We choose not to be a part of Facebook and sometimes that is a disadvantage. For me, not using Facebook has more advantages than disadvantages.
These are not the droids we are looking for...move along...move along Gary ZL3GH > On 6/05/2016, at 2:15 PM, Gary Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, I'm taking umbrage at someone saying this group excludes Facebook only > > users > > But a HAM radio channel does indeed exclude non-HAM people. Content can only > get exchanged by fellow HAM users. Shouldn't that be offensive by the same > measure? > > I don't see the difference between these two cases, really. > > "I posted a really cool thing you can go see up on website X!" > "Excuse me, but I *chose* not to be a member of website X. You should be > ashamed of yourself for putting it there!" > > I guess I find this to be a ridiculous argument. > > Why did I join CompuServe back in 1986? I wanted access to the M100SIG. > Plus, I even had to pay for it. Now, should the people who uploaded things > into the M100SIG have been ashamed of themselves because it was only > available to CompuServe members? > > > >> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Daryl Tester >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, 5 May 2016 18:41:35 -0700, Gary Weber wrote: >> >>> Wait, we're not really going to debate the merits of the existence of a >>> Facebook group, are we? >> >> No, I'm taking umbrage at someone saying this group excludes Facebook >> only users. I don't particularly care that someone's created yet >> another Facebook group that I'll never be a member of, but quite >> often that person isn't aware that "not everyone is on Facebook" >> (which, even in IT circles, I often come across). >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Daryl Tester >> Handcrafted Computers Pty. Ltd. >
