Libtards still crying over their corrupt hag's loss. Libtard tears, they are tasty.
Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
261–270 of 281 posts
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#262Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think that's true. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't at least occasionally use Reddit; my aunt told us a story at the family get-together that started "I saw this on AskReddit...". Certainly anecdotal evidence, and I'm inclined to believe the largest user base may still match your description, but personally I feel like you're describing 4chan, not Reddit.
Sure let's use your anecdote: Ask your Aunt if she has a reddit account. Ask your aunt if she knows ANYONE AT ALL her age that has a reddit account. I'd love to explore your anecdote further because while I know that many non-redditors get linked to AskReddits and AMA's through blogs and webpages, I also know that the 90-9-1 rule of the internet means that it's highly, highly, highly unlikely she is a member of reddi…
1) It's anecdotal evidence, so I'm not trying to argue you're wrong with it; it's simply not convincing enough even to me to try to do so.
2) You're making a lot of assumptions. I can tell you without asking her that she has an account because she was talking about the subs she likes the most, such as AskReddit and IAmA.
As for commenting and contributing, she -- this specific person -- is extremely introverted (but not tech-savvy -- I know because "family tech support"), so I would be inclined to think not. As for asking her any of those questions, because she is introverted, I don't feel comfortable asking her -- she definitely doesn't want to hear she was being talked about on the internet, even anonymously.
One thought though...I think you have to look at the way she started the discussion "I saw this on AskReddit..." not I saw this on Reddit, or "the internet, this site called Reddit", that sort of thing. She not only expected us (of which I am probably the most tech-savvy and near to the youngest) to understand wtf she was talking about, but to understand she was talking about a subreddit. And I know one person (looking at my mother-in-law) who had no clue, but there were other people probably 5-15 years older than me who did at least a passable job of looking like they understood.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#263We did replace it, almost 10 years ago. It was called Diaspora[1], no one cared about privacy then. No one really cares about privacy now, at least not enough to do anything about it. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(social_network)
There's "I care about privacy" and "I have a bunch reasons to dislike Diaspora, so I won't use it".
Not speaking for everyone, of course - but I know a lot of people who didn't like it for one reason or another.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#264Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although Scuttlebutt is a nice solution, I think it fails to replace Facebook because: 1. Different use case: trying it out it reminded me more of a Slack/IRC/bulletin board than anything else. 2. Different framing: it uses a public square (Twitter) framing (follow, follower, channel) instead of a personal relationships framing (friends, groups, etc). 3. Too complex for casual users: this is kind of ironic because Sc…
I have been intrigued by scuttlebutt for a few months now, and these are pretty interesting comments you make. Did you try to discuss them with the community around scuttlebutt?
I left a similar comment in a random discussion around this topic in Scuttlebutt. I'm not really sure where I could address for a proper discussion as a) they have their idea, which is legit and b) they don't have any incentive to listen a random guy with some random thoughts :)
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#265Earlier quoted context omitted.
"When I got back from a trip I took abroad with my family earlier this year, my friends mentioned that they'd seen the photos that "I" had posted to Facebook. Except... I hadn't posted any photos to Facebook. I have a Facebook account, but I deliberately have a very minimal presence on it. What my friends were seeing was the photos that my mother had posted, and which I had been tagged in. My privacy was violated by…
So you have to join Facebook in order to not be tagged on Facebook?
The tags work in the way OP described only if you are already a user.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#266I think in the long run we will use a decentralised/federated system. Privacy concerns aside, it just doesn't make sense to rely on one service or expect one social network to meet everyone's needs/desires.
What's stopping this is Facebook's illegal interference with interoperability. Once upon a time railroads and telephone companies had to be forced to allow traffic to cross networks, now it's time for Facebook, etc, to do this. Well past time.
The Internet as we knew it before corporations turned it into the pile of rubbish it is today, was built around open protocols that allowed software from different developers/vendors to talk each other. One could write an email from a Windows client, send it to a Linux server and then read it on a Mac.
We just have to get back to the era of interoperability, possibly retaining the good things learned from experience.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#267Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? I don't think so, it would be good if someone did a study on this though. Most people I know think privacy is important. I do think people are communicating via other mediums more than before though. It's anecdotal but most of my family and friends just gravitate towards iMessage , Facetime and Telegram to communicate by default now. Could it be that people don't care about this issue because they care about…
> Most people I know think privacy is important. Of course they do. What sort of person is going to tick the "I don't care about privacy" box? I guess the same kind of person that ticks the "I'm OK with mass extinction" box. Those opinions are not very relevant in the real world.
Really? If I killed all the remaining snowy owls you’d see that as morally equivalent to treating all my data as discoverable? I don’t see it.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#268We did replace it, almost 10 years ago. It was called Diaspora[1], no one cared about privacy then. No one really cares about privacy now, at least not enough to do anything about it. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(social_network)
>No one really cares about privacy now
I spoke with several non-tech people about the facebook fiasco.
The issue is that even a brilliant neurosurgeon does not understand the TOS he has signed with Facebook and what they entail.
Surely, there is some naïveté from people that don't expect facebook to do much with their data, but tech has also failed to teach users about this.
Even self proclaimed privacy champions routinely make you sign dozen of pages of ToS that are updated on a whim.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#269Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m going to be a bit ironic here and say that email is an example of a federated system. I’m being ironic cause we did end up with a centralized system for email. Not a single center, but a few: Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc. Because of abuse (spam, primarily) and because of ease of use. Having an easy to use and safe federated system is discovering-the-theory-of-relativity hard, in my opinion.
On the other hand, even a few "centers" are way better than just one, in that that creates competetive pressure. But also, those three are by far not the only ones, there are quite a few more significant email providers across the globe. And also, there are tons of participants who use none of those services. Apart from some individuals running their own servers, lots and lots of companies run their own email infrast…
I wonder ... do you suppose That's what the Krell told themselves? ( Reference film 'Forbidden Planet' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/ ... and Murphy's Law.
Re: Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It
#270Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It's like a smoking addiction It's awesome to watch massive shifts in values and priorities. Smoking used to be seen as cool, sexy, even healthy. Now it's widely seen as unhealthy and disgusting. Same thing with high-fructose carbonated beverages. I remember people using terms like "retarded" and "gyp" without hesitation. Today even people who hate political correctness don't talk like that in public. It wasn't lon…
> I remember people using terms like "retarded" and "gyp" without hesitation. Today even people who hate political correctness don't talk like that in public. Wrong wrong wrong. They still do these a lot.
I prefer, "You sir, have negotiated with me as would a Gypsy. I am cross."
Seriously though, kids used it all the time when I was growing up — I didn't even know "gyp" was derogatory until I was perhaps in my 30's. If I had to guess, young me would have suspected it was spelled "jip" anyway.
We told Pollack jokes too and I didn't even know it meant someone from Poland.
I was not very cosmopolitan as a kid.