Subj : TikTok to be saved in th
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Sep 20 2025 23:10:00

Hello Rob!

** On Friday 19.09.25 - 09:25, Rob Mccart wrote to ARELOR:

 SD>> I have never had an account on TikTok and never will.

 AR>> You can say that again.

 RM> Considering how long I've been on computers (Since 1983) -
 RM> IOW not some old guy who's uninformed about them - the BBS
 RM> system is the only social networking I've even used.. No
 RM> Facebook or Twitter or Snapchat, etc..  and I've never
 RM> even looked into TikTok..

I got swept into the FB hype.  I think I was still on dialup  
when FB came around. My oldest posts seems to be in 2008. At  
first it seemed like a good way to share photos to friends  
instead of emailing them individually - just one upload to FB  
(via dialup) and a simple email announcement where to find  
them.

But then FB seemed to strain more and more under dialup. It was  
still a bit of a struggle even when I finally adopted mobile  
(2G).

Then gradually, I got fed up with all the added crap FB was  
pushing and wasting my mobile data!

I might still check it out once or twice a week to see if any  
of my friends have new or interesting photos, but that's about  
it for me and FB.

TikTok seems like a total waste of time. Never subscribed.
Had a look at some Twitter links, but never subscribed.
Instagram.. another one I don't care for - just image posts  
with little to no context. Some people send links to instagram  
vid clips that are supposed to be informational, but those only  
seem to work best on a mobile phone.

All in all, you're not missing much by avoiding the social  
media apps.
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