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Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by renholder »

netsharc wrote: post #5

Well, at least this will hasten their death. Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging), and with this crap, they'll stay away even more from it, because every time they log in, they'll see Wendy is telling them to support her cause of vegan lipsticks, or similar.

>Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging)...

If that were the case, reddit should be suffering the same mass exodus plight but - it seems to me - that people (predominantly in the states) revel in that sort of behaviour.

Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by justtopost »

anglesh wrote: post #9
j16sdiz wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope facebook die soon. It have too strong network effect. It need to die before alternative arise.

Need more grammar. Do better engish. Try use some participle.

Might as well tell them to be born in the correct place. Hn in multinational, and english is not always a primary language.

Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by fmjrey »

pavlov wrote: post #8
fmjrey wrote: post #4

And how are we supposed to trust the results and privacy? Also I'm not on fecebook and don't want to create a user account, please don't force me to create one.

The point of this feature seems to be that Facebook knows the signatories are real people, which makes the petition more valid. Allowing votes from outside the FB user graph would defeat that.

The problem is that FB is a business, not a public service providing proof of identity. It is wrong to force people to get into a commercial agreement with a private company to carry out civic duties. Same issue as authorities publishing only word documents that can only be read with MS Word.

Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by jsemrau »

renholder wrote: post #11
netsharc wrote: post #5

Well, at least this will hasten their death. Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging), and with this crap, they'll stay away even more from it, because every time they log in, they'll see Wendy is telling them to support her cause of vegan lipsticks, or similar.

>Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging)... If that were the case, reddit should be suffering the same mass exodus plight but - it seems to me - that people (predominantly in the states) revel in that sort of behaviour.

One could argue that the anonymity of Reddit in addition to the mods encourages a civil discussion

Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by netsharc »

renholder wrote: post #11
netsharc wrote: post #5

Well, at least this will hasten their death. Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging), and with this crap, they'll stay away even more from it, because every time they log in, they'll see Wendy is telling them to support her cause of vegan lipsticks, or similar.

>Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging)... If that were the case, reddit should be suffering the same mass exodus plight but - it seems to me - that people (predominantly in the states) revel in that sort of behaviour.

Well, people thought they could join FB to connect with their friends and family, but later on it turned to an insult-slinging platform, so hopefully the saner ones have left. As for reddit, I guess people are in the news and politics subreddits to actually fling shit at each other.

Re: Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

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Post by torben-friis »

jsemrau wrote: post #15
renholder wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Hopefully people are leaving FB because of their toxic "political discussions" (more like insult-flinging)... If that were the case, reddit should be suffering the same mass exodus plight but - it seems to me - that people (predominantly in the states) revel in that sort of behaviour.

One could argue that the anonymity of Reddit in addition to the mods encourages a civil discussion

People aren't exactly nicer to each other when they're anonymous...
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