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Facebook wants to be a/the primary communication channel. And many individuals want that too. Yet, Facebook asserts its right to control what you can and can't
by a3n 10y ago
Facebook wants to be a/the primary communication channel. And many individuals want that too. Yet, Facebook asserts its right to control what you can and can't communicate.
I think about that when people tell me "Yeah, I dislike facebook, but I have to be on it, so that I can be in easy communication with group X."
OK. Sure. As long as Facebook approves of what you're communicating with X. I guess you don't, for example, get to communicate everything you'd like to if your X is nudist enthusiasts, or friends and family who are (fellow) nudist enthusiasts. No vacation snaps for you, not even "privately". (And what a funny term when applied to a Facebook or G+.)
Or possibly you have strong feelings about the recent US election. Now that Facebook is accused of enabling fake news, will their new efforts to curb that fake news disrupt the political bubble (of whichever flavor) you and your correspondents live in? Will it spill over, and block you because you said "Z is a racist, or a terrorist, or a criminal."
Private? I laugh.