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A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Cross-network dashboards like the one described in the article help make the world more open and connected. Facebook ought to be supporting this guy.

you should watch Zuck's interview on esp here. https://youtu.be/GczC7q5NPrw?t=15m35s private data is all facebook has, no way they'll give it up.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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> "The word spam is kind of like calling someone a rapist. It has — in [the] digital world — calling someone a spammer is the worst thing you could possibly call them."

I really don't feel that spammer and rapist are even in the same league.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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This man is a hero of our times. I am going to show his story to all of my Facebook friends. Fuck Zuck.

You can try but the facebook algorithm will have the final say on how many of your friends will see it ;)

Wait 'til NPR notices 10K shares, 0 referrals from facebook.com. That ought to start a whole new fire.

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> "The word spam is kind of like calling someone a rapist. It has — in [the] digital world — calling someone a spammer is the worst thing you could possibly call them." I really don't feel that spammer and rapist are even in the same league.

It's not the same, but it is a powerful metaphor. Wanted email is to consensual relations as spam is to physical violation.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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> "The word spam is kind of like calling someone a rapist. It has — in [the] digital world — calling someone a spammer is the worst thing you could possibly call them." I really don't feel that spammer and rapist are even in the same league.

They are not and he wasn't talking about the magnitude of moral failure I think, but how it provokes an instinctual mistrust of the accused, more than other accusations.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Sounds a lot like the product in question relied on a Man-In-The-Middle-As-Service protocol and I can reasonably conclude why other service providers might find that approach as unwelcome and written-out of their Terms of Service. I don't see Facebook taking the same approach to something like LastPass. I'm not inclined to give either party in this one a whole lot of blanket endorsement or scorn, I think each side has some noteworthy concerns regarding both motivation and methods.
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