Re: NO FACEBOOK FOR ME!

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@JamandBread wrote:
We aren't Facebook's customers. We are Facebook's commodity. We exist on Facebook as products which are sold to different advertisers. If the pace of your scrolling slows at a particular story or add, the algorithm picks that up and you will see more of that. If you share something, forget it. You'll be bombarded based on what you've shared. I swear it even HEARS your conversations
The Artificial Inteligence is designed to anticipate what you will click on next and provides that for you, seemingly put of nowhere

Once you make peace with the fact you're a product and not a customer, FB can be enjoyable.

If you haven't seen it, The Social Neteork is a great movie about how FB operates.

@JamandBread

Very well stated.

Frankly, I find it absolutely baffling that people sign up for a FREE membership, put tons of very personal facts and photos on there, and suddenly get practically hysterical about their "privacy" being violated! Seriously?

Haven't these people ever noticed that there is NO charge, NO membership fee and NO contracts. Just a TOS that clearly no one bothers to read. It gives FB your permission to sell your information. (Doesn't anyone read any more? LOL)

How do they think FB is making money ... or at least breaking even? Do they think FB was put up and managed out of the goodness of some rich guy's heart? Their assumptions are just beyond stupid.

JMO, of course.

Shawnie · ‎03-10-2010

OP that is not how FB notifies you that you are either walking a thin line, suspended for some stated period of time or thrown off the platform all together. You are notified on facebook when you try to post something. I suspect that when you set up the new laptop you inadvertently opened yourself up to a hacker, and when you followed that link to set up a new account you gave personal information away, not to FB but to a hacker.