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Originally Posted by graciegirl
There is no news on Facebook or Youtube. One is a social media similar to TOTV where people trade posts and memes. Youtube is a site that has video's made by a lot of different people but most aware older people don't give credence to the "lecturers" on youtube. We run like hell or ignore anyone's post with you tube in it. Many get their "news" from the sites on their computer from Microsoft Media and boy is it slanted. MSN chooses what THEY want to put up. MSN also does polls and that is a laugh too. There are always "screening" questions that immediately put you in a group THEY choose and then you see how their selected group answers.
OBB is correct that we are not as computer literate as younger people but we aren't completely out of it either.
People are fans of Facebook because of the links to the people and friends and family that they know and they can enjoy talking with them and seeing what they are doing every day. I have never read any news on Facebook from Facebook. Sometimes you see things if you follow certain things like Brietbart. ( I don't). I have read opinions from other people and many have no knowledge as to what is a "credible source". They often quote off the wall sources. And then Facebook will tell them it is incorrect information. I am glad Facebook does that. I have no quarrel with that at all. I have never been corrected but some are and they are angry. It doesn't change anything. They still think they are right.
It is clear you really haven't used Facebook.
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It's REALLY clear that -you- don't know much about Facebook. All networks give regular LIVE updates on all sorts of things, from weather emergencies to political rallies, and everything inbetween.
I watched an inauguration of an elected official on Facebook when I was living in CT, while it was happening live. It was covered by the local news stations and livestreamed.
Livestreaming is a thing. It means you're watching something while it is happening. And ALL major networks provide livestreaming to one extent or another on Facebook.
That is where I get a lot of my news. From livestreaming.