So, let's get this straight...

Facebook is intentionally hiding your anti-globalism pictures, and scanning your hard drive and uploading pictures of marijuana as well, in an effort to... discredit you? Their CAPTCHA system is also in on it, and generated a suggestive phrase to mock you on your way out?

Yep, this is r/conspiracy.

yes, right, because the greatest intelligence gathering tool in human history would never, ever be co-opted by intelligence communities with trillion dollar budgets - haha what a crazy conspiracy theorist he is, lol!

er, wait a second, I feel like I've forgotten to think something through here.. not sure what it is..

Why?

Why would they hack your facebook? To scare you? Why does the government want to scare you? That doesn't make any fucking sense.

did you really ask why the american government would want to scare it's own citizens?

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go back to /r/naivety

Do you think the government would randomly target some no name kid with a few conspiracy websites listed on his facebook and zero ability to do anything about them. This is more a case of being too paranoid to realize your building personal conspiracies from thin air.

They accomplish nothing by sorta kinda scaring one kid with a facebook who reads conspiracy websites. That shit is just paranoia.

I agree with you there, I'm speaking in generalities.

I post stuff to FB all the time that is not along the MSM lines and I do feel like it either gets buried or censored. I have thought that for a long time since I do have friends that are savvy to the current trends and would comment and share my articles, but many times the posts go unnoticed. It's not a scare tactic, it's a cover-up. They're not trying to frighten us. They're trying to bury us...under debt, under work, and under a FB feed full of inane FMLs.

What's more likely - Facebook is a part of a massive government coverup conspiracy that is hiding YOUR posts from the world because you know too much, or... your friends just didn't comment on your post.

Srsly?.. Who the fuck is THIS guy?

The fact that Keytap's comment is currently -1 is an indictment to this entire SubReddit. I believe in the 9/11 Truth Movement but you really have to use some sort of common sense. What you are describing simply is not possible. The man-hours it would take would be phenomenal and the pay-off completely worthless. The reason your links go missing is because they have been marked by many other users as spam and are automatically blocked. Everything else IS A COINCIDENCE. You can believe in certain conspiracies and the existence of coincidences. It's not a either or choice.

Nothing in government is a coincidence. J Edgar Hoover

What a ridiculous non-phrase. What does that even mean? How do you even know there is ANY government intervention? By your thinking any action anywhere in the world no matter what can be seen as an act of government and therefore not a coincidence. You are saying here that coincidences do not exist and yet you are upvoted. I'm unsubscribing from this Subreddit and I will never be back. Goodbye.

I did not say it. J Edgar Hoover, Director of the CIA for many years said it.

Yes, this is a complete sentence and phrase. Did you not diagram sentences when you were in school?

You have completely failed to address my point. What a surprise.

A phenomenal amount of man-hours? Impossible? That's odd.... last I heard, government agencies like the CIA and companies like Facebook are swimming in billions of dollars, as well as the most advanced & sophisticated computer technology on the planet. Man-hours? That's hilarious.

The fact that this comment is at +7 is also an indictment. You've addressed one aspect of my post, man-hours. Your defence against the argument that it would simply not be possible to scan all pictures posted to Facebook for anti-Government material, then scan your hard-drive AUTOMATICALLY for incriminating evidence. How does it pick up a picture of marijuana? Then it will replace your picture with this magically found image, then its Captcha system for no reason at all will generate a mocking phrase. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE without human intervention and this would not in any way be a worthwhile use of time for any agenda they have planned no matter how crazy you are. FFS people think. You make the rare intelligent sceptic amongst you look retarded simply by your own lack of logical thinking.

I didn't say I agree with the OP, and that this is definitely a conspiracy and the government is after him or anything of that nature. You said this kind of thing is impossible, and I'm simply saying its not, based on the sheer computing power, money, and resources the CIA has at their disposal.

I also didn't say no human presence was necessary. But you seem to imply that it would take an entire department of computer professionals many, many hours to pull off what a teenaged hacker could probably do in minutes, given the right tools.

Is it all just coincidence? I'm inclined to think so. But I can't speak for the CIA and their agendas, or what they consider a "worthwhile use of their time", and neither can you.

Of course I can speak as to whether this would be a likely use of their man power. Why can't I?

I'm not, and neither is Keytap, in any way suggesting that censorship on Facebook does not happen or is not possible. There is no policy regarding certain sites you incomparable imbecile. There is a button MARK AS SPAM. Enough people mark an article / site as spam and it will be MARKED AS SPAM. This is not complicated. Please think before posting.

Exactly. You're proving my point. They have no policy against specific sites. How do you think they detect spam? I still stand by the fact that you're completely retarded.

LOL, your problem seems to be that you cannot, even when faced with a completely reasoned and rational argument look at your assumptions with anything else than fervour. You are even worse than the people to consume the media's bullshit because at least their bullshit is well made, you're just scoffing down your own fecal idiocy. Pointing out that Facebook won't let you advertise competing services on their website does not forward the argument that they spend their time slightly scaring people who post anti-government articles.

Pompous words? "I knew right then and there that I had been hacked, the contents of my hard drive had been reviewed and or downloaded by someone concerned with my point of view." The problem with your creepy Facebook experience and so much of the paranoid ramblings you find here is the sheer arrogance in assuming anyone gives even a microscopic fuck about what you're posting to Facebook. They gave so much of a fuck that they hacked into your computer and uploaded a picture of marijuana! Wow. We'll never agree on anything as you're capable of writing that phrase seriously.

And? Your irrelevant quote simply states that JFK believes there is a conspiracy. How is that relevant to you believing this conspiracy extends to slightly scaring you on Facebook? Why remove it from your Facebook? You do realise that for you to post it to Facebook it has to be available? It's not like Facebook is some magic entity, it's simply a social media network online. If they're really as omniscient as you claim why don't they just remove the original articles rather than going to the trouble of performing the nonsense you're describing?

"because it's not rational of you to so easily dismiss the Kennedy quote even though one of the things he's directly referring to has to do with our very own intelligence services (corrupt). you're presenting a very hard-line, nonsensical, and just plain irrational argument." You have no evidence there is any links between your government and Facebook have you? So everything you're saying, including your quotes are completely irrelavant, do you not agree?

No, rational thought does not allow you to draw conclusions between things based only on a lack of facts.

Rational assumptions are based on facts not the lack of them. You're not even trying anymore, do you even believe what you're saying?

Ahh, so now we start delving into personal insults because you start to realise you really have no idea how to create a logical argument or respond to one. Well done.

"In science rational assumptions are often based on theories". Yes, well I guess you could even say that a theory itself is simply rational assumptions made on the basis of surrounding facts which is then itself tested. The drivel you are spewing could even be called a theory, the facts that it is based on however are extremely tenuously linked to the hypothesis you are driving towards and as we test your conspiracy theory we find it lacking don't we? Oh a quote from someone about social media sites being open to investigation which starts with "I think" which you are trying to use as supporting evidence of your theory that Facebook engages in active censorship of Anti-Government sites and employs people to root through people's hard drives for pictures of marijuana which they can then post for no reason. In their spare time they create vaguely threatening captchas for these people as well. You are saying Apples are Purple, I am saying prove it and then you blather on about it being obviously true because Oranges are orange. You fail in every single one of your responses to address or strengthen your own argument. As involved as you are in now trying to win this ridiculous non-contest for the sake of your own self-improvement try and see the flaws in your arguments.

Again here we have you shouting about how oranges are oranges proves apples are purple. I finally give up. You're incapable of understanding the very basics of logical thought and I guess that's probably what leads you to see conspiracies where none exist. For my one final attempt to improve your reasoning, why would I need a "basis of surrounding facts" when it is you who is postulating this theory? If I say a hedgehog lives in the sky and rules the world I would not expect you to give me a basis of surrounding facts that disproves it. This is really simple stuff.

Hang on, how have you turned your completely farcical story of Facebook intrigue into a completely different question about whether Facebook censors activist groups?

Again, you fail to actually address the point. Your question is completely irrelevant to the point yet again. Your being or not being an activist does not make your story similar to what you have managed to "prove" through your links. Facebook may censor activist groups or websites from being posted but is this the same thing as them singling out individuals and hacking into their computer, uploading pictures from their computer to Facebook and creating slightly scary captchas for them? I really don't understand how you can't see the massive holes in your ability to debate a point.

That's pretty amusing, forcing the debate to evolve in my favour? It's called a logical progression of thought. Your Creepy Facebook Experience is nothing more than your own paranoia and self-importance magically combining into a conspiracy. You have shown no evidence that your story is even close to a possibility, you fail to address the major elements of your tale such as the hacking into of your computer and the uploading of the marijuana picture, the captcha system or even why they would bother. I'm done here. Goodbye and I really do hope, with no ill will, that you get better at being able to debate. I do believe that there are conspiracies out there but your current inability to debate mixed with your obvious fervour will do nothing but make everyone look bad and will only add to the idea of "conspiracy theorists" as nutters.

One last thing. it is you who fail to grasp the point, rather deliberately or otherwise. "whats so hard to understand here? i'm an activist, i've experienced censhorship (as I've documented happens)." I'm going to make this very very simple as I thought I had done so previously. You have shown no evidence of any intervention on Facebook's part towards individual activists, you have shown no evidence of Facebook taking part in any breaching of computer security, you have shown no evidence of Facebook scaring people with captchas and finally you have shown no evidence that what you are suggesting is even possible. What you have shown is that Facebook has intervened against Anti-Cut protestor groups near the Royal Wedding. I really can't put this any simpler.

You do remember your final comments in your "story" is "Facebook = CIA". Can you see the difference between saying that and saying that Facebook has been known to censor activist groups?

uploaded to Facebook

I'm not saying it's not "a policy" you crazy crazy man. I'm saying that there is not a policy regarding certain sites, such as conspiracy sites, 9/11 truth sites etc. How do I know that their policy of removing spam isn't applied to certain websites? I'm sure it is once those websites are marked by enough people as spam. Do I work for FB now? Can I use logical thinking to see the glaring holes in your crazy assertions, yes. As to your final sentence, do you honestly think Facebook roots through every anti-government site someone posts there and adds it to a big list of sites to "make disappear"?

You're becoming something akin to the brunt of a joke.

You are correct that I'm having a joke played on me. I just wish it was funny rather than sad.

No response to any of my points? How does it pick up a picture of marijuana? The Captcha system is in on it? You assign conspiracy to what is an automated Spam system.

I'm sorry what? Those links do not directly or indirectly even approach addressing my points. How can you not see that?

No they don't. The show that Facebook removed Anti-Cut websites on teh day of the Royal Wedding. That obviously does not show that Facebook has a policy of removing any other sites, can you show any focus of theirs on conspiracy sites, 9/11 Truth Sites or anything conspiracy related?

been marked by many other users as spam

So, an image he made and uploaded himself was marked by many users as spam as soon as he uploaded it?

Sigh, you've managed to make up a story in your head that not even the OP has referenced. The idiocy here makes me sick and I honestly and truly despair for any advancement in the cause of truth. The OP is saying that his links to articles go missing from Facebook. This is because those links / articles have been marked as spam by a large percentage of the people who have seen that previously posted link.

I had a myspace account which was heavily decoratd with truth and Joran Maxwell stuff.. well I went to college and my Govt prof looked at me and said to the class, "anyone who thinks 911 was an inside job is insane.and his cia spooks in training were peering at me just beyond a door jam, so funny, I left and never came back. Theres a whole story but that was tl;ed version

Can you provide a non-tl;dr version of this story?

During the very first class meeting our Prof introduces himself as an important figure in Republican strategy and a speech writer for Nixon and Reagan. Everything was going normal until I felt as if someone was staring at me. I turned to my right in the direction of the classroom door and a young man wearing a suit and tie was staring at me. I returned the eyeballing and immediately he twisted back behind the doorway. Wow , I thought, this isn't going to turn out to be spooks in training..? After the first hour Prof struts around the class speaking about war and just retelling much of what the Govt wants us to think about war, nationalism, patriotism, etc...He looks stright at mmy eyes and begins to speak about how Arab hijackers perp'ed 911. raises his voice and exclaims with a giggle that if anyone thought 911 was an inside , youd have to be completely insane. classroom goes alone with it and giggles abound, meanwhile I sat there poker faced debating whether or not I should argue this point by simply saying, "building 7". I sat there in silence while he looks to me slyly continuing on about political idealism. I look to me right again and two of these young men as ONE eyeballing me like the Three stooges one on top of the other from behind the door jam. Wow, I thought, i never thought this would happen to me because of what I had been adding to myspace page. The only thing I could possibly think of as to why this would be happening. I guess they do research on their students beforehand...what to do you think? Think I was being monitored and it just so happens these were the local guys? Very unnerving event. Thats basically the story. I had written a long essay about the Illuminati and had many truth articles on my myspace page, since deleted.

Your friends probably think your posts are inane and reported them as spam. Then you got too stoned and thought the government chose you randomly to play mind games on.

I suppose. Maybe to find a real conspiracy too, but this is just funny to me.

He's on to us.

Facebook is a well known CIA operation, did you really think they couldn't pick a tiny fish like you out of the school in this day and age?

FYI: Google is CIA also.

Exactly. So why haven't they?

Illuminati brooooo

Reddit is a social media site too. The gnurrs come from the wodwork out...

I had an experience where all private messages from the past 5 years between me and my cousin were deleted on FB. Here's the details.... He's four years younger than me and in the navy. He was in Washington State prior to Bin Laden being killed. He got orders to ship out, and when he did, I send him a message that said "all kidding aside (we don't get along politically), take care of yourself because i feel like some shit is about to go down". When I went back to check on the time stamp of the message, I found that all of the messages between us had been deleted. 5 years worth of private messages all gone. FB is not secure. It took that slap in the face for me to realize it.

nope.

How many people would have to be involved to check >500,000,000 accounts for that sort of thing?

none, but a few, large, computers.

Facebook = Big Brother

no more than an hour following my post below, i received a phone call from the "Gun's Rights Club" asking me a poll question about "whether Obama had made some sort of correct decision about guns rights." I NEVER ever have received a phone call like this in my life. I answered the guy with hey Im busy and am not following politics goodbye... lol He sounded like he was trying to put words in my mouth. These guys are one-track minded man. I was about to say , Hey Broseph, that's PRESIDENTObama to you! WEIRD coincidence !

they're here.

Wow. Are there enough tinfoil hats to go around here?

I agree with you there, I'm speaking in generalities.