Facebook documents show plans to sell access to user data discussed for years

Post by bryan_w » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:14 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #14

Some of these documents have been made public before late last year. All of them seem to still be related to the Six4Three lawsuit: > The documents stem from a California court case between the social network and the little-known startup Six4Three, which sued Facebook in 2015 after the company announced plans to cut off access to some types of user data. Six4Three’s app, Pikinis, which soft-launched in 2013, relied o…

Post by SquishyPanda23 » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:25 PM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #45

AlexandrB wrote: post #26

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I wonder why people were so unwilling to accept Zuckerberg's own sentiment ("dumb fucks") about their data for years. It seems like that's basically the attitude at Facebook from the top down. Everything else is PR spin.

I am not, and have never been, a user of Facebook. But I have to say, that statement means nothing. Mocking people for their poor choices may be in poor taste, or unfair, but it does not mean one is willing to take advantage of them. It's all he has done since that reveals that he is actually willing.

Post by chillacy » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:31 PM UTC

danans wrote: post #50

whatshisface wrote: post #48

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I hope to avoid a political debate, but the left has plenty of negative messages too. The rich are too rich and don't have to pay taxes, the poor are too poor, racism never completely went away, the corporate world is unfair to women, and so on. I doubt there has ever been a political movement without any negative messages. I should add in support of your point about social media having a propensity to negativity, th…

> but the left has plenty of negative messages too. The rich are too rich and don't have to pay taxes, the poor are too poor, racism never completely went away, the corporate world is unfair to women, and so on. Those are hardly negative, and to equate their tone with far right rhetoric is textbook false equivalency. They are if anything just positions that one may or may not agree with about the just distribution of…

Post by danans » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #52

danans wrote: post #50

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> but the left has plenty of negative messages too. The rich are too rich and don't have to pay taxes, the poor are too poor, racism never completely went away, the corporate world is unfair to women, and so on. Those are hardly negative, and to equate their tone with far right rhetoric is textbook false equivalency. They are if anything just positions that one may or may not agree with about the just distribution of…

You don't have to dig very far to find some stupid kids on Reddit going off on that "eat the rich" stuff - but the thing is, your "stupid kids" are their "horrible violent mob," and their "stupid kids" are your "horrible violent mob." In reality they're both a little bit violent and definitely both stupid. ;) Social media and regular media both contribute to this perception because everyone wants to forget about thei…

Post by okmokmz » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:50 PM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #45

AlexandrB wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder why people were so unwilling to accept Zuckerberg's own sentiment ("dumb fucks") about their data for years. It seems like that's basically the attitude at Facebook from the top down. Everything else is PR spin.

I am not, and have never been, a user of Facebook. But I have to say, that statement means nothing. Mocking people for their poor choices may be in poor taste, or unfair, but it does not mean one is willing to take advantage of them. It's all he has done since that reveals that he is actually willing.