Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
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Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
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Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#2The introduction of new features on social network site Facebook has sparked a backlash from users. Design changes to the site violate user privacy and ought to be scrapped, according to disgruntled users who have launched a series of impromptu protests. One protest site is calling for users to boycott Facebook on 13 September in opposition against a feature called News Feed, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#3One part of this still infuriates me and restricts my behavior on the platform (which I barely interact with anymore): showing my friends what I click like on if it's a public post. I've had politically-impassioned relatives attack me for liking candidates they don't like or if I comment on a public post and Facebook points my comment out to them.
It also works the other way too. I really didn't need to know that my friend's septuagenarian father liked a video titled, "Booty-Jiggling Showdown."
So there are aspects of this we've come to accept, but I think most people have also modified their interactions with platforms like this to protect themselves.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#4One part of this still infuriates me and restricts my behavior on the platform (which I barely interact with anymore): showing my friends what I click like on if it's a public post. I've had politically-impassioned relatives attack me for liking candidates they don't like or if I comment on a public post and Facebook points my comment out to them. It also works the other way too. I really didn't need to know that my…
My word, I remember years back when I didn't realise that this was a thing, and it took my mate showing me his feed filled with me liking a whole load of random sexy filth pages. I remember commenting wondering if my mum could see all the shit I'd liked, to which she responded "yep.". Absolutely mortified mate.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#5The automated feed is working to displace the magazine, growing pains still abound nearly 15 years later.
Here's a list of negatives: -waves of clamping down on discovery -confirmation bias sees more support -moderation explodes with the user base -it costs users attention -magazine viewership may be hollowed out, and magazines destaffed -payola via SEO, and all abuses SEO implies are in play, because the feed is just a search / filter operation -any big lists may be turned into a feed (youtube subscriptions feed) -it's volatile, once gone the feed and its presentation disappears forever -discrimination transparent to users and the publisher (racial "affinity") -it's not transparent -it's chipped away at RSS -personalized display and user classifications have privacy implications to publically social participants (oh you like x? people who like x also like y, how would you like to discuss y?)
The upside: +benefits of being a publisher without the responsibility for a few Trillion-dollar companies
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#6One part of this still infuriates me and restricts my behavior on the platform (which I barely interact with anymore): showing my friends what I click like on if it's a public post. I've had politically-impassioned relatives attack me for liking candidates they don't like or if I comment on a public post and Facebook points my comment out to them. It also works the other way too. I really didn't need to know that my…
Thats exactly the problem with Facebook - no firewalls between the various personas of an individual.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#7I remember when the "News Feed" came out. Everyone (including myself) was outraged and demanded the Old Facebook be restored. There were petition groups "5 million likes and they'll bring back the old Facebook!!"... but it didn't matter and people got used to it.
You can imagine the same outrage if they changed Hacker News over night...
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#8One part of this still infuriates me and restricts my behavior on the platform (which I barely interact with anymore): showing my friends what I click like on if it's a public post. I've had politically-impassioned relatives attack me for liking candidates they don't like or if I comment on a public post and Facebook points my comment out to them. It also works the other way too. I really didn't need to know that my…
My word, I remember years back when I didn't realise that this was a thing, and it took my mate showing me his feed filled with me liking a whole load of random sexy filth pages. I remember commenting wondering if my mum could see all the shit I'd liked, to which she responded "yep.". Absolutely mortified mate.
That is exactly why I ended up leaving Twitter. As soon as Twitter started showing me everything my friend marked with a “like” (Favourite? Star?), I started seeing explicit examples of my friends’ kinks.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#9I remember when the "News Feed" came out. Everyone (including myself) was outraged and demanded the Old Facebook be restored. There were petition groups "5 million likes and they'll bring back the old Facebook!!"... but it didn't matter and people got used to it. You can imagine the same outrage if they changed Hacker News over night...
I am not 100% sure that people got over it. Facebook lost me over changes to their feed:
1. Linear to non-linear
2. You need to pay to reach all your subscribers.
3. News, ads, noise in general.
I think is very common for free apps to reduce the user experience quality after they reach a certain size. Quora lost me in a similar way.
Re: Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update (2006)
#10Does anyone remember that FB feature when you were able to cross search people? "Men between 20 and 30 who likes football and lives in NYC"
It was available for a few months, I don't remember exactly. That was around 2011-12. That was the craziest thing I've ever seen