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It's not a problem yet. Facebook works fine for both businesses that choose to use it (instead of a custom webpage), and for their customers. Once Facebook usa

It's not a problem yet. Facebook works fine for both businesses that choose to use it (instead of a custom webpage), and for their customers. Once Facebook usage becomes a real nuissance for whatever reason, businesses will slowly migrate off of it.

qwerty456127 5y ago
The same can be said about climate change. It (rather than it's expected consequences and regulations already being implemented) seems being rather far from a real nuissance for the most of the developed world (e.g. it has zero effect on life and businesses of myself and everyone I know, in Europe) at the moment but it's obviously a severe problem for the nearing future so we mostly agree we must start fixing it now.
- cdogl 5y ago
  I don't think this is a helpful comparison. The impact of climate change can be predicted (to whatever degree of accuracy) because of how sophisticated the hard sciences have become. However sympathetic one might be of any critique of Facebook, any prediction of its future impact is fundamentally speculative.
  - qwerty456127 5y ago
    So, as I meant to express, the only problem with this problem is it is hard for the majority to see.
- rpastuszak 5y ago
  > (e.g. it has zero effect on life and businesses of myself and everyone I know, in Europe) Speaking to people working in agriculture and fishing industry (Portugal and the Baltic sea), I can tel you that their opinion differs from yours by a large margin. Sometimes this can mean shifting the harvest date by a month, sometimes not being able to find certain types of fish due to seemingly minor water temperature/climate changes. I live in a similar bubble as an average HN reader, so I see where you're coming from though.
- johnisgood 5y ago
  I only read those sentences: > Once Facebook usage becomes a real nuissance for whatever reason, businesses will slowly migrate off of it. >> The same can be said about climate change. Yeah, we will start migrating to Mars!
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qwerty456127 5y ago

The same can be said about climate change. It (rather than it's expected consequences and regulations already being implemented) seems being rather far from a real nuissance for the most of the developed world (e.g. it has zero effect on life and businesses of myself and everyone I know, in Europe) at the moment but it's obviously a severe problem for the nearing future so we mostly agree we must start fixing it now.

cdogl 5y ago
I don't think this is a helpful comparison. The impact of climate change can be predicted (to whatever degree of accuracy) because of how sophisticated the hard sciences have become. However sympathetic one might be of any critique of Facebook, any prediction of its future impact is fundamentally speculative.
- qwerty456127 5y ago
  So, as I meant to express, the only problem with this problem is it is hard for the majority to see.
rpastuszak 5y ago
> (e.g. it has zero effect on life and businesses of myself and everyone I know, in Europe) Speaking to people working in agriculture and fishing industry (Portugal and the Baltic sea), I can tel you that their opinion differs from yours by a large margin. Sometimes this can mean shifting the harvest date by a month, sometimes not being able to find certain types of fish due to seemingly minor water temperature/climate changes. I live in a similar bubble as an average HN reader, so I see where you're coming from though.
johnisgood 5y ago
I only read those sentences: > Once Facebook usage becomes a real nuissance for whatever reason, businesses will slowly migrate off of it. >> The same can be said about climate change. Yeah, we will start migrating to Mars!

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