Reasons not to use Facebook • Hacker News Board

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#11

Post by askvictor » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 1:04 AM UTC

needs [2013] ? (at least judging my the copyright notice on the bottom)

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#12

Post by hossbeast » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 1:12 AM UTC

askvictor wrote: post #11

needs [2013] ? (at least judging my the copyright notice on the bottom)

He mentions Cambridge analytica, so this is contemporary.

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#13

Post by hossbeast » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 1:13 AM UTC

I really hope this practice of saying "Facebook useds" becomes a meme and goes viral.

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#14

Post by jolmg » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 1:21 AM UTC

> In some regions, 10% of Facebook useds don't realize that talking to Facebook is using the internet. And Facebook is directing millions of people into having no internet access except to Facebook.

I've seen people think Facebook is the internet.

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#15

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 2:07 AM UTC

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Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#16

Post by jijojv » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 2:50 AM UTC

Stallman hates the internet.

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#17

Post by fishsaysno » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 2:57 AM UTC

jijojv wrote: post #16

Stallman hates the internet. What's bad about: Airbnb | Amazon | Amtrak | Ancestry | Apple | Ebooks | Eventbrite | Evernote | Facebook | Google | Intel | LinkedIn | Lyft | Meetup | Microsoft | Netflix | Pay Toilets | Skype | Spotify | Twitter | Uber | Wendy's |

Yeah. And he explains why. Every other day I find myself saying "Stallman was right".

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#18

Post by Spivak » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 3:01 AM UTC

jijojv wrote: post #16

Stallman hates the internet. What's bad about: Airbnb | Amazon | Amtrak | Ancestry | Apple | Ebooks | Eventbrite | Evernote | Facebook | Google | Intel | LinkedIn | Lyft | Meetup | Microsoft | Netflix | Pay Toilets | Skype | Spotify | Twitter | Uber | Wendy's |

Stallman loves the internet. He very openly hates the modern commercialized internet which disrespects, spys on, disimpowers and manipulates users chasing financial gain and 'engagement'.

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#19

Post by tehlike » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 3:48 AM UTC

jijojv wrote: post #16

Stallman hates the internet. What's bad about: Airbnb | Amazon | Amtrak | Ancestry | Apple | Ebooks | Eventbrite | Evernote | Facebook | Google | Intel | LinkedIn | Lyft | Meetup | Microsoft | Netflix | Pay Toilets | Skype | Spotify | Twitter | Uber | Wendy's |

Give the man a credit. There's merit to what he says. He understands the slippery slope argument, he understand what giving away freedom & privacy could lead to.

He's right most often. You might disagree with his extreme attitude, but eventually it comes down to: Is he telling some truth?

Re: Reasons not to use Facebook

#20

Post by tluyben2 » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 5:01 AM UTC

Nitpick: He seems to consistently spell ‘users’ as ‘useds’ in this article?

Edit; he does so everywhere. What am I missing?