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I must be missing out on FB because I do not use it for searching products, concerts, movies, news, restaurants, etc. It only shows me updates from family, spec
by eatbitseveryday 10y ago
I must be missing out on FB because I do not use it for searching products, concerts, movies, news, restaurants, etc. It only shows me updates from family, specific business I have "liked", etc. But perhaps your point is, many people spend hours on it instead of news sites, thus see the content shared through that via walls instead of the main pages of news websites?
- kbenson 10y ago> But perhaps your point is, many people spend hours on it instead of news sites, thus see the content shared through that via walls instead of the main pages of news websites? Yes. I don't use Facebook, but my significant other does, and of the few news items here that I think are relevant to her, she usually sees them shared through someone's wall post 12-48 hours later. For some people it's a giant peer-to-peer new sharing site, and it's the primary source of news they have. That's extremely powerful position for Facebook, which is also why they got into so much trouble when it came out a while back that they were tweaking people's feeds slightly based on political views.
- r00fus 10y agoAre you sure you're blocking all their cookies? Any site with a like button or Facebook comments will track you and use it to monetize your visits. Ultimately it's like saying you aren't concerned about drug laws because you aren't in the drug economy... It has a high possibility of affecting your life in some way regardless.
- eatbitseveryday 10y agoIf PrivacyBadger blocks them, then hopefully those are.