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It seems that everyone just hates Facebook and we're collectively trying to nit pick any missteps that they make. I think that the whole issue is not surprisin
by jondubois 9y ago
It seems that everyone just hates Facebook and we're collectively trying to nit pick any missteps that they make.
I think that the whole issue is not surprising at all. Definitely not newsworthy. I'm pretty sure that everyone and everyone's mum knew that Facebook was doing stuff like this.
What changed is that now we all distrust and dislike Facebook at some deep level... So we respond strongly to even the most mundane criticisms against it.
I think that what's happening is that Facebook is so good with analytics that they are always able to churn out a perfectly optimized statement in response to any situation... But it doesn't change the fact that everyone is eagerly awaiting the next scandal.
- Slansitartop 9y ago> I'm pretty sure that everyone and everyone's mum knew that Facebook was doing stuff like this. "Everyone" knew Facebook was gathering tons of data on its users and everyone else, but we didn't understand many of the implications until now. People assumed it was just useful for banner-ad type stuff. There are probably even more implications of this data collection that we have still yet to discover.
- jayess 9y agoThat's BS. The Obama campaign bragged about using Facebook data and was praised for it.
- Slansitartop 9y agoNo it isn't. I only learned of the political implications of FB data during this election cycle. It's gotten a lot more headlines, and the stories have been much more explicit about the implications. So we've proved "everyone" didn't understand the full implications until now.