When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook • Hacker News Board

Re: When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook

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Post by stickfigure » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

thesuitonym wrote: post #259

stickfigure wrote: post #257

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You have the choice to not use Google or Facebook. What I hear you saying is that you don't like the fact that I'm using Google and Facebook.

I think you're losing sight of the argument. People know Facebook and Google don't take customer service seriously, but then seem amazed when they have a problem and Google and Facebook won't solve it. Meanwhile, one side says that these problems could be fixed if big companies wanted to spend some money on it, and others who say it's not a problem because it hasn't inconvenienced them yet.

I can fully respect a smug "told ya so" attitude. But this "maybe xyz shouldn't exist" attitude irritates me. I accept there's a risk to using these low-touch services... and that's my decision, no?

Re: When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook

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Post by tinco » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 11:49 PM UTC

adriancr wrote: post #260

tinco wrote: post #251

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The municipality abused the subsidy to lure in a corporation instead of using it to power homes. It would've been better for the environment if Microsoft paid full dime for their own windmills and the subsidy was spent on something that actually reduced greenhouse gases.

500 mil$ to get a 2 bil euro datacenter. The datacente will then create revenue through services and add jobs. Jobs wont be just employees, you're going to have security, shipping, power plant jobs, recycling servers, etc. It also seems that they'll get some energy from datacenter heat back plus greenhouse heat... so a nice opportunity to do research and create bleeding edge facilities. It's also credits, as in Micro…

I suppose it is, still it's an abuse of the subsidy. They should have found some other way to give Microsoft 500 million. This way it's literally stealing from a fund that's meant to save the environment.

Re: When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook

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Post by marricks » Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 6:15 AM UTC

blunte wrote: post #155

marricks wrote: post #146

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I really wonder why anyone advocates "not logging in" and if it's ever in good faith? Something always drags you back and it's just a quick step to get sucked in again. I tried to use it less and it just never worked, FB pays billions to optimize sucking you back in. Deleted my account and it was perfect, no emails, no getting drawn if, if someone wants to talk with me there's a dozen chat service to choose from besi…

Perhaps it is my paranoia, but I worry that someone could create a lookalike to my account and misrepresent me. So I leave my real account there and simply don't mess with it. Occasionally I post that people should reach me by email.

What harm could someone do with a fake account, also doesn't FB go through creepy lengths to verify your identity?

I'm more paranoid about FB hoovering all my personal information by proxy of having an account and friends tagging me in picture and friending me, filling out my real life social network in their database.

Re: When thebiglebow.ski is blocked by Facebook

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Post by louwrentius » Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 6:38 PM UTC

thrwyoilarticle wrote: post #118

louwrentius wrote: post #33

I think if you work at Facebook, I wonder how you can live with yourself, helping to make the world a worse place. Having worked at Facebook should make you a paria, nobody should hire you. Facebook should be a stain on your resume.

Do you hate the people at Facebook who work on improving the Linux network stack? Are they making the world a worse place? Some nuance, please.

Yes, I do.

What good does an improved Linux network stack do if society collapses?

Whatever facebook does is tainted. I don't want the equivalent of blood diamonds.