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Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by tempestn »

Tossrock wrote: post #19

I deactivated my Facebook account several months ago, and it's been about 90% great, 10% frustrating. It's great for all the obvious reasons (less timesuck, less compulsion to endlessly scroll your life away, no notification interruptions). The frustrations are real, though. Primarily it's around events and photos. There are some communities I participate in that regularly organize events through Facebook, and now I…

What's the downside to keeping the account but just not posting to it or checking your news feed? That's roughly what I do, and so can still use it for events and such. I also have it set to email me if my wife or my mom posts a picture. (My mom posts about once a month, and it's more often than not a picture of one of my kids... ;) ) Anyone else I care about (and only the people I really care about) I have on Instagram, which I check every day. But my Facebook feed I view approximately never.

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by torgoguys »

I LOVE Facebook, even though I never use it.

Before FB, my email was clogged with trivial crap that family members and aquaintances​ forwarded to everyone in their address book, including me. Now that never happens. Based on everyone else's complaints, it sounds like that stuff has moved to FB leaving my inbox a much more useful place.

THANK YOU ZUCK!

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by mmorris »

Clubber wrote: post #295
rezistik wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eternal September is the term for that. When the social site begins to accept too much trash because of it's size.

For those that don't know, September was when all the freshmen would get their first access to the non-commercial internet in college. It was a pain because they (we) had to learn all the nuances of how to interact with the people already on it. Newgroups, IIRC, etc. Eternal September is the term for when the internet went commercial in 1995. Wow that happened 27 years ago. Time does fly.

Time does fly, but 1995 was only 22 years ago!

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by tentakull »

MachinShinn- wrote: post #74

I'm baffled by some of the comments here... Is it so difficult for you guys to just have a facebook account that you don't check in on? You can still sign into random sites that require it that way, arrange meetups, etc but without 'scrolling your life away' I expect people like me who spend most of their day on the computer to have at least as much digital self discipline as I have, but perhaps that's a poor assumpt…

I keep the experience super crappy by using fb mobile and not the app. Keeps my browsing sessions pretty short.

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by cornchips »

Facebook is evil. They knew people would be posting videos killing themselves and let others watch. If you know anything about psychology; trauma and copycats. [1]

Facebook retains your data, and you can't do anything about it. I don't know how any engineers can work there knowing in their mind the delete button is a ruse -- or "incomplete functionality". From what i've observed there is active censorship especially in regards to negative statements of facebook (of which i'm sure they are aware of copycats).

This company has brought out the worst of society and they are deserving of justice -- or at least balance.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/may/21/facebook-users-... "Experts have told us what’s best for these people’s safety is to let them livestream as long as they are engaging with viewers."

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by na85 »

ed312 wrote: post #65
aeorgnoieang wrote: post #56

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Excluding the "ads", how would you prevent users from posting "political spam", "viral garbage", and "pictures of what your friend ate for dinner"?

You'd only let people in with a .edu email and marketing as a hookup app

.edu is only used in the United States.

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Post by garrettjoecox »

arrowgunz wrote: post #310

Oh boy, so many users disliking Facebook in this thread. > — a full one-third of my window is covered by a pop-over trying to get me to sign in or sign up for Facebook. I get that John is clearly annoyed by a certain aspects of Facebook, but, I feel like it's unfair to say "Fuck Facebook" based on that. Facebook posts are primarily meant to be shared on the social network and not on the web. You can, of course, share…

> But, Facebook has an amazing Notes features, which basically acts like a personalized blog.

Promoting this literally proves his argument. No one even needs a web browser anymore! Just download facebook! /s

Re: Facebook is an attack on the open web

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Post by Clubber »

mmorris wrote: post #313
Clubber wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those that don't know, September was when all the freshmen would get their first access to the non-commercial internet in college. It was a pain because they (we) had to learn all the nuances of how to interact with the people already on it. Newgroups, IIRC, etc. Eternal September is the term for when the internet went commercial in 1995. Wow that happened 27 years ago. Time does fly.

Time does fly, but 1995 was only 22 years ago!

Hah. Damn rum.
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