{"id":9334,"date":"2016-09-18T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2019-11-21T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:34:46","slug":"why-a-facebook-misfit-belongs-on-steemit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/conspiracies\/why-a-facebook-misfit-belongs-on-steemit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Facebook misfit belongs on Steemit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My controversial opinions caused a few issues on Facebook.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s being reported that Mark Zuckerberg is freaking out about the decline in \u201cpersonal updates\u201d that is occurring on Facebook. People are still posting plenty of links to all sorts of crap, but they don\u2019t often write anything personal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not really all that surprising. I suspect deep down inside, most Facebook users realize that the site is not exactly working in their best interests. What Facebook have been doing is strategically buying up every technology that can aid them with their plan for social media domination. In 2014 they bought WhatsApp for US$19 billion so as to secure the text messaging side of things.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Soon after I quit looking at Facebook, I stumbled upon Steemit. Using Facebook had increasingly felt like accepting lollies from a man in an overcoat who was lurking in the bushes (except that there wasn\u2019t actually any lollies, just a lot of lurking). Using Steemit felt more like listening to an Eckhart Tolle audio – inspiring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the first people I started following on Steemit is a lady with two knee replacements, whose husband is openly sleeping with other women, but who wants to adopt a child. And it struck me that I certainly never saw anything like that on Facebook, and especially not from anyone I supposedly \u201cknew\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It seemed that maybe for the first time on any social media, I was seeing some personal honestly, and I found it fascinating. Despite having posted thousands of web pages, blog posts and comments myself, I must admit that I seldom post any personal honesty online. I happily do piss takes, criticism, summaries, reports, photos, and art. But nothing too personal. That previous sentence is about as personally revealing as I get online\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While I was still using Facebook from time to time up until a few months ago, the truth is I hated using it, and always wanted the site to fail. And I still do, more now than ever. The best way I\u2019ve come up with to assist that aim is to avoid it like the plague, and promote Steemit every chance I get.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I really want Steemit to succeed to even greater heights, and if that means getting a bit personal once in a while, I\u2019m up for an occasional dabble into that side of things, if it helps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For some strange reason, on Steemit I often find myself reading posts by people I disagree with about one thing or another, but it doesn\u2019t seem to matter all that much. I feel like I can still relate to them on some other level, and still enjoy reading their posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For example, as a Weston A Price Foundation chapter leader with a phobia of needles, I never expected to find myself reading the posts of a vegan chef who is into getting himself inked. But on Steemit that sort of thing seems to happen all the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For me Facebook worked the opposite way round \u2013 friends could rapidly become enemies over almost any disagreement, and there was often not much of an underlying relationship beyond maybe sharing a certain degree of personal self hatred for all being Facebook addicts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here on Steemit I\u2019m now going to willingly reveal a bunch of opinions that didn\u2019t go down too well on Facebook. My theory is that a lot of people on Steemit can actually handle seeing opinions that may differ from their own. So to test that theory, here are 10 of my opinions that caused a few freakouts and unfriends on Facebook (I do have some more opinions, but these 10 are hopefully enough for now)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1 – VACCINATIONS \u2013 as well as causing autism, cancer and many other diseases, they don\u2019t work at all, and not a single properly designed study has ever been done that proves otherwise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2 – VEGAN DIETS \u2013 they are totally unsuitable for over 95% of the population and after just 2-5 years they lead to severe tooth and bone deterioration for starters. The next generation is where the physical degeneration really shows up; the babies of vegan parents have high rates of a wide range of disorders, as well as really bad teeth. (and most vegetarian diets will eventually produce similar results, but it may take 10-20 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3 – FAKE MOON LANDINGS – There is very good evidence that the Apollo moon landing was faked in a film studio and nobody has ever landed on the moon, or ever will.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4 – ATOMIC BOMBS ARE A HOAX – like the \u201cmoon landings\u201d atomic bombs are a complete con job \u2013 they don\u2019t even exist. The old video footage is clearly fake, and a quick look around (not on Google though, because that search engine is less than forthcoming on this subject) rapidly has atom bombs looking just as real as moon landings. That is the real reason there has never been a nuclear war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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5 – GLOBAL WARMING aka \u201cclimate change\u201d is also a hoax. More like an apocalyptic religious cult than a science, it\u2019s a real money spinner. The planet is actually moving very slowly towards its default state of being in an ice age for the next 100000 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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6 – OIL IS NOT A FOSSIL FUEL \u2013 it\u2019s actually abiotic and no more likely to run out than molten lava. And that\u2019s why, despite America\u2019s best efforts to keep the price high by starting wars, it\u2019s getting cheaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7 – AMERICA PUT HITLER IN POWER – There are a number of conspiracy theories involving America around WWII: foreknowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (the first 911), the funding of the Nazi party in the 30\u2019s by American businesses such as Ford, the supply of US made goods to Germany by US companies such as Coca Cola (Fanta) and IBM during the war, as well as the events surrounding the two fake atomic bombs supposedly dropped on Japan, and the adaptation of Nazi developed technologies immediately after WWII (including water fluoridation and CIA mind control techniques). Investigation into any of these areas opens up a big can of worms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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8 – FLUORIDE IS A POISON \u2013 its purpose in the water supply has got nothing to do with teeth. It fuels the profitable cancer industry, and makes the population more gullible and open to mind control. In fact it actually increases tooth decay, but this is a just a distraction from the real issues \u2013 fluoride is put in the water to create a profitable way to dispose of a lethal industrial by-product, and to make the population more submissive. It only remains in the water supplies of a handful of American influenced countries (less than 4% of the population globally)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9 – FALSE FLAGS \u2013 pretty much all \u201cterrorism\u201d events from 911 to Nice (and all the ones in between, like Paris and Orlando) are false flags, and often glaringly obvious ones too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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10 – YOUR COMPUTER IS SPYING ON YOU – your computer is spying on you one way or another. Microsoft is part of the surveillance operation \u2013 and that may in part explain why Windows 10 is so appalling. There is more than just data mining going on here, and Microsoft software like Windows 10 is not just a result of total incompetence \u2013 they have other agendas in mind, and it\u2019s safe to say that increasing the productivity of any of the poor saps clueless enough to use it, is not the main objective. In general \u201cthey\u201d are not using it to read the average person\u2019s emails, but to detect large scale trends such as movements in banking and share trading \u2013 but if necessary they can certainly read your email.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019d be surprised if very many people, even here on Steemit, agree with all 10 of the opinions I\u2019ve just listed, but hopefully at least a few of you are on board with some of them. And that\u2019s fine with me \u2013 I\u2019m not looking for validation, I\u2019m looking for inspiration. And that\u2019s what I\u2019m finding here on Steemit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A lot of people are saying things like \u201cI want Steemit to work\u201d. And I do too. But for me, right now, STEEMIT IS WORKING! \u2013 Thank you all for the inspiration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SIFT666 aka Ian Gregson is a professional Steemit photographer and crypto-currency investor from Wellington, New Zealand.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In between sunbathing and counting his wedge he likes to watch YouTube videos about sheep shearing and is currently developing a new website portal to rival Steemit called <\/em><\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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