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It's probably because Facebook does a lot of shitty things, and that when the start doing more shitty things, people pay attention because it has the largest ma
by ianamartin 9y ago
It's probably because Facebook does a lot of shitty things, and that when the start doing more shitty things, people pay attention because it has the largest market penetration of any company in history, and because doing shady, sloppy, crappy stuff to over a billion people is kind of a big deal to, I don't know, over a billion people or so. Give or take.
Facebook's history and business model are selling data to advertisers to make money. Locking your data in. Depriving you of ownership of your content.
When the sole source of income for a company depends on duping people into providing free data and content that they can monetize through unbelievably shitty ads, you can bet your ass that there will be some false evil positives. Because why wouldn't they?
Is there anything Facebook wouldn't do to make a buck? I think the answer is no. They have no morals, no ethics, and no values that I can discern. When someone says Facebook is listening to your computer microphone, I think, "Well duh. Of course they would. Anything for another advertising buck." And when I find out they weren't, I think, "Well, it's a good idea for them. They are probably working on it."
Can you name one single thing that Facebook has refused to do in the search for ad revenue? I've never worked there, so I can't possibly know the answer to that question. But based on what I've seen Facebook actually do (false reports not included), I'm pretty sure that no one ever says no to anything if there's a chance at making more money.
Add to that the fact that the company is explicitly against the norms and standards of an open web, and you have a good portion of your answer.
We hate Facebook because it takes advantage of people who don't know any better and subverts the open nature of the internet. And because there is seemingly nothing it will not do, no matter how unethical or awful, to further its own ends above.