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This is not the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. Facebook is too big and way off the path for anyone's good, IMO. As someone who uses Fa

This is not the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. Facebook is too big and way off the path for anyone's good, IMO. As someone who uses Facebook in a limited manner for a specific topic, I set my audience to public a long time ago. If it's something I can't say in public (on Facebook), I don't trust or allow that information to be on Facebook. Period. There are other platforms for exchanging information that Facebook just cannot be trusted to handle correctly. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

jaytong 8y ago
Seems like they can't catch a break recently. Stopped using newsfeed altogether, only use messenger for groups/folks I don't have numbers for.
- newscracker 8y ago
  I stopped using the newsfeed and the time line a little no time ago. I post in some groups, where the reality is that I don't know most of the people there and what they might or might not do with my content. For me, if there's one thing Facebook has succeeded at, it's a good amount of self-censorship.
  - kevingrahl 8y ago
    Facebook did some research on self censorship in 2013 (I’m sure there are others but I just happened to remember the paper). > “Our results indicate that 71% of users exhibited some level of last-minute self-censorship in the time period, and provide specific evidence supporting the theory that a user’s “perceived audience” lies at the heart of the issue: posts are censored more frequently than comments, with status updates and posts directed at groups censored most frequently of all sharing use cases investigated.” - Source - https://research.fb.com/publications/self-censorship-on-facebook/ https://research.fb.com/publications/self-censorship-on-face...
    - codeflo 8y ago
      But remember that they can only do that kind of research because they upload, eternally store and data-mine the original text that users delete before ever hitting send. Many people find that unexpected, unethical or outright creepy.
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jaytong 8y ago

Seems like they can't catch a break recently. Stopped using newsfeed altogether, only use messenger for groups/folks I don't have numbers for.

newscracker 8y ago
I stopped using the newsfeed and the time line a little no time ago. I post in some groups, where the reality is that I don't know most of the people there and what they might or might not do with my content. For me, if there's one thing Facebook has succeeded at, it's a good amount of self-censorship.
- kevingrahl 8y ago
  Facebook did some research on self censorship in 2013 (I’m sure there are others but I just happened to remember the paper). > “Our results indicate that 71% of users exhibited some level of last-minute self-censorship in the time period, and provide specific evidence supporting the theory that a user’s “perceived audience” lies at the heart of the issue: posts are censored more frequently than comments, with status updates and posts directed at groups censored most frequently of all sharing use cases investigated.” - Source - https://research.fb.com/publications/self-censorship-on-facebook/ https://research.fb.com/publications/self-censorship-on-face...
  - codeflo 8y ago
    But remember that they can only do that kind of research because they upload, eternally store and data-mine the original text that users delete before ever hitting send. Many people find that unexpected, unethical or outright creepy.

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