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> call or text them There is no difference between a call or text and a message on FB, the medium doesn't change the context.
A call or text is a different interaction than scrolling through an infinite newsfeed designed to keep you addicted.
I'm here to fix some ignorance, since the source of the "you are the product" idea is not these books. Metafilter user blue_beetle first put this idea online when he said "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold" in response to the Digg revolt of 2010. The idea apparently existed for a few decades prior regarding TV advertising. I prefer to think blue_beetle was the one wh…
To be honest, this isn't even just about Facebook, I'm sure you could have the same argument about the majority of today's tech companies who are commoditizing information about users and using that to monetize.
Generally, though, this is a trend that is not slowing down, instead it's rapidly speeding up. In addition to that, the methods have become increasingly worse. I'd like to continue discourse on methods of combating this particular phenomenon.
I've been using Facebook for years, awesome tool, I'm in contact with friends, relatives and parters, it is awesome.
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> call or text them There is no difference between a call or text and a message on FB, the medium doesn't change the context.
A call or text is a different interaction than scrolling through an infinite newsfeed designed to keep you addicted.
I stopped using Facebook years ago and I could not recommend it more. I found it to be mental pollution at best and and a total waste of time. If you want to 'keep in touch' with people, call or text them. Make an effort to actually interact with the people who matter to you.
I'm here to fix some ignorance, since the source of the "you are the product" idea is not these books. Metafilter user blue_beetle first put this idea online when he said "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold" in response to the Digg revolt of 2010. The idea apparently existed for a few decades prior regarding TV advertising. I prefer to think blue_beetle was the one wh…
So I would say the notion goes back at least to Chomsky and Herman.
Edit: Maybe it needs to be clarified that I'm in agreement with Olympus's comment and trying to expand on it.
I stopped using Facebook years ago and I could not recommend it more. I found it to be mental pollution at best and and a total waste of time. If you want to 'keep in touch' with people, call or text them. Make an effort to actually interact with the people who matter to you.
Music events that i go to are exclusively promoted on facebook. How do you recommend i find out about these events so that i can get a cheaper ticket price?
if anyone wants to organize a plan that has more than 8 people, facebook groups make it much much easier.
I personally hate facebook's mobile apps and some it's policies ( Internet.org comes 1st to my mind), but it's hard to completely stop using it.
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Most people I know dislike FB. But there are hundreds of millions out there for whom FB had become an addiction. B
Research shows that most people use FB to keep in touch with their close friends and family. I don’t think it’s bad to be addicted to that. Edit: Some references for the people who downvoted: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397308000701 (also talks about how FB is a good help for people with low self-esteem) http://www.cairn.info/revue-sociologie-2017-1-p-57.htm (French) http://www.cairn.info/re…
Then I realized that I keep in touch with the people who I want to keep in touch using direct messages, phone calls, email, etc.