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Personally I think that making even a fraction of services accessible to a small fraction of users which have never used Internet before is a good cause. The si
by manibatra 11y ago
Personally I think that making even a fraction of services accessible to a small fraction of users which have never used Internet before is a good cause. The simple act of getting them online, even if providing them limited services, can be a gateway to the "Internet" as a whole.
Facebook is a company which exists in the end to increase the value for its shareholders so I think it is expected they obviously will try to further their cause i.e. getting everyone on the Facebook platform. Maybe they overplayed the altruistic card and should have been more forthright about their intentions.
"We", people who take for granted the connectivity that Internet offers, in my humble opinion maybe overly skeptic of Facebook's intentions. But to someone who has not accessed internet ever, even a fraction of it can be very empowering.
- userbinator 11y agoA "fraction of services" that Facebook wants, not necesarily what the population wants.
- manibatra 11y agoPeople who do not have access to the internet do not necessarily "want" any services.
- eveningcoffee 11y agoI am not sure that giving full control over how group of people (a large one at that) access information to one company is really a good idea. Considering how social media has been used to create unrest, it might be even a bad idea.