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The most interesting part of this story to me is apparent divide between the perception of how people should react to their data being mishandled and how they a
by dkrich 8y ago
The most interesting part of this story to me is apparent divide between the perception of how people should react to their data being mishandled and how they actually react.
Anecdotally, most of the outrage I’ve seen has come from white men in their 50’s who don’t actively use the platform. I don’t mean this as a jab, I literally have seen the most outrage from this group although I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s just coincidence or that is the most outspoken demographic.
Meanwhile, I haven’t seen any change in usage from those people I know who actively use Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp.
I think that people feel that this story should adversely affect the company and it’s earnings, but there is no evidence that it actually will.
- cirgue 8y ago> Meanwhile, I haven’t seen any change in usage from those people I know who actively use Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp. Over the last three years, the percentage of my friends who are active on these platforms has dropped dramatically, like ~80% to ~20%. I think most of the people who understood that Facebook and associated properties were toxic tailed off using those services well before the Cambridge Analytica thing.