I have a bad feeling that like the Snowden revelations and Occupy Wall Street these findings will actually embolden companies like Facebook and Cambridge Analytica the same way the NSA and Wall Street banks were likely emboldened because it will once again prove that after a short outburst of moral outrage people will go back to being complacent without substantive change being enacted. They will get away with it and double down on the activity because they know that nothing will be done.
Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
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#33Hmmm. I'd get off facebook but then my friends would think I unfriended them.
It’s SO unnecessary. Not having it forces you to engage directly with people you truly like. You’ll have more time for them as a bonus.
Not a big Facebook fan here, but I do use it to keep track of and keep in touch with old friends and distant family.
That said, I've never clicked an add nor engaged with some silly quiz.
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#34I asked a friend if they would pay $1/mo for a facebook alternative, and they said no -- they would just start using instagram. When I explained facebook owned instagram, they still didn't think $1/mo would be worth it, citing: "It's just another thing I have to pay per month: Netflix, Spotify, etc." People have mental budgets, and maybe their psychological good will in balancing those budgets get drained over time f…
I see where you are going and don't disagree. However, let me throw two things out there:
1) No good sales pitch starts with the price. What benefits you offering that will entice them?
2) You don't need to do everything a larger competitor does to disrupt. You just need to do one area better and have a slice of the audience cares a lot about that thing. What's the thing?
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#35"The hashtag #DeleteFacebook appeared more than 10,000 times on Twitter within a two-hour period on Wednesday, according to the analytics service ExportTweet. On Tuesday, it was mentioned 40,398 times, according to the analytics service Digimind." Is this really such a big deal for Facebook? Suppose 50000 persons delete their Facebook everyday, then it will just lose 1,825,0000 users one year, not counting new users…
maybe this is how facebook finally turns into Gab.
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#37I think it's worth stating: if you're not deleting your friend connections, you're not leaving. I say that because your friends retain their friend count, and that's a big part of FB-identity. Also, you can always pick it back up when "they" fix the problem (which isn't fixable). I made my act public, left a message with contact info as my last message, and then deleted all my "friends" (which was, honestly, a pretty…
I have an account which I use just to talk or argue with anybody on the facebook, mostly in news comment sections. No photo, no apps, no friends. Just a profile name. I wonder if anything can still get attached to me.
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#38"The hashtag #DeleteFacebook appeared more than 10,000 times on Twitter within a two-hour period on Wednesday, according to the analytics service ExportTweet. On Tuesday, it was mentioned 40,398 times, according to the analytics service Digimind." Is this really such a big deal for Facebook? Suppose 50000 persons delete their Facebook everyday, then it will just lose 1,825,0000 users one year, not counting new users…
I think you dropped a zero somewhere along the way.
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#39How many people here would scale back their Facebook use to one day a week, say Facebook Friday?