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I'm not pro facebook, but the fact that so many people are saying bad about facebook means they still care, and that also means facebook knows there is a proble
by danschumann 9y ago
I'm not pro facebook, but the fact that so many people are saying bad about facebook means they still care, and that also means facebook knows there is a problem.
I think a bigger indicator of death is when a company neglects problems, or lies about them. Facebook has not denied problems, which makes me think they might fix them.
I had problems with facebook since 2005ish, and actually creating a rival to facebook was a big motivator for me to learn to code, but now I've since taken up my own interests, and am not so concerned with facebook, since I see it, in some ways, as a necessary evil. (though I would rather see some sort of decentralized blockchain thingy that serves as the global directory of connecting all people)
Also, if you are in the valley, you are posh and already "over facebook", you are an early adopter of a facebook-less world, and you don't realize how obsessed with facebook people are in the midwest(where I am). I'm not saying a facebook-less world won't catch on here, but where I am, people aren't anti-facebook at all.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoWhat I don't understand is this, Facebook makes $7 per customer through selling their data to advertisers and other groups. I know most people don't want to PAY for Facebook, but maybe the people who really care about their privacy would. Could I opt out of advertising, or sharing my data with 3rd party apps of my friends if I paid Facebook $20 per year? For me $20 per year would be a good price for an ad free experience on Facebook. That way some people pay with real dollars, some people pay by being receptacles for advertising. Just like how there is Free TV, and there is HBO.
- binthere 9y agoWhat you are missing is that they knew about it all the time but did nothing until a big "scandal" like this happened. It's a problem with trust now.