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I agree with every argument Doctorow makes about why twitter/facebook/etc are bad. But his proposed solutions are backwards. Don't promote the use of force to m
by superkuh 3y ago
I agree with every argument Doctorow makes about why twitter/facebook/etc are bad. But his proposed solutions are backwards. Don't promote the use of force to make companies do things just because you don't enjoy their service anymore. That's quite aggresively immoral. Just stop using the service.
- majewsky 3y agoFacebook probably has a shadow profile of me even though I never made an account. "Just stop using the service" demonstrates an incomplete grasp of the problem.
- superkuh 3y agoLots of persons both human and corporate that have information about you even though you've never interacted with them. That it's facebook doing it does not make it dangerous. There's no hurt or damage or fraud involved. So how can one justify using force against them to make them act like you want them to? But sure, go a bit further and set your hosts file so common facebook domains to resolve to localhost, use a JS protection extension, etc. I always have. It seems a sensible mitigation for these types without anything else being required. And it's completely non-violent and non-coercive. Something you as an individual can just do without having to have 300 million other people required to do it.