My Thoughts On Life And Other Stuff

I’ve been censored too many times on this platform. This is not the intent of the internet. Never was. For you younger people out there, the ones who have always known of the internet, Facebook is not a shining example of the freedom the internet was going to be. Hell, Facebook isn’t even a good example of social media. I have been involved in “Social Media” since before the internet. Before the internet was made public, we had a system called Bulletin Board Services or BBS for short. They where, still are actually, a system of privately owned computers with modems. I owned one. It was called “The Moonstone BBS” and I operated it from my home in Norfolk, VA. You can see the history of my BBS in one of the networks I was a part of, Fido Net, http://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=1%3A275%2F157. This was probably one of the earliest forms of social media which used computers. The computers where set up to call one another and deliver “NET MAIL” to each BBS. The net mail was the text each of us typed into a chat area, or thread. The systems would make local calls as the information was made available. Any long distance communications where sent to a local hub, another BBS, and then they would transmit, via a long distance call, when the rates where cheapest. Usually after midnight. So, sometimes you would not see a message reply until the next day or 2. Yes, we had patience in communications then.

We had other ways, the CB radio was another one we used in my youth and many people still use those also. When the internet was made public, there where chat rooms of various types. Internet Relay Chat, or IRC was, and still is, very popular. My wife and I met in an IRC channel.

I guess my point is Facebook really sucks. Really bad. Even on our privet computers, the BBS, we did not censor people. The whole idea has always been the free and open exchange of information. That was the original intent of the internet even when it was a government only system. I believe it was called ARPA net. You would need to do a search to find out. No, Al Gore did not invent it. It was a network for scientific study.

So, I really hate Facebook. I will eventually delete my account and be done with it. Right now I have made some changes. I have deleted everyone who is not someone I have met face to face. Anyone on my page is family, in recovery, an old friend from my youth in N.VA, a veteran or someone I work with or a combination of those. The ONLY reason I have not deleted my account is because of my family. This is the simplest way to stay in touch. I won’t be here very much. You can find me on MeWe, https://mewe.com/i/joel_fleland. I have deleted my instagram account and the “WhatsApp” also. I uninstalled “messenger” as well. So the best ways to contact me is phone, here on my blog, MeWe, yelling into the either and Facebook as a last resort.

One last thing, someone was reporting me for my posts. I am pretty sure of this. That is one reason I deleted a bunch of people. If I get reported again, I’ll just go down to family only. There is no censorship, that I have seen, on MeWe. Really, if you don’t like what someone is saying, just unfriend them or block them. Just like I have always been. If I don’t like you. I’m not going to talk to you or listen to you. Some people are way to sensitive and special.