writing. I have one page for the River Dream Books, one for the Buzby Beach books, one is my author page, and one if for my publishing company. And then I have a spare I use for stuff that doesn't fit on one of the others.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

@DWDavis Do you get some "action" from Facebook? For some reason, I haven't promoted my music videos there.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Dec 18

Do you promote writing elsewhere? Or do you write there?

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Cynthia Owens

@cindiowens (5120)

• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

27 Dec 18

If I were going to send out spam, I think i would at least use proper English, and utilize spell check. What morons. No, I wouldn't miss FB. I hardly even check it anymore. Just the same old drama.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

Maybe I'll hire myself out as a ghostwriter. I'm tired of being "moral" and "ethical."

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Angie

@andriaperry (116936)

• Anniston, Alabama

27 Dec 18

Yes I would, I get most of my blog traffic from there, and I have a business page too, sorta. I have been in facebook jail a few times.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

What put you in Facebook Jail? How did you get out? A "Get Out of Jail Free" card?

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

@andriaperry How long did the process take?

Angie

@andriaperry (116936)

• Anniston, Alabama

27 Dec 18

@TheHorse LMAO, those do not work in the real world. I have several blogs and I was/ am writing for Virily, till I get paid again, then I am backing off, anyways, I was posting in the groups and I got stopped by FB they called me posting in the groups spam, all these groups are blog sharing groups. I disputed their claim and I got to post again.

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Darcy Nemo

@YrNemo (20255)

•

29 Dec 18

I often delete those suspicious emails right at once (partly because I don't really care if they close my FB account

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Dec 18

@YrNemo Heh heh. I received a "reward" today for shopping at Amazon over Christmas. Trouble is, I didn't shop at Amazon over Christmas.

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Darcy Nemo

@YrNemo (20255)

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29 Dec 18

@TheHorse

Darcy Nemo

@YrNemo (20255)

•

29 Dec 18

@TheHorse I kept having similar emails re: my linkedin account, problem is, I didn't really have one

, (at least not at that email address!).

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Miss S

@Moon24 (22396)

• Serbia

28 Dec 18

For now, I need Facebook because of information about jobs for the young people.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

Are there job listings there? I'm on Linkedin too, but rarely use that site for job searches.

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Jan 19

@Moon24 Sounds good. My Croatian 10-year-old pretend son is playing Bach of my keyboard right now.

Miss S

@Moon24 (22396)

• Serbia

4 Jan 19

@TheHorse There are some pages for jobs for people in my country. There are very useful for me.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47343)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

27 Dec 18

I'd miss the cat videos (including MCM).

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47343)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse Yes they can but none has taken up residence here.

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

Cat videos? I'd rather interact with real cats. They can be pretty affectionate.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

28 Dec 18

I almost never log into my Facebook account, I would not miss it.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

30 Dec 18

@TheHorse I do a couple of times a month, it's not a site that I like anymore.

@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

Once in awhile I get notices and log in. But it's not very often.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Dec 18

You'd think they'd have enough brains to know if it doesn't read well with correct spelling and grammar people are going to be suspicious. I have a FB account but never look at it.

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Dec 18

Are the going for ESL people (people for whom English is not their first language)? Or older people, not that familiar with the internet? I honestly don't know.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340230)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 18

@TheHorse They probably think the English is acceptable.

Swayamsiddha Dash

@Swayamsiddha (4354)

• New Delhi, India

28 Dec 18

Sorry to hear that. Why not start a new facebook account.?

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

Um, did you read my post?

Swayamsiddha Dash

@Swayamsiddha (4354)

• New Delhi, India

31 Dec 18

@TheHorse sorry. Just forgot

nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

28 Dec 18

scam, beware of it

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@TheHorse (218931)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Dec 18

Eh, I just chuckle and delete such things.

nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

1 Jan 19

@TheHorse stay away

Alvin Jenn

@Acefun (1220)

• Malaysia

28 Dec 18

I never expect FB will contact their users using email about their account status. Firstly, have you inactive in FB for a while? Secondly, check the sender email domain whether it is genuine from FB. Nowadays, scammer will try to do similar thing just to get your personal information and banking details. Just be careful.

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