3 ms·
I think most people including journalist are basically computer illiterate. Facebook has web interface. Uninstall the app from phone, and login once a week to
by jankotek 9y ago
I think most people including journalist are basically computer illiterate.
Facebook has web interface. Uninstall the app from phone, and login once a week to check messages and to plan events.
- xab9 9y agoYep, couple of weeks ago guy showed me how he "deleted facebook". He removed it from his phone (but still using the messenger app).
- shervinafshar 9y agoI found the generalization above regarding computer literacy of "most people" unfounded and very troubling. This comment also handwaves the inconvenience caused to users who were promised access to the information they need across their devices.
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoOne, we are in a market failure. Unilateral withdrawal is difficult. Two, even if I withdraw, I am still subjected to Facebook’s surveillance and negative effects on my democracy. The latter is what pisses me off. (The cluelessness of Facebook’s management and culture, in respect of this problem, coming in at a close second.)
- mirko22 9y agoHow are you still subject to facebook surveillance and “effects on democracy”? For surveillance you can say same for Google and their analytics code installed everywhere. For democracy, i ap pretty sure same tactics are used in any media channel...
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> For democracy, i ap pretty sure same tactics are used in any media channel Facebook's uniqueness, in reach, magnitude of damage, and negligence, has been qualitatively demonstrated, by its actions and employees' defenses of said actions, over the past months.