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Nish Sivakumar wrote: they just don't think it's for them.
Exactly. I'm just as "close" to my extended family and friends as I want to be without FB.
If I had to choose something about it that I dislike it would be that its too easy (sitting at home in private) to write things to or about someone that you otherwise wouldn't. On the internet this is not unique to FB - but FB is the current poster child.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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In my eyes it's a platform that raises the worst side of internet to a level never seen before - and I'm talking about the opportunity to be someone else, and lie about yourself to everyone, yourself in the first place. That behavior creates a generation that thinks - because of the fake relationship built on FB - that it's acceptable and tolerated to lie. If FB (and friends) goes on people that remove the barrier between real and fake will be a majority in a lot of important places in our word - I DO NOT WANT IT!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Banking upon a disliked yet prevalent behavior and making fortune out of it, amazing. Be smart. Period.
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That's why I will not shake hand with Zuckerberg...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Don't blame him. If people had their so called moral strength, they would have never signed up. Did he come to anyone to sign up? No.
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I detest Facebook for its blatant disregard for privacy, demonstrated repeatedly in the past, and I have no confidence that "this" time they have all the holes plugged. I use it, however, as it is the only means I have to keep in touch with friends in far places. A necessary evil, but I keep my exposure to a decent minimum.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: disregard for privacy
Why do I feel this is internet?
Roger Wright wrote: A necessary evil, but I keep my exposure to a decent minimum.
If you are calling it evil just because of your privacy concerns, internet is evil. If anything else, please explain.
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Roger Wright wrote: I detest Facebook for its blatant disregard for privacy,
Yeah, because we all know the world will end if some hacker gets your phone number or a nasty chick calls you from finding off of FB. I shudder to think how horrible it must be to click a hang-up button. I mean, places of the world have people starving, but screw that, we have hang-up buttons!
Jeremy Falcon
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Most programmers are introverts.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'd rather not talk about that, thanks...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Indeed. We really wish you weren't as shy and retiring.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: We really wish you weren't as shy and retiring.
Yeah tell me about it.
Jeremy Falcon
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i don't dislike FB. i just dislike my friends.
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"If something is free then you are not the customer, you are the product".
I like Facebook because it gives me another platform to show off and argue with people, two of my favourite things.
Just like here and anywhere else online I assume anything I post is in the public domain and I don't post anything I would have a problem being so.
That said I'm not very discreet.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I just had a discussion with a friend who was all like "My b-day party is at that date. I had a FB invitation, but, well..."
That last part was about me not having a FB account so she had to go and send me a seperate invitation. Oh, the horror! Can you imagine sending a friend a personal invitation to a party? She has it rough...
I have an address to which you can send letters or postcards, I have a telephone with which I can call, send SMS, send WhatsApps, I even got LINE just because she wanted me to try, I got a last.fm account where she could leave a message and, of course, she could send me an email. But no, she wants to invite me using FB, because that's easier for her.
Well, I have news for her, and all my other friends who use FB; friendship isn't about having it easy.
Friendship is about being there for each other when they need you. Friendship is about doing that little extra effort just because you know the other appreciates it. Friendship is about sending a seperate invitation because you respect their choice of not having FB.
And that is what people seem to forget. Yes it's easy to just send an update about your life every hour and expect your 'friends' to read it. Yes it's easy to get a 'subscription' on some friends life. But I don't want that.
If I want something of my chest I'll get in contact with all my friends that I think want to hear about it. If they want the same they know where to find me.
If I want to invite friends to my party I'll invite them in any way they prefer because I want them to be at my party, not because it's easy to invite them. I expect my friends to do the same. Try deleting your FB account and see how many people actually want you at their party, even if it is somewhat less convenient to invite you. The sad truth is that with deleting FB you're probably deleting about 90% of your so-called 'friends'.
That said, I don't dislike FB, I just don't need FB. I have got all the communication channels I need (and probably a few more)! And luckily I still got some friends who know how to use them. Including the one I just had that argument with (she did invite me after all, and will continue to do so because she has done so for years ).
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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If you need to ask...
Because "liking" something is akin to pinching a loaf. It feels good for a few minutes, then you're left with a somewhat empty feeling.
Because reading what people post (ok, there ARE exceptions, but rare) is like watching someone pinch a loaf -- it smells, is accompanied by rude noises, and then you're left with, why did I just read that?
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: pinching a loaf
At first I thought what an odd way to get pleasure, squeezing a loaf of bread and what on earth do rude noises have to do with testing a loaf of bread's freshness.
Then I googled it... and read the urban dictionary definition...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: and read the urban dictionary definition...
I first encountered that expression in the Shawshank Redemption[^]. An excellent movie, never did read the novella.
Marc
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The Shawshank Redemption is on ITV2 in seven minutes.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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As an analogy I would rather read something by Kazuo Ishiguro than Dan Brown, or slowly savour Glenmorangie over having to throw back Jack Daniels as fast as possible due to its taste.
Just because something appeals to the masses does not make it of value.
Moreover value is a very individual quality and I don't happen to place very much value on Facebook.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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You realize of course that "like" and "dislike" are subjective and it appears that the points you are making are specifically subjective. So they don't like it because they don't like it. Arguing against that doesn't change that.
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We could turn the question back to you. Why do you like FB?
You could explain in a few posts what you do with it, and there will always be someone to tell that there are others ways to achieve the same.
The fact is, that's pointless. Reading all these arguments makes me feel like a FB's representative is sitting in front of me, trying to convince me that I'm wrong to refuse to adhere.
A talk about privacy in general, and on social networks specifically, would have been of more interest.
[Flags]
public enum Bool {
True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
}
private interface IStealth { }
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Because the user is the product.
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I dislike Facebook for the same reason I dislike many of these free services. That is, if you don't pay for it you're the product.
I would avoid Facebook completely if I had an option. I avoid Google for many of the same reasons. There are friends and family that it facilitates communication with though. I would rather pay for a service to do this, but many people that I want and need to keep in contact with wouldn't. I'm not naïve enough to think I can avoid these services completely. Instead I try to trust wisely, and I limit my exposure in other cases.
I also dislike Facebook, because of things like their game requests which are often sent on the person's behalf (not directly). It's not clear to users what apps like games can do. Granted the people should be more aware, but most people don't care about that stuff. No game or app should be able to access my contacts or perform any action automatically on my profile unless the app specifically has to do with it. (I don't use apps on Facebook.)
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A dysfunctional little git who can't get girls creates an app that's not entirely his own idea to get even and everyone says - "That's great, I'm in?". Not me.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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