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Actually "average people" in my experience very likely wildly over estimate how much information Facebook has about them. The default assumption I've seen non-t
by sfifs 9y ago
Actually "average people" in my experience very likely wildly over estimate how much information Facebook has about them. The default assumption I've seen non-technical people make is "they know everything". They understand at an intuitive level that when a company provides services for free and is worth so much, it probably uses a lot of their data. When these "average people" are business managers, this leads them to expect miracles out of Facebook ad targeting:-)
Technical people on the other hand who get into details and try to work out what and how FB is collecting data consistently under estimate FB and so get outraged.
- babygoat 9y agoYour experience "actually" doesn't trump the experience of others, or facts.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoI liked your second paragraph. But from my experience interacting with non-technical people, your first paragraph is completely wrong. At least from my experience, most people DON'T think "facebook knows everything".
- JoshMnem 9y agoMost consumers don't know what data Facebook has or what can be done with it. They do often have a helpless, fatalistic response though: "The Internet already has all of my data, so there's nothing I can do." They don't realize that the statement is false.