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Facebook says one billion people now use its Messenger service each month. To thank that herd of sheeple, it's created a floating balloon emoji it says will “add a touch of whimsy and delight to any conversation.” Maybe even conversations about your chats being turned into ads? ® Facebook app for Windows Phone

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  1. John Smith 19 Gold badge
    Gimp

    To say thanks

    We can't grossly violate your privacy without your assistance.

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  2. werdsmith Silver badge

    I detest faecebook.

    I am deciding if I detest that trite word "sheeple" even more, and if you have to be one to use it.

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      I am deciding if I detest that trite word "sheeple" even more, and if you have to be one to use it.

      Yes, for a moment I thought a commentard had hacked El Reg.

      Please don't.

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      1. Terry 6 Silver badge
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        Agreed, it comes under the heading of being clever/funny once, briefly, when originally coined. But then left well alone.

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  3. Teiwaz

    Sh**ple

    So what's the alternative for the 'follow the herd' type mentality that seems ram-pant? This seemingly magnetic compulsion most have to sign on, and bleat their every tiniest thought while the social network farms and shears their personal data for profit.

    Perhaps it is better to label the nay-sayers, those 'black sheep' who decide to keep their social network 'dark' to make it harder for the like of FB to leech off it. Goat-People? the goats usually symbolic of wayward independence.

    Dammint, now I have an Adam Ant track stuck in my head...

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      Re: Sh**ple

      So what's the alternative for the 'follow the herd' type mentality that seems rampant?

      Facebook users?

      :)

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    1 billion sock puppets maybe

    They're just anon trolls.

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  5. dalethorn

    The people are sheeple. Did anyone watch the zombie herds playing Pokemon at any of their local public parks? Facebook has tapped into the greatest source of virtual wealth the world has ever known - the mindless chatter of a billion of Earth's alleged sentient beings.

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    1. Dadmin
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      Angel

      HAHA! I like to call them muggles. Lemmings is another good one. Or Faceborg.

      Do what I do; I can MAKE and support web sites/apps, I don't fucking USE them!

      Okay, I do use Pinball Arcade, and the Futurama game, but that's IT. Social media is just a crappy way of not sending an email or making a live phone call session with analog to digital voice thingies. Phones! Phones is what they were, once upon a time...

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