Is it just me or have SF vanished?

29-04-2020 02:44PM

aido79 wrote: »

For a lot of younger voters it definitely influences their choice of who to vote for or if they even vote at all.

Younger voters dont use facebook

Anyone i know,under 25 hasnt used/activated their FB account in months/years...insta/tik tok only now (plus reddit)

McMurphy · 29-04-2020 02:44PM

zoobizoo wrote: »

I presume that the SF supporters commenting on here condemn this sentiment....

Any right thinking person would.

Was that a loaded question?

McMurphy · 29-04-2020 02:47PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Younger voters dont use facebook

Anyone i know,under 25 hasnt used/activated their FB account in months/years...insta/tik tok only now (plus reddit)

I'm a few months off the big four oh, telegram is where I keep in touch most these days.

Facebook is becoming redundant more and more imo.

Edgware · 29-04-2020 02:50PM

McMurphy wrote: »

Worse it's getting.

How times have changed when two power swapping party's who had the place carved up between themselves for the last century couldn't muster up enough between combined to get in - they aren't for sharing no matter how many shares or likes on Facebook

The times have changed though, they may get used to the idea of adaptation.

Any news on the greens being bought off?

Still thinking it's a fresh election or National government myself, even I don't believe the greens are naïve enough to be caught in the honey trap again.

The Greens arent the only option. They are just being regarded as the easiest option.
Whoever supports the FF FG arrangement will be bought off and you are a fool if you think SF. or the others can't be bought

tikkahunter · 29-04-2020 02:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Younger voters dont use facebook

Anyone i know,under 25 hasnt used/activated their FB account in months/years...insta/tik tok only now (plus reddit)

Go to the Finglas Talks facebook page . Have a look at the posts from election time . Go ahead knock yourself out. Many other pages like that on Facebook .Plenty of under 25's on them.

McMurphy · 29-04-2020 02:54PM

Edgware wrote: »

The Greens arent the only option. They are just being regarded as the easiest option.
Whoever supports the FF FG arrangement will be bought off and you are a fool if you think SF. or the others can't be bought

I'm not yet convinced on my alternative suggested scenario, we may both keep watching so.

zoobizoo · 29-04-2020 03:01PM

McMurphy wrote: »

Any right thinking person would.

Was that a loaded question?

How was it loaded?

No. No SF supporter on here had condemned it outright which I found surprising that's all.

zoobizoo · 29-04-2020 03:01PM

Plus, very few on that Facebook Page condemned it...

29-04-2020 03:06PM

tikkahunter wrote: »

Go to the Finglas Talks facebook page . Have a look at the posts from election time . Go ahead knock yourself out. Many other pages like that on Facebook .Plenty of under 25's on them.

Havnt used facebook in years kid.....any young lads in work dont use it,any younger relatives or people in local club dont use it

Maybe where i am is an outlier,but facebook is essentially irrelevant to my mates and anyone i know

Twitter never was remotely relevent (though i use it soccer memes and hurling scores),insta and tik tok (dances are great craic) seem to be where its at,life is about moving with the times imo......like reddit is for a laugh and memes too,but wouldnt be as big as insta

James Brown · 29-04-2020 03:07PM

zoobizoo wrote: »

I presume that the SF supporters commenting on here condemn this sentiment....

Why do you think people who give SF a vote are responsible or to be held to account for some rando comment lest they condemn it?
I don't ask FG voters to condemn every racist or classist comment I see on the internet.

On the FG Facebook:

Irl is a joke its owned by evil union and it bows to satan

Care to explain? :rolleyes:

29-04-2020 03:07PM

McMurphy wrote: »

I'm a few months off the big four oh, telegram is where I keep in touch most these days.

Facebook is becoming redundant more and more imo.

Idk,what telegram is tbh :O

Have houseparty app,but it keeps crashing and freezing from poor internet where i am,discord is too buggy to keep at it with

Nitrogan · 29-04-2020 03:12PM

McMurphy wrote: »

You made the claim, show me some evidence maybe?

Why?

You've said he didn't say it without knowing anything about the circumstances.

I'm sure you'll defend him/her all the way.

There are suspicions that SF supporting online personas are funded and coordinated by the SF party and the huge cash resources they've accumulated legally and otherwise.

This little intervention from you on behalf of an apparent stranger online feeds into that belief.

You'd agree it looks bad though?

Nitrogan · 29-04-2020 03:14PM

Bowie wrote: »

Why do you think people who give SF a vote are responsible or to be held to account for some rando comment lest they condemn it?
I don't ask FG voters to condemn every racist or classist comment I see on the internet.

On the FG Facebook:

Care to explain? :rolleyes:

So you won't condemn it then.

29-04-2020 03:15PM

This little intervention from you on behalf of an apparent stranger online feeds into that belief.

You'd agree it looks bad though?

Its basically wrong to slate,someone without giving right of reply (ie banned from thread)

Its basically what kicked off SF surge,pat kenny giving martin and varadkar a platform to slate shinners in run up last election with no reply,a schollchild can see that is wrong

Nitrogan · 29-04-2020 03:17PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Its basically wrong to slate,someone without giving right of reply (ie banned from thread)

What does that mean?

maccored · 29-04-2020 03:18PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Lets have a quick look at your last few posts to give an example

so you cant answer me then - instead you for some reason quote my own posts at me as though it proves something.

maccored · 29-04-2020 03:23PM

tikkahunter wrote: »

Unfortunately it is the majority. Go to any SF post on facebook and you will see the comments - they are despicable. I deleted and blocked so many people during the election because i couldn't believe they were sharing posts that had vile comments on them .Every politician is fair game to be criticized on their failings and broken promises while in term but go on to the SF videos and its homophobic and racist remarks .It is something that they need to come down on hard. Look at the counts and the behavior of the clowns behind the candidates, it is very easy to say to them goons before they attend a count - if your going to attend dress well and keep your mouth in check . You had Dessie Ellis and the pack of fools behind him march in to come out you black and tans .Keep that for the celebration party not the count .

a majority of replies maybe but the poster said the majority in SF. As usual there's nothing to back that up bar the posters own say so as I very much doubt the majority or SF members are posting on those FB threads.

blanch152 · 29-04-2020 03:29PM

zoobizoo wrote: »

How was it loaded?

No. No SF supporter on here had condemned it outright which I found surprising that's all.

Nobody in Sinn Fein will ever condemn a specific incident involving themselves or the IRA.

They will contextualise to excuse, dilute to refer to others, blame someone else for the conditions that allowed it to happen etc.

Nitrogan · 29-04-2020 03:31PM

maccored wrote: »

I very much doubt the majority or SF members are posting on those FB threads.

Indeed.

Who's to say they're even Irish.

We all know at this stage that populist movements like Trump and Brexit have used troll farms in places like Macedonia.

Some of the user names are a trying a bit too hard to sound Irish too.

maccored · 29-04-2020 03:32PM

blanch152 wrote: »

Nobody in Sinn Fein will ever condemn a specific incident involving themselves or the IRA.

They will contextualise to excuse, dilute to refer to others, blame someone else for the conditions that allowed it to happen etc.

ie 'random people wont say things I demand they say'. What do you want condemned btw? Hard to keep track in this thread

zoobizoo · 29-04-2020 03:33PM

Nitrogan wrote: »

Indeed.

Who's to say they're even Irish.

We all know at this stage that populist movements like Trump and Brexit have used troll farms in places like Macedonia.

Some of the user names are a trying a bit too hard to sound Irish too.

I've also gone onto the pages of FB posters. Most of them look legit.

Their illiteracy isn't because they're Russian Bots

maccored · 29-04-2020 03:37PM

zoobizoo wrote: »

I presume that the SF supporters commenting on here condemn this sentiment....

I think that was a **** comment for anyoneto make. Is that the same as 'condemn' in your book (it is in mine)? (sorry to disappoint blanch152 )

aido79 · 29-04-2020 03:51PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Younger voters dont use facebook

Anyone i know,under 25 hasnt used/activated their FB account in months/years...insta/tik tok only now (plus reddit)

Instagram may be more popular but Facebook is still widely used among younger people.

tikkahunter · 29-04-2020 04:08PM

aido79 wrote: »

Instagram may be more popular but Facebook is still widely used among younger people.

Dr. Leo Varadkar rejoins the health service , have a look over on that thread at the past few posts . Typical of what you would see on a SF comments section.

maccored · 29-04-2020 04:09PM

tikkahunter wrote: »

Dr. Leo Varadkar rejoins the health service , have a look over on that thread at the past few posts . Typical of what you would see on a SF comments section.

SF comments section? Is there a SF comments section on FB or boards?

tikkahunter · 29-04-2020 04:13PM

maccored wrote: »

SF comments section? Is there a SF comments section on FB or boards?

Yes under their posts on facebook , I have already said where to go to read them earlier in the thread , go have a read and knock yourself out .

maccored · 29-04-2020 04:16PM

tikkahunter wrote: »

Yes under their posts , i have already pointed you in the right direction for a few hours reading .

eh? you've pointed me in the direction of a SF comments section on fb?

oooooooook ......

Shefwedfan · 29-04-2020 04:43PM

maccored wrote: »

so you cant answer me then - instead you for some reason quote my own posts at me as though it proves something.

I did answer, thank you.....

aido79 · 29-04-2020 04:57PM

tikkahunter wrote: »

Dr. Leo Varadkar rejoins the health service , have a look over on that thread at the past few posts . Typical of what you would see on a SF comments section.

There's definitely a lot of similarities. When I read those type of comments especially on Facebook there's a part of me that actually hopes that SF can form a government one day and make these people's lives better. Some of them could even be future SF TD's because they seem to think it would be very easy to fix all the problems in the country and the only thing stopping the solutions being implemented is FF or FG...for the last hundred years apparently. I wasn't around in 1920 but from what I've seen and read Ireland is a much better place to live in in 2020 and that's no thanks to Sinn Fein.

Mortelaro · 29-04-2020 06:07PM

McMurphy wrote: »

Still thinking it's a fresh election or National government myself, even I don't believe the greens are naïve enough to be caught in the honey trap again.

They've described the letter as reasonable
Expect the horse trading that is programme for government creation to get down to the nitty gritty soon

Is it just me or have SF vanished?

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