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It's not the same thing. Let's say I'm a republicrat and I'm furiously sending private messages with links to democan sites showing my friends how evil I think
by greggman 14y ago
It's not the same thing.
Let's say I'm a republicrat and I'm furiously sending private messages with links to democan sites showing my friends how evil I think they are. Except now I'm told every one of my links as just made those republicrat sites more liked an I'm helping make it look like they are more popular than they really are.
Scanning emails to serve you ads does not leak information to the public indirectly. Increasing like counts does.
- magicseth 14y agoIt does actually leak information in the form of ad prices and view rates. Not directly to he public, but it is leaked.
- tedunangst 14y agoLesson learned: stop linking to evil content.
- nancyhua 14y agoWonder if this will exacerbate the effect of everyone only seeing views that agree with theirs and decreasing exposure to different (/evil) perspectives.
- tedunangst 14y agoPersonally I'd be happy with fewer "look at this idiot" links, whether they be on Facebook or HN. If its more of a "something to think about" link, even if I disagree, I think I'm ok if their like count goes up when I share it.
- nancyhua 14y agoIs a "share" a subset of a "like"? Maybe they can have links count as shares but not likes.
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- TomGullen 14y agoSo your issue here isn't a privacy one at all, it's a semantic one.