Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

Post by civilian » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 5:22 AM UTC

Karunamon wrote: post #29

asr wrote: post #8

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Agree with your larger point, but your tone is a bit argumentative. Also, civil disobedience doesn't mean what you think it means: much like civil disobedience, you have no right to complain once you are found to be breaking the law/policy and are punished for it Civil disobedience is all about breaking the law in order to maintain the right to complain. "Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place fo…

It's argumentative because poorly constructed appeals to emotion usually have the opposite effect on me. Anyways, by the comment about civil disobedience, I meant that, if you willfully break a law you feel to be unjust, what comes with that is a reasonable expectation of the punishment for breaking that law to be meted out. I see it kind of like a button that says "By clicking okay, you will be punched in the face".…

Post by egypturnash » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 5:37 AM UTC

mkjones wrote: post #41

Hey folks - I work on the Site Integrity team at Facebook. We work to keep people safe from scams, spam, fake accounts, and having their account taken over. We're always looking for ways to better understand how people represent themselves online and improve the design of our service. We look at the results of this kind of experiment in aggregate - the responses doesn't have any impact on the user account or that of…

Post by jsemrau » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:02 AM UTC

psbp wrote: post #67

prodigal_erik wrote: post #39

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What Facebook and Google+ gain in politesse, they lose in depth and honesty. I can't assume I'll be held "accountable" in a just way by every prospective employer, apartment manager, or lover I'll ever meet, so these venues get empty pleasantries from me, certainly nothing controversial in any way.

Now imagine a whole generation socializing under these artificial restrictions. Can you imagine how stifling being raised under an umbrella of constant surveillance by your peer group, family, future employers and advertisers would be to your personality and relationships? We're developing a society of sociopatic egotists.

Post by chris_wot » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:13 AM UTC

latimer wrote: post #27

quesera wrote: post #12

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There is a 0% chance that Facebook does not record your response to every request.

If it turns out it isn't anonymous and they are shutting down accounts over it, can there be any repercussions for them lying like that or is it just "unethical"?

Post by garethsprice » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:26 AM UTC

mkjones wrote: post #41

Hey folks - I work on the Site Integrity team at Facebook. We work to keep people safe from scams, spam, fake accounts, and having their account taken over. We're always looking for ways to better understand how people represent themselves online and improve the design of our service. We look at the results of this kind of experiment in aggregate - the responses doesn't have any impact on the user account or that of…