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I despise the company that Facebook is, and hope that it crashes and burns in ignominy such that by comparison we remember AOL fondly. That said, I'm utterly a
by rendall 5y ago
I despise the company that Facebook is, and hope that it crashes and burns in ignominy such that by comparison we remember AOL fondly.
That said, I'm utterly alarmed by calls such as this to "regulate" Facebook. We really want to legitimize f*cking Facebook like that by nationalizing / turning it into a utility? Then we'll be stuck with it for-goddamn-ever
Let's stick to principles, enforce existing (or write effective) anti-monopoly, consumer- and data- protection laws.
And, I'm fine with taking the karma hit if even one person hears this: You. Yes, you, reading this. Stop bitching about Facebook and delete your account. We as a society can neither build nor evaluate anything better while you, and yes, I mean you, you specifically, reading this, use Facebook. Especially when you rationalize it by reference to the fact that everyone else is on it. Kick that crutch out from under yourself and learn how to keep in touch with friends, family and that cute barista without compromise. Delete your account.
Thank you for listening.
- streamofdigits 5y agoagree, there is only one stab at the vampire, and it better be the right instrument at the right place imho its the freaking business model that is the core of the problem. everything else (monopoly, poor regulation, dark patterns etc) are things the world has seen before, again and again but we have never (in recent times) seen such amoral political and market endorsement of what is essentially a dehumanizing societal regression: they treat their (largely unsuspecting and ignorant or captive) human users as classifiable, data minable, bidable data objects. Nothing good will ever come out of that. This is a practice that simply has to be tarnished as contravening basic (digital) human rights and incompatible with any society that has any pretense to cohesion and fairness. NB: they are neither the first nor the only ones following this heinous business model but their are its single most effective promulgator
- rendall 5y agoWell said! ::golf clap::
- smt88 5y ago> That said, I'm utterly alarmed by calls such as this to "regulate" Facebook. We really want to legitimize fcking Facebook like that by nationalizing / turning it into a utility?* The govt is attempting to regulate Facebook by breaking it up, not by centralizing it. Facebook is guaranteed to maintain its market share if it can continue to buy and operate competitors.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agotfw this post told me facebook was offline.