And Big John, you too.

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Originally posted by jodi:
Any chance you’d do instagram? I post a lot of photos of what I’m working on there, it’s easier and quicker than updating my blog, and a nice way to stay in touch with my artist friends and what they are up to art-wise.

I second this idea, Bernard! I do follow your blog, too.

If you set up Instagram, set up 2 factor authentication, too. It only makes you verify if you’re logging in from an unfamilar device, not every single time. I just set it up on mine.

If you wanted another FB account, you could make up a new email addy to connect it to. Gmail is free.

Can you have an Instagram account w/o having a FB account? For some reason I thought not, but that must not be right.

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Can you have an Instagram account w/o having a FB account? For some reason I thought not, but that must not be right.

You can. They’re both owned by Meta, though, so if Bernard wants to open an Instagram account, I think he should use a different email address. And definitely use 2 factor authentication (we should all use 2 factor authentication; there’s so much scammy stuff going on).

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Originally posted by jodi:
And, good to see you, Bernard. . I will bookmark your blog.

Thanks, Jodi. Same here.

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Originally posted by jodi:
Any chance you’d do instagram? I post a lot of photos of what I’m working on there, it’s easier and quicker than updating my blog, and a nice way to stay in touch with my artist friends and what they are up to art-wise.

There was a time I considered trying Instagram but it's also owned by Meta, so probably not at this time.

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Originally posted by AdagioM:

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Can you have an Instagram account w/o having a FB account? For some reason I thought not, but that must not be right.

You can. They’re both owned by Meta, though, so if Bernard wants to open an Instagram account, I think he should use a different email address. And definitely use 2 factor authentication (we should all use 2 factor authentication; there’s so much scammy stuff going on).

Right after getting hacked I went through all my online logins and setup 2-factor authentication for those that didn't yet have it. I would have set 2 factor on FB, but cell service here is very bad and my phone is not usually on, and when it is there may or might not be reception. So any 2-factor app is out of the question, and at that time, I remember seeing text message as the only other option. Again, no good without cell phone reception. Most of my other accounts allow a voice call option. On the one or two that don't, I've bit the bullet and set them to text message and hope that we cell service on any day I want to log in.

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Originally posted by AdagioM:

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Originally posted by jodi:
Any chance you’d do instagram? I post a lot of photos of what I’m working on there, it’s easier and quicker than updating my blog, and a nice way to stay in touch with my artist friends and what they are up to art-wise.

I second this idea, Bernard! I do follow your blog, too.

If you set up Instagram, set up 2 factor authentication, too. It only makes you verify if you’re logging in from an unfamilar device, not every single time. I just set it up on mine.

If you wanted another FB account, you could make up a new email addy to connect it to. Gmail is free.

Thanks, AdagioM.

I have mixed feelings about wanting another FB account. Being hacked sort of feels like a blessing in disguise in that it removed something not-so-very-good from my life. (The company and it's methods, not the people who were/are my friends on the app.) It rather feels like the time my landlady told me she wanted my apartment back: Like the universe was giving me a nudge in a new direction that I really wanted and needed. I have been so fed up with FB so many times that it's kind of a relief to have it out of my hair. Meta is not a good company, they are simply a humongous vacuum cleaner; they do nothing more than suck up personal data from billions and profit from it.

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Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Hey Bernard!

... I myself like your stuff and would like to hear more.

Howz the bird?

Thanks, Steve. The birds are fine.

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Jodi, thanks for the reminder. I checked, my friend list was already private, but it's good to check!

I hate this stuff, and Bernard, I'm really sorry you lost control of your account!

Thanks, SK.

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Originally posted by piqué:
Wow, Bernard, I had no idea. I thought it was you. So sad to hear this because I have always enjoyed your posts.

Thanks, piqué. (PS I saw Lisa last week, we had dinner together. Hadn't seen her in person in a while. Looking forward to another of her salons, to play her fabulous "Adele".)

Good to “see” you here again, Bernard!

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Originally posted by Bernard:

Bottom line: FB sucks royally. Of course, I knew that already, but the fact that they leave you completely without recourse, without access to a human being to help resolve a hacking, just goes to show how absolutely horrible the company is. It doesn't care one bit.

Unfortunately that’s pretty much how all the Internet services companies work. “Customers” get to use many services for “free,” but with zero live human support.

Either FB or the hacker has restricted the account - limiting who can see its content. I'll miss you on FB.

I sent a message to the old name on Messenger and the person responded with "no" when I asked if your name got hacked.

So I unfriended the facebook account.

I w as going to ask it when we last saw each other in person. No one from Nigeria would know that!

I just went back and your old account and the corresponding messenger account with the same name are offline. can't even call the account up. Perhaps enough good folks reported it.

I'd say keep trying to log into the old one and let us keep reporting it if it's not you.