On 07/06/18 12:30, M. J. Everitt wrote:
On 07/06/18 12:25, Julian Hall wrote:
On 07/06/18 09:28, Grant
Phillips-Sewell wrote:
I am sure given recent news reports people are
starting to think about dumping facebook, so how can
we help people, ?
Paul
You say that, but even after the initial
uproar around Cambridge Analytica the majority of Facebook
users didn't stop using Facebook.
I really think it is worth maintaining a
presence on the biggest social media network, and by
maintaining I do mean posting things to it periodically
and adding our events to it. I'm not saying we should all
be Facebook users, I'm not saying we should be praising
Facebook as the lord of all things, I'm not saying we
should even be using it as a primary platform... just that
we should keep our presence there as a means to be visible
and hopefully attract some more new members.
I am a Facebook user. I find it a useful
platform to keep in touch with friends and to gain
business contacts and leads... because my friend are on it
as are my business contacts and leads. There is a *very*
good chance that there are people locally who use Facebook
who have an interest in Linux, or at least they've heard
about it and are curious, but have no knowledge of the
LUG. If only there was a way to get our name in front of
those Facebook users...
If you
(not you specifically, Paul, but the impersonal 3rd
person pronoun "you") are not happy to use Facebook then
nobody is forcing you to do so. Ooh, look at that...
freedom of choice being discussed on a Linux mailing
list... who'd've thought it.
Grant. :)
I think people in general have taken the attitude of Professor
Sue Black, who essentially said that the service is provided
free so of course they are going to make their money with
targeted advertising. As for Cambridge Analytica et al, I think
the general view is that what they did was wrong, but we can't
'unpost' comments for example. All we can do is be much more
careful in future and trust that Facebook have tightened up
their policies to prevent a future occurrence.
Julian
LOL. They make money (ie. exist, fund themselves) by selling our
"data" .. why have so few actually taken this in properly ..
Don't give them [any] data, they have nothing to sell .. (besides
even more advertising)
I know how they are funded. Data/Adverts, the principle is exactly
the same. Data given them cannot be taken back - you cannot untell
them your birthday or where you've worked, or - as I said - 'unpost'
a comment or opinion.
Again as I said, 'don't give them any data' is fine advice for the
future, but any already given is irretrievable, /possibly/ not from
Facebook, but what about all the companies, app developers etc data
has been shared with? Better to just learn the lesson and move on.
Julian
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