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A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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And whose attack dog is the NYTimes? This is the 2nd hitpiece on facebook by the nytimes on the frontpage as of this moment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18462671

Hah. It would be a hit piece if it were untrue and simply attempting to sway opinion against.

Facebook applying for patents on distinctly creepy inferences from photos is hardly a hit piece. It puts it squarely in the category of Facebook bringing it on itself.

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post #4

I have not closed my account, as I don't want to entirely lose touch with a bunch of people. But I've decided I'm not going to log in more than once a month. I just can't in good conscience let them rent my eyeballs or use my content any more.

I hope you and all your family are running FB cookie blockers because that's another huge trove of info they can use to target and sell.

Shadow accounts for those who don't comply and real accounts for those who login.

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post #4

I have not closed my account, as I don't want to entirely lose touch with a bunch of people. But I've decided I'm not going to log in more than once a month. I just can't in good conscience let them rent my eyeballs or use my content any more.

I can't decide if this is a beautiful troll or what goes for taking a moral stance these days.

Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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And whose attack dog is the NYTimes? This is the 2nd hitpiece on facebook by the nytimes on the frontpage as of this moment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18462671

Hah. It would be a hit piece if it were untrue and simply attempting to sway opinion against. Facebook applying for patents on distinctly creepy inferences from photos is hardly a hit piece. It puts it squarely in the category of Facebook bringing it on itself.

> Facebook applying for patents on distinctly creepy inferences from photos is hardly a hit piece.

That one is by buzzfeednews, not the nytimes. I know it's hard to tell the difference between news companies today. There are 3 hitpieces on facebook on the frontpage. 2 of those are by the nytimes.

There is a 4th by the businessinsider trying to make it's way to the frontpage.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18465553

But the ones I was referring to were from the nytimes only.

Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Times has been on an anti-tech crusade for months now.

america destroying its own tech companies. these ppl really are 'enemy of the ppl'.

Jeong and Swisher are the captains of the anti-tech crusade at the Times. Guess the clicks for those Trump articles are drying up.

Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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Key takeaways: 1. Before Ms. Sandberg’s Senate testimony, Facebook lobbyists pushed lawmakers to refrain from questioning her about privacy, censorship and other issues, and to stick to election interference. The committee’s chairman, Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, was swayed and warned members to stick to the hearing’s planned topic, The Times reported Wednesday. 2. Facebook had also lobbied for…

Just a polite reminder that using "butthurt" to mean "resentful"or "angry" paints a picture that is often homophobic and nearly always making light of rape. In my opinion, we should try not to normalize its use any further.

Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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Key takeaways: 1. Before Ms. Sandberg’s Senate testimony, Facebook lobbyists pushed lawmakers to refrain from questioning her about privacy, censorship and other issues, and to stick to election interference. The committee’s chairman, Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, was swayed and warned members to stick to the hearing’s planned topic, The Times reported Wednesday. 2. Facebook had also lobbied for…

Just a polite reminder that using "butthurt" to mean "resentful"or "angry" paints a picture that is often homophobic and nearly always making light of rape. In my opinion, we should try not to normalize its use any further.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323628/etymology...

Re: A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog

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Key takeaways: 1. Before Ms. Sandberg’s Senate testimony, Facebook lobbyists pushed lawmakers to refrain from questioning her about privacy, censorship and other issues, and to stick to election interference. The committee’s chairman, Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, was swayed and warned members to stick to the hearing’s planned topic, The Times reported Wednesday. 2. Facebook had also lobbied for…

Just a polite reminder that using "butthurt" to mean "resentful"or "angry" paints a picture that is often homophobic and nearly always making light of rape. In my opinion, we should try not to normalize its use any further.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness
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