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I would argue they were never good. He called people who gave FB data "... dumb f#@$s" back when he was 19. It was just that in the beginning they weren't pushi

I would argue they were never good. He called people who gave FB data "... dumb f#@$s" back when he was 19. It was just that in the beginning they weren't pushing the monetization yet. Now that is all it is about and people are starting to understand how they are being exploited. The only thing that has changed is that you are aware. I still don't think any of the people in my family give a crap. They are more than happy in their echo chamber and free service.

Mirioron 8y ago
I echo your statement. I knew of Facebook rather early on and even back then it seemed like a bad idea to sign up. What I find interesting, though, is that Facebook feels like an entirely unknown part of the internet for me as a result. A lot of the links and what not on Facebook are like closed doors for me.
- inflatableDodo 8y ago
  I find the biggest issue to be events. About the only thing I have been excluded from by not using facebook is some of the more hippy end of events where sometimes the only access is through facebook and people are seemingly too high to realise that this may in fact be somewhat against their own stated ethos.
ravenstine 8y ago
Facebook was indeed always like that, and it even became apparent as time went on. Yet people did not care until the media decided that Facebook was bad (instead of acting like their minds were blown by it 24/7), and even at that most people continue to use it. Facebook could be spying on people in the shower and they'd continue using it because their platform is one of a plethora of distractions that allow people to not have to think about the truth while practicing both apathy and recreational outrage.
- daniel-cussen 8y ago
  A friend tried getting off Facebook back in 2011. It was basically impossible, it took a lot of deliberate effort and even then it merely interrupted your account activity.
  - JohnFen 8y ago
    That was about when I cancelled my Facebook account. I wouldn't describe the process as "basically impossible" at all.

Mirioron 8y ago

I echo your statement. I knew of Facebook rather early on and even back then it seemed like a bad idea to sign up. What I find interesting, though, is that Facebook feels like an entirely unknown part of the internet for me as a result. A lot of the links and what not on Facebook are like closed doors for me.

inflatableDodo 8y ago
I find the biggest issue to be events. About the only thing I have been excluded from by not using facebook is some of the more hippy end of events where sometimes the only access is through facebook and people are seemingly too high to realise that this may in fact be somewhat against their own stated ethos.

ravenstine 8y ago

Facebook was indeed always like that, and it even became apparent as time went on. Yet people did not care until the media decided that Facebook was bad (instead of acting like their minds were blown by it 24/7), and even at that most people continue to use it. Facebook could be spying on people in the shower and they'd continue using it because their platform is one of a plethora of distractions that allow people to not have to think about the truth while practicing both apathy and recreational outrage.

daniel-cussen 8y ago
A friend tried getting off Facebook back in 2011. It was basically impossible, it took a lot of deliberate effort and even then it merely interrupted your account activity.
- JohnFen 8y ago
  That was about when I cancelled my Facebook account. I wouldn't describe the process as "basically impossible" at all.