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What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account. Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme

What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account. Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme page subscription?

mozumder 8y ago
What about memes pages? Memes pages seem like the best reason to delete Facebook.
- TremendousJudge 8y ago
  yeah because fuck having fun right
  - mozumder 8y ago
    Sounds more like it's causing you to be angry instead of having fun...
    - carrja99 8y ago
      That's usually the point of memes on facebook.
      - mozumder 8y ago
        Hence a good reason to delete FaceBook...
inetknght 8y ago
They aren't trying to sell you anything. They are selling you to others. They are selling you to not just advertisers but selling your profile to companies that are able to use your profiled information to make their own decisions about things. It's not just about advertisements. Imagine if you didn't serve a single advertisement and instead bought profiling information about people. You could use that profile information to make business or political decisions regardless of whether an advertisement was sold. You could influence politics because you "know" your target audience. Say, for example, the US presidential election or Brexit. Those are just the most high profile places for your profile to be used without ever having presenting advertisement to you. Net neutrality is another one.
- hiram112 8y ago
  I've been (down voted) for saying this before: it is not just ads that they are selling. The big money is going to be selling your profile to everyone, including insurers - health, auto, home, etc. Good luck getting a good deal when they know how much you drink and the food you eat. To the government - eventually that guaranteed Social Security and 401k will be means tested, and it appears you're spending on luxuries that disqualify you.the possibilities are endless. And I know for a fact that there are more than a few HN readers who work for companies mediating this data.
  - Bromskloss 8y ago
    > Good luck getting a good deal when they know how much you drink and the food you eat. That would go both ways, right? With the extra information, insurance companies would be _more_ keen on insuring those who behave in a way that makes insurance payouts less likely.
    - hiram112 8y ago
      You'd think, right? I wouldn't hold my breath, though. My car insurance was set at about $900/year by my insurer for 5 or 6 years. In that time, they never once lowered the price, even though I had one or two tickets expire, had a perfect driving record during that time, and my car lost about half its value due to aging. Only when I finally decided to get a new quote from my credit union - about $400 for the year (less than half I'd been paying for years) - did my current insurer offer to reduce to the close to that price which is what I would have been paying had I been a new customer with my current record. In other words, corporations will find a way to extract the maximum possible from everyone.
dan1234 8y ago
Most of the memes will have been copied from Reddit anyway.
- Deinos 8y ago
  Exactly. Little of the content is original; most of it is either re-posted or stolen outright from the original creators. [1] [1] https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.html https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07...
quantummkv 8y ago
> What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account. Directly go to reddit or 4chan. Everything on facebook is 7 day old trash from reddit. > Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme page subscription? You don't see it does not mean facebook does not track you and is not interested in selling stuff to you. It will just use your data to sell stuff to your family members.

What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account. Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme page subscription?

mozumder 8y ago

What about memes pages? Memes pages seem like the best reason to delete Facebook.

TremendousJudge 8y ago
yeah because fuck having fun right
- mozumder 8y ago
  Sounds more like it's causing you to be angry instead of having fun...
  - carrja99 8y ago
    That's usually the point of memes on facebook.
    - mozumder 8y ago
      Hence a good reason to delete FaceBook...

inetknght 8y ago

They aren't trying to sell you anything. They are selling you to others. They are selling you to not just advertisers but selling your profile to companies that are able to use your profiled information to make their own decisions about things. It's not just about advertisements. Imagine if you didn't serve a single advertisement and instead bought profiling information about people. You could use that profile information to make business or political decisions regardless of whether an advertisement was sold. You could influence politics because you "know" your target audience. Say, for example, the US presidential election or Brexit. Those are just the most high profile places for your profile to be used without ever having presenting advertisement to you. Net neutrality is another one.

hiram112 8y ago
I've been (down voted) for saying this before: it is not just ads that they are selling. The big money is going to be selling your profile to everyone, including insurers - health, auto, home, etc. Good luck getting a good deal when they know how much you drink and the food you eat. To the government - eventually that guaranteed Social Security and 401k will be means tested, and it appears you're spending on luxuries that disqualify you.the possibilities are endless. And I know for a fact that there are more than a few HN readers who work for companies mediating this data.
- Bromskloss 8y ago
  > Good luck getting a good deal when they know how much you drink and the food you eat. That would go both ways, right? With the extra information, insurance companies would be _more_ keen on insuring those who behave in a way that makes insurance payouts less likely.
  - hiram112 8y ago
    You'd think, right? I wouldn't hold my breath, though. My car insurance was set at about $900/year by my insurer for 5 or 6 years. In that time, they never once lowered the price, even though I had one or two tickets expire, had a perfect driving record during that time, and my car lost about half its value due to aging. Only when I finally decided to get a new quote from my credit union - about $400 for the year (less than half I'd been paying for years) - did my current insurer offer to reduce to the close to that price which is what I would have been paying had I been a new customer with my current record. In other words, corporations will find a way to extract the maximum possible from everyone.

dan1234 8y ago

Most of the memes will have been copied from Reddit anyway.

Deinos 8y ago
Exactly. Little of the content is original; most of it is either re-posted or stolen outright from the original creators. [1] [1] https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.html https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07...

quantummkv 8y ago

> What about memes pages? that's the only reason I keep my account. Directly go to reddit or 4chan. Everything on facebook is 7 day old trash from reddit. > Also, I don't even see adds with and Ad-blocker. What are they going to try to sell me, a meme page subscription? You don't see it does not mean facebook does not track you and is not interested in selling stuff to you. It will just use your data to sell stuff to your family members.