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I wonder what the score would be if Facebook users were to rate its trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.

bilbo0s 8y ago
To be fair, Facebook users can rate Facebook's trustworthiness by simply not using Facebook. Which I would recommend. What impact on physical and mental health does it have to sit around checking different screens for InstaFaceSnap or RedditTwitTube updates?
- crankylinuxuser 8y ago
  Users/useds: Bill (not FB user) Sue (FB user) Jill (FB user) Conversation: Sue: Bill is just so unreliable. He says things and doesnt do them. Jill: Yah he did the same to me! ------ (Notices Bill's ghost profile's trustworthiness score go down, without any interaction from Bill at all. What exactly do we do about that? We in the US have no rights like this. The corps can do whatever they want, and maybe just maybe, a decent law will be passed to protect us. Or likely not.) Edit: Useds was name given by Stallman from https://stallman.org/facebook.html https://stallman.org/facebook.html . Also, -1? Where am I being wrong? Are ghost profiles being dismissed, or trustworthiness? Or is it the fact I'm putting these things together?
  - pjc50 8y ago
    I think this article specifically refers to "how reliable someone's flagging reports are", which doesn't mean anything for non-account-holders.
  - drivingmenuts 8y ago
    > maybe just maybe, a decent law will be passed to protect us. Against what? A company rating their trust in our ability to use their resources? This happens on a daily basis with almost any company; it's just less formalized.
amelius 8y ago
Perhaps there is a reciprocal element. If Facebook appears not trustworthy to me, then I don't trust Facebook, and then probably I will appear not trustworthy to Facebook.
- MichaelKSpencer 8y ago
  Yes I imagine most consumers will eventually come to think like this. You might be a bit ahead of the curve though?

To be fair, Facebook users can rate Facebook's trustworthiness by simply not using Facebook. Which I would recommend. What impact on physical and mental health does it have to sit around checking different screens for InstaFaceSnap or RedditTwitTube updates?

crankylinuxuser 8y ago
Users/useds: Bill (not FB user) Sue (FB user) Jill (FB user) Conversation: Sue: Bill is just so unreliable. He says things and doesnt do them. Jill: Yah he did the same to me! ------ (Notices Bill's ghost profile's trustworthiness score go down, without any interaction from Bill at all. What exactly do we do about that? We in the US have no rights like this. The corps can do whatever they want, and maybe just maybe, a decent law will be passed to protect us. Or likely not.) Edit: Useds was name given by Stallman from https://stallman.org/facebook.html https://stallman.org/facebook.html . Also, -1? Where am I being wrong? Are ghost profiles being dismissed, or trustworthiness? Or is it the fact I'm putting these things together?
- pjc50 8y ago
  I think this article specifically refers to "how reliable someone's flagging reports are", which doesn't mean anything for non-account-holders.
- drivingmenuts 8y ago
  > maybe just maybe, a decent law will be passed to protect us. Against what? A company rating their trust in our ability to use their resources? This happens on a daily basis with almost any company; it's just less formalized.

amelius 8y ago

Perhaps there is a reciprocal element. If Facebook appears not trustworthy to me, then I don't trust Facebook, and then probably I will appear not trustworthy to Facebook.

MichaelKSpencer 8y ago
Yes I imagine most consumers will eventually come to think like this. You might be a bit ahead of the curve though?