Reasons not to use Facebook
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Reasons not to use Facebook
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Re: Reasons not to use Facebook
#2I have setup a facebook account a very long time but i always kept the same basic usage and sticked to it, connect with friends, mostly nice persons I meet while traveling. No photos, no walls, just a few messages now and then to say hi. Nothing that would generate a all marketing industry at the expense of privacy.
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#3Of all his pages, this one is by far the largest.
Re: Reasons not to use Facebook
#4I have setup a facebook account a very long time but i always kept the same basic usage and sticked to it, connect with friends, mostly nice persons I meet while traveling. No photos, no walls, just a few messages now and then to say hi. Nothing that would generate a all marketing industry at the expense of privacy.
Who you friend are says a lot about you. So does what you talk about.
Sure, you're not generating the most marketing data out of all facebook users, but you are generating a decent amount of marketing data.
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#5(2013) should be removed - this page has been kept up-to-date, and includes mention of Cambridge Analytica.
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#6I have setup a facebook account a very long time but i always kept the same basic usage and sticked to it, connect with friends, mostly nice persons I meet while traveling. No photos, no walls, just a few messages now and then to say hi. Nothing that would generate a all marketing industry at the expense of privacy.
Who you friend are says a lot about you. So does what you talk about. Sure, you're not generating the most marketing data out of all facebook users, but you are generating a decent amount of marketing data.
Don’t forget that as you use your machine for visiting other sites, your usage is being tracked using Advertising ID that most platforms expose. You don’t need the same browser, the ID is stable until you reset it.
Re: Reasons not to use Facebook
#7Of all his pages, this one is by far the largest.
Was surprised to see how chill (very relatively speaking) he is about Twitter. In fact, it was apparently unobjectionable for some period.
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#8(2013) should be removed - this page has been kept up-to-date, and includes mention of Cambridge Analytica.
Thanks, we've removed it.
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#9The biggest reason I can see now based on current rhetoric, is that it's a trap.
Once in, you can't get out, even if you want to. That doesn't even factor privacy or advertising or whatever, it's purely that you are attached to a specific corporation just to maintain relationships.
If you want to get out: ask for contact details of those you need to communicate with and advise you are working out a workaround.
There's no reason group admins and businesses can't set up a mailing or instant messenger list that doesn't depend on Facebook, G+, Slack, etc. In fact the owners of such groups and companies should be offering such things to help everyone decide, now's a good time...
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#10This is actually written in less of a hyperbolic tone than his usual articles.