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Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Post by rmtech »

durnygbur wrote: post #74
rmtech wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has this happened to you? What was it for? What did you do?

After many matches and chats one will be disliked by many, some will react disproportionately. It happened though without a single physical encounter which they can easily detect. I guess the workaround is to unmatch as early as possible? I was also exposed to many spam/scam profiles (promoting their Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube accounts) and Tinder somehow is not interested in combating this. I'm an average male, I…

OK and did you get around it? New phone etc?

Is there any recourse?

Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Post by Alphaeus »

kyuudou wrote: post #136
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #48

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> Remember Friendster, MySpace, AIM. A new challenger will emerge every 3-5 years. I honestly laugh whenever I hear people still bring up those early social media companies as evidence that social media heavyweights somehow come and go. None of those companies ever came near the global reach of FB. A quick Google search gives a peak user count of MySpace of between 75 and 100 million, for FB it's 2.7 billion. Those c…

Sure, but already FB is tainted with an "only old people use that" meme for several years now. Once the boomers start really dying off, I think this is when FB will fade. Plus, I think society as a whole is beginning to see the toxic ills of social media in general and will push back in a "retro" "back to the basics" kind of movement, embracing old traditions like community, family and friends in meatspace.

Facebook proper might be tainted with "only old people use it", but Instagram still has massive influence among younger people.

Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Post by durnygbur »

rmtech wrote: post #171
durnygbur wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After many matches and chats one will be disliked by many, some will react disproportionately. It happened though without a single physical encounter which they can easily detect. I guess the workaround is to unmatch as early as possible? I was also exposed to many spam/scam profiles (promoting their Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube accounts) and Tinder somehow is not interested in combating this. I'm an average male, I…

OK and did you get around it? New phone etc? Is there any recourse?

The "account" ban creeps over ie. using new phone number with old device or another device but with old Apple/Google account or phone number extends the ban. It seems the only solution is entirely new setup - phone device, phone number, Google/Apple account. Too bothersome for an individual but easy for spammers, one can get an impression while swiping.

Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Post by rmtech »

durnygbur wrote: post #173
rmtech wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OK and did you get around it? New phone etc? Is there any recourse?

The "account" ban creeps over ie. using new phone number with old device or another device but with old Apple/Google account or phone number extends the ban. It seems the only solution is entirely new setup - phone device, phone number, Google/Apple account. Too bothersome for an individual but easy for spammers, one can get an impression while swiping.

Interesting. Certainly pretty scary!

Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Re: Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competitors: antitrust committee

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Post by zkid18 »

durnygbur wrote: post #27

Facebook platform is evil and no one doubts it at this point. Amazon is predatory for everyone - merchants, warehouse employees, IT employees, job candidates. Google screwed the recruitment irrevocably and what's worse every minor shop attempts to copy their processes. Microsoft temporarily plays the nice guy. Then we have this whole dating thing entirely owned by one media hegemon. All together pay minuscle taxes. .…

> Google screwed the recruitment irrevocably and what's worse every minor shop attempts to copy their processes.

Can you elaborate on that?

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