iyo did facebook ruin the internet?

I deleted Instagram, my friends all send me pictures of their cats directly.

oh I would assume instagram is doing 100% of the exact same shit

whatsapp deleted from personal phone

I get friend requests on IG so infrequently, I barely remember to even check it.

I haven't been on FB in a month, but went in there this week and deleted a bunch of app information (see above at my wonderment over Zedge.)

And last night, I got fucking HIT with half a dozen friend requests on IG - all from people I haven't spoken to in ten years who are exactly the people I was tired of dealing with on FB in the first place.

imo did facebook ruin facebook, yes, shitty fucking site does not work at all

for some reason I can no longer see notifications in browser, really weird... of course there's no such thing as a facebook helpdesk, but I guess this will be as good a time as any to stop using the site

I do have a page for my band, for promotional purposes, and yesterday a friend of mine mentioned the band in a comment, I received a notification by email - clicking it takes me to a statistical overview of interactions, I've no idea how I can find the actual comment

so useless

https://gizmodo.com/why-we-finally-feel-betrayed-by-facebook-1824032214

The Cambridge Analytica scandal will run its course, and Facebook will change its policies (again). Mark Zuckerberg will keep telling us that Facebook will try harder. He might have to testify before Congress, but it remains to be seen whether that will lead to any new regulations for companies like Facebook. People will keep using Facebook and Instagram and all the other apps in the family. All those apps will keep collecting data, and the data you’ve already surrendered will still be out there.

otm

Hell I have an old Livejournal Ive had since 2001 and that sites owned by Russians, its probably way more in peril and I really should just delete it.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, March 21, 2018 9:43

A day after I posted this some random russian LJ user liked the only public post visible on my blog, from 2010. Its is the first time anyone has looked at/done anthing on my livejournal in YEARS so it isnt a coink.

I think this is worth noting, y'all.

(As in, are there russian trollfarmers lurking here?)

There are definitely Russians here. They keep trying to register .ru accounts

wait, ru's bugging trayce, are we sure it's russians and not...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1EgKPiC4I3NW8gMd8QYVJS2_vXhgR4G7gEJZLEP9Y8a9mFa00sw

"MATE, THIS SHIELA CALLED ANGELA MERKEL WANTS TO LET MUSLIMS TAKE OVER EUROPE"

Friends who don’t have your phone number aren’t real friends

Howbout if you only have a landline? That's me.

https://i.imgur.com/M1X1WKP.jpg

Facebook apparently has donated only to GOP congressional PACs:

https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction_period=2018&cycle=2018&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00502906&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=03%2F25%2F2018&line_number=F3X-23

seein mccaskill and tester in that list tho, but yeah theres a lot of GOP

I see a lot more of CYA than GOP on that list.

Yeah sorry, looks a little more balanced the further you scroll down.

I posted after I saw the terrible trio of Nunes, Issa & Denham in a row.

Giving money to Nunes = nope

Problems problems!

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/03/statement-acting-director-ftcs-bureau-consumer-protection

The FTC is firmly and fully committed to using all of its tools to protect the privacy of consumers. Foremost among these tools is enforcement action against companies that fail to honor their privacy promises, including to comply with Privacy Shield, or that engage in unfair acts that cause substantial injury to consumers in violation of the FTC Act. Companies who have settled previous FTC actions must also comply with FTC order provisions imposing privacy and data security requirements. Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook. Today, the FTC is confirming that it has an open non-public investigation into these practices.

And apparently the stock's crashing further.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/

making the rounds this morning -- an oldie but a goodie

http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb fucks.

.@facebook’s approval is plummeting “particularly large among Democrats & Democratic-leaning independents.” Zuckerberg couldn’t care less about the Left. He’ll continues to do to nothing to tackle the problem.

Exclusive poll: Facebook favorability plunges https://t.co/U3yeJLRSYt

— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) March 27, 2018

I downloaded my info from fb. Nothing exciting or surprising (thankfully). Although, I have never used fb to log into any other account ever. I have been side-eyeing that option for years.

Zuckerberg couldn’t care less about the Left.

More to the point, he couldn't care less about 'approval', so long as his detractors continue to use Facebook and his personal fortune remains well above $50 billion.

sounds like a certain someone

More to the point, he couldn't care less about 'approval', so long as his detractors continue to use Facebook and his personal fortune remains well above $50 billion.

🤔 https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16976328/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-pollster-tavis-mcginn-honest-data

Zuck to go b4 congress

“It was my job to do surveys and focus groups globally to understand why people like Mark Zuckerberg, whether they think they can trust him, and whether they’ve even heard of him. That’s especially important outside of the United States.”

I added the bolding. tbh, I think this had more to do with his wanting users to continue to use Facebook and therefore whether his personal fortune remains well above $50 billion.

i'd be interested to know the fraction of facebook's 2bn users who have heard of him. but it's not 100%.

the focus on his personal ratings (rather than just facebook's) hints at something more than just "will facebook continue to rain money on me".

not necessarily "he's running", but rather he's deeply insecure, and cares a lot about whether he personally is admired.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data

Christ that Boz guy is creepy. Area Billionaire Says Was Just Doing Social Experiment On You Guys, Is Actually Laughing Right Now, You Fell For His Troll, Honestly It’s Just Funny

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bYAUV1dXL._SX373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

I didn't agree with it even when I wrote it

ok

for those who are still on facebook: what would it take for you to delete your account?

is there a limit to the amount of misuse/selling of your private data that can occur before you've had enough? or is the real issue just that facebook is too useful in certain ways (staying in touch, finding local event invitations, telling everyone you're engaged or pregnant, etc), so you wouldn't delete your account until there's a functional equivalent that you could migrate to?

not trying to be judgmental here. i deleted my account back in january, pre-Cambridge scandal. i was well aware of facebook's shittiness, but i quit because of personal reasons/depression. and i'm still on instagram (owned by facebook), which is probably analyzing all of my images to see what kinds of products i enjoy and where i like to hang out, and connecting all of that to my friends' patterns of behaviors so that some other company can increase the persuasion factor of their advertisements by 1.5%.

i'm digressing, as always. but it's very depressing. we know that something is deeply wrong, but we're also getting used to how all of this works. we lose our privacy and we know we're being manipulated, but we keep allowing them to do it because the product is useful enough to outweigh the abuse. right?

if the heyday of rss returned and my few friends on fb who ever post about their lives stopped posting, then I’d fade away from it.

what would it take for you to delete your account
alternative platforms for events, places and groups, I guess

is there a limit to the amount of misuse/selling of your private data that can occur before you've had enough
to me the worst part of FB is not this it's that it's such a waste of time and yet I keep loading the hopeless user interface

what do you mean? just the compulsive refreshing to see what's new?

I just honestly don't care what companies do with my fb history. I never take those stupid "which Doobie Brother are you?" type quizzes & I don't use the Messenger app, that's about it

Deleted mine a few weeks ago and let me tell you it is GREAT

I've still got an account. I use it for some of the same reasons Facebook uses it. This weekend, I was trying to look up how much a friend of mine had paid for their house. The mortgage is in his wife's name, who has a different last name. I couldn't remember how to spell it, so went to Facebook and nabbed it.

Companies sometimes have bigger logos in their profile pic album. It's also a good way to connect a headshot found elsewhere with the company they work for.

I have to have an account to update my employer's sites. So there's that.

I don't use it for anything else anymore. No more photos. No more snarky ILXesque replies to people. I looked at my history and didn't find anything incriminating or personal. I've never used my real phone number or birthday on there. Its marketing department thinks I fly Qantas much more often than I really do.

I don't miss it.

I always assumed anything posted on fb was there for the taking which is why I kept it to a minimum. More mad at places like for profit experian where the data they peddle was never voluntarily given to them.

I never take those stupid "which Doobie Brother are you?" type quizzes

ILX used to be acned with threads linking to those kinds of quizzes, but that was back in the era before FB sucked in all LOLCAT content into its vortex.

I just kept changing my answer until I was Ariel.

I have to have an account to update my employer's sites. So there's that.

i'd have deleted several years ago if not for ^^^. but i've never used it much or posted anything important, or had the app on any of my phones, so i doubt i've been deeply compromised

I do think there should be (although unlikely) a case for elder abuse where fb allowed misleading and psychologically confusing material to be targeted at aged, vulnerable demographics.

it all makes facebook's global plans - http://time.com/facebook-world-plan/ - very very crepey imo, especially in developing countries where they're potentially one of the first corporations to gain widespread access to the "market" of psychometric data there.

Fox News would finally stand w/Facebook on that one xp

the compulsive refreshing to see what's new
bingo

yeah. i got into a terrible cycle in early january - ILX, facebook, twitter, facebook, ILX, facebook, twitter, facebook, nonstop. i was going out of my fucking mind.

ugh that's how i feel right now

i replaced facebook in my life with extreme weightlifting. now i lift hundreds of pounds over my head with absolutely no problem, it's been amazing