# A Facebook "Like" is not free speech?  Say what?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 9, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437 "2012-05-09T22:43:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NUFCToon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4bbf92/32.png) [@NUFCToon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NUFCToon)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437/21 "2012-05-13T01:17:59Z")

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Facebook is for people who have too much time on their hands, that is my opinion… 😉

These people belong on the Jeremy Kyle Show it’s always Facebook this, Facebook that, bloody hilarious stuff! 😃

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437/22 "2012-05-13T06:45:47Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> ETA: TriPolar != Tripler. Who knew?

Uh . . . nope. **TriPolar** and I are distinct, different people. Although I _am_ employed by Uncle Sam.

Tripler  
Yup. We’re totally separate people.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437/23 "2012-05-14T12:34:05Z")

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Heck, assuming it’s true, all the deputy might have been doing was liking the page to keep tabs on his sheriff’s opponent.

And the whole public sharing of what you “like”, i.e. what you are interested in knowing more about, is one of the reasons my facebook usage is so low. But with so much stuff on Facebook, I’m considering opening up another page with no friends, or only friends from online sources.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-like-is-not-free-speech-say-what/621437/24 "2012-05-19T02:21:20Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Heck, assuming it’s true, all the deputy might have been doing was liking the page to keep tabs on his sheriff’s opponent.
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> And the whole public sharing of what you “like”, i.e. what you are interested in knowing more about, is one of the reasons my facebook usage is so low. But with so much stuff on Facebook, I’m considering opening up another page with no friends, or only friends from online sources.

You might want to watch doing that – I think Facebook only allows you to have one account. You could lose both of them.

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