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Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
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Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#142Ironic that someone is saying this from Twitter, which is worse.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I can be anonymous at Starbucks coffee shop and search google The "Google WiFi"? > I assume they are developing more unethical uses of personal data Why not make the same assumption about Google? They could jot down the MAC address of your device, and track you all over the place (not that they need to, since you already use Google maps).
>They could jot down the MAC address of your device, and track you Yes but a wifi MAC address is not my real name . I'd be more concerned if Google bought a telecom company like AT&T/Verizon and linked phones' IMEI/ESN hardware numbers to search queries. The IMEI is absolutely linked to a real identity because it's the billing address of the person paying for the phone. The MAC address correlation seems more useful f…
not only that you can forge a MAC address in a number of ways, such as configuration, or with a bridge, there are very tiny routers that fit in a cigarette pack or a coffee cup.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#144Before Facebook, if I lost someone's contact information, and drifted outside of their social circle for a long enough time, chances were I would never ever see or speak to that person again. Before Facebook, if people wanted to organize conversation and cooperation on an information technology platform, the options were to pay $X00-$X000 for a proprietary system, get lucky enough to know about mailing lists, have so…
Never had a fb account. I travel all the time.
I don't have any problem with networking or keeping in touch.
Those are artificial excuses to use a tool optimized and abused for faking ones life and lurking on others.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#145The websites I constantly use every single day: google.com maps.google.com youtube.com wikipedia.org weather.gov stackoverflow.com For almost 20 years, I've been using Google for dozens of random searches every single day. Its utility to help me find information is unmatched. And Youtube -- even with the ads -- adds value to my life because of all the helpful tutorials and DIY content I can view for free. On the othe…
> I do think humanity would be served by a "real names" database by an entity we could trust to help us connect with each other. Unfortunately, that valuable info is currently held by an unethical company like Facebook. (My previous comment about this.[0]) They abuse their stewardship of the social graph which is why I adamantly avoid them. You mean like the phone book?
The Yellow Pages are still out there :)
They of course don't have unlisted cell phone numbers by default, so it's not of much use these days. Couldn't find myself in Toronto.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Before Facebook, if people wanted to organize conversation and cooperation on an information technology platform, the options were to pay $X00-$X000 for a proprietary system, get lucky enough to know about mailing lists, have someone who knew sysadmin do it basically for free, or have everyone learn how to use something like IRC. Did you just drop off the planet between 1995 - 2005? Poor Myspace... everybody just f…
Your parents were on ICQ? And AIM? They set up a Myspace account? Facebook is easy to use and accessible everywhere. This is coming from someone that hasn't had a Facebook account since 2009. GP makes great points and the title to this submission is pure clickbait.
At MySpace's height, it was starting to penetrate the Baby Boomer market. It was heading the same direction that Facebook as able to achieve.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#147Before Facebook, if I lost someone's contact information, and drifted outside of their social circle for a long enough time, chances were I would never ever see or speak to that person again. Before Facebook, if people wanted to organize conversation and cooperation on an information technology platform, the options were to pay $X00-$X000 for a proprietary system, get lucky enough to know about mailing lists, have so…
Before Facebook, if I lost someone's contact information, and drifted outside of their social circle for a long enough time, chances were I would never ever see or speak to that person again. Bear with me here... Was that such a terrible thing? I always dreamed about reconnecting with old friends, and then I did, and many times reality did not live up.
More than that, it changed what a "friend" was. I remember the first time someone talked about having 5,000 "friends" on Facebook. It felt so bizarre hearing that and still does. It used to be your "friends" were the people you were close to and they knew your secrets, and talked to about things that mattered. Somehow Facebook made it so that your "friends" were people who connected with you on Facebook and who could view your feed and profile. A very bad thing for everyone IMO.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#148Agreed if you expand that to social media in general.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#149>FB is a tool<
actually kuckerborg is a tool.
Re: Facebook is the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet
#150It's funny how DHH is constantly bashing Google or Facebook, but we never hear him about Amazon (because Amazon invested in his company, Basecamp).