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The most fascinating thing about human behavior is that in spite of what people know, they still trust Facebook. Hell, I've been a Facebook app developer. I'm
by fixermark 9y ago
The most fascinating thing about human behavior is that in spite of what people know, they still trust Facebook.
Hell, I've been a Facebook app developer. I'm deeply familiar with the breadth and depth of information Facebook allowed an app to harvest ca. 2008 or so.
I still use FB multiple times a day because I don't care about my privacy vis-a-vis the things I post there and that my friends post there.
- shmerl 9y agoI do care, that's why I don't use FB. Problem in using it is the network effect itself multiplied by the untrustworthy, closed and centralized foundation. I.e. you don't just harm yourself by using it, you are harming others by proliferating its use, because by using it, you are encouraging others to use it too.
- fixermark 9y agoThat's if you're already approaching it from the point of view that it's a bad thing. I believe that question is unsettled.
- shmerl 9y agoIt's pretty much settled that exploiting lack of privacy is a bad thing. Potential of such practice misuse was clearly demonstrated in the recent history.
- thaladred 9y agoCan you give us the specific case in history that you are referring to? You can get back to met later if you don't have that information with you right now.
- shmerl 9y agoBrexit / Trump's campaign designers pretty much admitted manipulating the masses using Facebook feedback loop paired with big data analysis. Putting it more bluntly, it's a massive scale brainwashing. It's hard not to see the potential of pretty shady usage of such power.
- OrganicMSG 9y agoI've never used it. For some reason this makes some people extremely curious as to my reasons and then very angry with me after I state them.
- shmerl 9y agoWhy angry? In my experience most understand the problem well, but feel too dependent on FB to ditch it for good.