My experience with Facebook is very limited. It was probably more than ten years ago that some student(s) at the high school where I taught created a fake Facebook account with my name, some text that I did not write, and a few pictures of me. I tried several times to get Facebook to delete the account with no success. For all I know, it still exists.

Then there was the time I created my own Facebook account, with the sole purpose of communicating with a woman I met while shopping at Sprouts. But as soon as I was on Facebook, and saw what a busy mess it is, I deleted the account. It just wasn't worth it. I never saw or heard from the woman again, and that's ok.

I have enjoyed this site, perhaps too much. It was good to chat and compare notes with the many well-informed and reasonable people here. It was also, unfortunately, all too easy to invest hours into composing cogent, fact-based arguments that apparently convinced none of the people (MAGA-hatters, for the most part) most in need of convincing. So it's with mixed feelings that I turn the page and move on.

We are now at an inflection point in American history. The voters have chosen a proven criminal to the country's highest office, and we're barrelling down the road to autocratic distopía. We're in for a wild ride, and we're going to need means of communication that are more secure and more reliable than this one. I wish us all luck. We're going to need it.

Be cool, ya'll.

Years ago I looked on FB for science enthusiasts, found none and never went back.

I didn't even know we had a FB page. Oh well... looks like didn't miss much

unfortunately agnostic sites get quickly overrun by gnostic atheist trolls and other know-it-all durs, whaddya gonnado.

I use the same name on all of them if I am in them at all. I consider myself a political activist but comment on many things that do not interest all of us. One example just now is a man on Atheist Universe posting that Russia does not mess around and if war starts they should take out all the satellites. No starlink and no GPS, etc. but was this guy really thinking. Maybe not coz that war would be like poking out everyone's eyes and giving them weapons. No advantage there for anyone on earth, I would say.

My Facebook use is mostly keeping in touch with family. I have daughters on there that have phones but would rather text you to death if they reply at all. Recently the older one and I had a long talk in Messenger which works well but only one person can speak at a time. I have a permanent ban in FB in Marketplace. Apparently I wanted to misuse tools that Zuckerberg gave us. Even now his AI pops up and warns me that I might be saying something that would get me banned. This will be worse next year as the new terms of service apply. Get this big laugh. Facebook does not sell our information. ROTFLMAO on that one.

The bottom line on me interacting with any group is that I will NOT do it on my phone. I just woke up and my phone is in another room where I have not even looked at it's screen yet. Apps and the phone. Back off or I will bounce you off a wall. (Talking to the phone here.) If I leave the house my phone is in my pocket. At home it is on a shelf. My main phone of choice at home is a VOIP Spectrum connection where I use a portable rechargable phone like most people had in 2000.

I do facebook to stay in touch with family on the east coast. I have a small circle of friends so I managed to avoid most issues people have with facebook.
It was where I found Agnostic. It was very helpful through COVID and I will miss it if it goes totally teats up.

This site got me through the aftermath of my breakup from my old boyfriend. I realized I had more in common to talk about with strangers than him!

Having this site as an outlet and discussion exchange was good while it lasted, but I find that I check in here far less frequently than when I first discovered it. I like the format of it. I liked the fact that everyone here were strangers - so that I could talk about things here that I can't with my facebook friends or real life acquaintances.

Well - I think I learned a few things and came to the conclusion that there are many people out there with similar world view and mindset as me. That's a good thing!

Yeah it doesn’t look good for this place. Got me through the pandemic too!