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I found Facebook useful for finding my roommates and classmates during college. They took away the classmate finding feature, but then it became more accessibl
by oscilloscope 14y ago
I found Facebook useful for finding my roommates and classmates during college. They took away the classmate finding feature, but then it became more accessible and my grandparents could use it. I just used it a moment ago to get my cousin's birthday.
That's a lot of value to me. When I share something there, it has the broadest reach of real-world friends on any social network, but that's my personal experience.
Facebook is not a weapon. It's a product, definitely, and a medium to some degree. A corporate and focused vision of the internet, sure.
A weapon? No.
- jhuni 14y agoWhenever a photo is shared through Facebook it is run through facial recognition software and the results are sent to every police agency that is interested. We know that policy agencies have picked people up on information attained in this way. Some of the worlds police agencies are evil. Whenever you use Facebook to share photos or some other personal information you are equipping potentially evil police agencies with a potent weapon that can be used against you and your friends.
- oscilloscope 14y agoWouldn't they get that information anyways by tapping my phone or internet connection? The NSA probably has my known IP addresses linked together, who knows. I've not experienced Facebook used as a form of oppression against me and my friends. If I did, I would immediately alert them... on Facebook.