mjmooney Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: i've started blocking a lot on social media...even though i've never interacted with them before. if i see any profiles with a load of st george crosses after their name, spouting anti-immigration, pro-tory/brexit/gb news/farage crap then i just block. even though i'm never going to interact with these individuals i find the process really therapeutic and saved me from deleting twitter. I don't need to block those people, because none of them are my friends (FB or RL), and I have no need to interact with them unless I choose to. Yes, I'm mostly in a lefty echo chamber, and I like it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'm social media invisible and always have been. It's there if I need it, now and again I'll have a browse, but who needs it to communicate with friends and family. If it's important, I have a phone number, an WhatsApp. I am neither interested or need to know what restaurant they have been to, or where they are going on holiday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 That reminds me, we don't really seem to do WhatsApp statuses and updates, my wife does, I never even knew they existed until I met her The other weird thing she does on WhatsApp is she doesn't message her friends for weeks but then sends like a 10 minute voicemail to them which also seems really common Facebook doesn't seem popular here and hardly anyone uses their real name on it so it's difficult to even find people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 I've never had an Instagram account. I have a Twitter account but don't follow anyone and never look at it. I get on Facebook with ever-decreasing regularity and then only to look at notifications to catch up on friends (of which I have very few by FB standards) and family and occasionally to post a pic. VT is the only social media I need. You lot are much more intelligent and reasonable than the population at large. Well, at least in Off Topic . This is the only fan forum I've ever been on. Is VT typical of fan forums or did I get lucky and find an oasis in an otherwise barren wasteland? I suspect I know the answer to that based on posts by people on here who have visited other clubs' forums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Is VT typical of fan forums or did I get lucky and find an oasis in an otherwise barren wasteland? I suspect I know the answer to that based on posts by people on here who have visited other clubs' forums. i've spent very little time on other fan forums and from what little i've seen there's definitely a more sensible level of conversation than you get on facebook/twitter. aside from when i popped onto the millwall forum to see what they were saying that first time fans were allowed back and they booed the knee. that was an unpleasant experience. ghastly bunch over there the main reason i imagine is that forums are moderated, unlike twitter or facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I spent some time on a dedicated Welsh Football forum. It didn’t go well, I basically had to change my name because people from a couple of North Wales clubs were looking for me. They really didn’t understand trolling and would get in to an absolute rage over what I considered to be very light hearted bantzzz. I still enjoy the occasional fight for a cause I don’t really believe in, just to keep practised. I have a facebook account in a false name that I use just to have access to messenger and a couple of bits of music info. I have twitter, but I think I follow about 200 people in total which keeps it manageable. I follow a couple of accounts I don’t agree with, just to prevent being in too much of an echo chamber. But individuals I don’t like, I don’t follow. On here, if there’s a poster I don’t particularly like, I’ll eventually block them rather than get pointlessly annoyed at randoms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I've blocked about six on here and I'd be surprised if others haven't done the same to me. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 I've only ever blocked one person, and it's in On Topic, not here. Have a guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 I haven’t blocked anyone on here. Very occasionally I’ll feel like doing so, but it’s fleeting temptation. Mainly, and particularly in On Topic, if I’m viewing the thread list and I see by someone’s avatar that they’re latest to to post in there, I’ll give that thread a wide berth before heading in to read or post. Admittedly that method doesn’t work if the sneaky sods change their avatar picture on the sly though. I get suckered in thinking “Hmmm, who’s this new poster? I wonder if they have an interesting new take on whether Bertrand Tra…Oh for ****’s sake it that word removed!! Yeah there he is, talking shit again…” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Admittedly that method doesn’t work if the sneaky sods change their avatar picture on the sly though. I get suckered in thinking “Hmmm, who’s this new poster? I wonder if they have an interesting new take on whether Bertrand Tra…Oh for ****’s sake it that word removed!! Yeah there he is, talking shit again…” Yeah, sorry about that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Got this week off work.... great... not sure whether to go away or not. This whole variant has made me reconsider. Will make a decision tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Xela said: Got this week off work.... great... not sure whether to go away or not. This whole variant has made me reconsider. Will make a decision tomorrow. I was supposed to be going to Jamaica on Wednesday, now I’m gonna be really bored, and probably depressed instead. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 46 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I haven’t blocked anyone on here. Very occasionally I’ll feel like doing so, but it’s fleeting temptation. Mainly, and particularly in On Topic, if I’m viewing the thread list and I see by someone’s avatar that they’re latest to to post in there, I’ll give that thread a wide berth before heading in to read or post. Admittedly that method doesn’t work if the sneaky sods change their avatar picture on the sly though. I get suckered in thinking “Hmmm, who’s this new poster? I wonder if they have an interesting new take on whether Bertrand Tra…Oh for ****’s sake it that word removed!! Yeah there he is, talking shit again…” Come on, we all know you're talking about @Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2021 41 minutes ago, Xela said: Yeah, sorry about that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted December 14, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2021 14 hours ago, It's Your Round said: Another one to exhort the benefits of coming off social media. I’ve never had Facebook but did get quite distracted by Twitter for a few years. It was only when I realised I was spending more time scrolling through horrendous/repetitive/boring comments than I was talking to my loved ones in real life, I ditched it for good. I do understand the value in things like FB for keeping families and friends connected etc… but I’m fine with the occasional phone call or visit. VT is the only social media I use, but that attracts a much higher calibre of user than the aforementioned. I can’t imagine how irritating it would be to have accounts with Twitter, Facebook, Insta, TikTok, Snapchat, MySpace etc… I don’t really have enough time to read everything on here, let alone sign up to anything else. I could have written this post! Facebook always creeped me out and I've never had it. I knew it would turn into #humblebrag about how amazing peoples life are. I got twitter around 2014 mainly to follow comedians and it was really funny. I found writers from Family Guy and other shows I liked and it helped launch people like Rob Delaney - there's an art to a really funny tweet. Then came Trump. Everyone became obsessed with politics and so I deleted my account and just started following things related to Villa. It's much better and I never write anything. I've even stopped reading news articles unless they are by journalists I respect. I no longer read the news just for something to do because everything is designed to get a rise out of you. I have to instagram because my career demands that I have an online presence so I chose that as the least bad option and only post - I certainly don't scroll through for hours on end. I'm very happy @Dante_Lockhart that my social media is 95% you lot on here 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Genie said: I was supposed to be going to Jamaica on Wednesday, now I’m gonna be really bored, and probably depressed instead. We were meant to go down to Cabo in Mexico for 5 days just as Omicron reared its head. If we'd gone a week earlier we wouldn't have known about it but we ended up cancelling. The worst part is the airline has kept our money for "Future flight credit." Absolute clearings in the woods Edited December 14, 2021 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted December 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2021 My cat had been missing for nearly 3 days but this morning I heard his distressed meows coming from someone's garage. As soon as the door was opened, he strutted out of there like he wasn't even bothered. I got him home and put down some fresh food, a handful of treats and some water. He looked at me like I'd just curled one out in his bowl and he walked off without having any of it. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2021 15 hours ago, mjmooney said: I've only ever blocked one person, and it's in On Topic, not here. Have a guess. I assume @lapal_fanis on everybody’s blocked list so if you only have one it must be him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Paddywhack said: My cat had been missing for nearly 3 days but this morning I heard his distressed meows coming from someone's garage. As soon as the door was opened, he strutted out of there like he wasn't even bothered. I got him home and put down some fresh food, a handful of treats and some water. He looked at me like I'd just curled one out in his bowl and he walked off without having any of it. Just one of the many reasons I prefer cats to dumb dopey lick your face off dogs. It's their **** you attitude. Edited December 14, 2021 by sidcow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 14, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 25/11/2021 at 11:51, Xann said: On 25/11/2021 at 11:08, bickster said: FIngernails and yank You smoke don't you? If you stop? Give it a couple of months and see if you still think it's a good idea? I've never smoked and that is my method. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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