Aaltarboy
Aaltarboy
Belfast, Maine, USA
Apr 2017
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Social media...personal data. Kid with treatable cancer.

Sure, many say it's fun and costs nothing. But really? Facebook and most others ask quite a bit of us to join up. Huge personal info market for governments, businesses, scammers, etc. Why I avoid most of SM, and more and more folks are doing so. Family I know have a daughter with blood cancer. Good news--- most (85+%) of these tumors these days, with modern treatment, are fully treatable. Bad news---the treatments can make one sick as a dog. Hair loss and nausea seems worst for many kids. To learn more about their kid's treatment, family went on line, including much SM, for medical info. Began getting adverts for wigs and over the counter treatments for vomiting. Coincidence? Perhaps. Aa.
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freehand
freehand●freedom, Pennsylvania USA
Apr 14, 2017●31 Blogs●1,160 Comments
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the question i ask, why do people friend people who aren't friends?
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
Apr 14, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Very relevant comment, F. Thanks. Forgot to mention it in my blog. But if we are honest, many of us like to broadcast some of our lives to the wide world. Blogs, poetry, and so on. Hell, I do it. Just not on SM, as a rule. Aa.
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zmountainmanonline today!
zmountainman●Motril, Andalusia Spain
Apr 14, 2017●107 Blogs●7,852 Comments
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The solution to that is imo twofold, firstly never post anything you don't want the world & his dog to know about, secondly install free software to take care of all the rest and say goodbye to targeted ads professor
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
Apr 14, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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But it really is a tradeoff, and Thanks, GG. No worries, we all like what you write. Aa.
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Elegsabiff
Elegsabiff●Motril-ish, Andalusia Spain
Apr 14, 2017●358 Blogs●9,358 Comments
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Sorry about your friends and yup, that Big Brother thing with instant ads flooding your email address when you hit a new demographic in social media is scary quick.

I use FB and Twitter as it suits me to use them but do feel they should be barred to kids altogether. But then I'm one who thinks guns should be banned, too, I guess neither of those will ever happen.
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