Thursday, July 25, 2013

I hate Facebook.

I hate Facebook. Not just the Big Brother aspect, but the fact that FB tries to control everything I do. I would pay for a FB subscription if I could do away with ads, configure the screen the way I want, and have full control over my account. I don't know whether there's a movement to establish paid FB accounts but there should be. That was the way it was done in the early days of the Internet - and the way it is now on tablets and smartphones - you can have an app for free but you see ads or you can buy the app and the ads go away. Why doesn't FB do this?
  • Nancy Ward Dock You're right Rich. What possible motive would FB have for collecting huge databases on the posts and comments of its users?
     
    Rich Conti There's an apocryphal story about Zuckerberg that when he conceived of FB he just wanted a way for his college friends to keep in touch. I tend to believe he was following the famous dictum, "There's a sucker born every minute." He knew that if he made something free people would flock to it and give him terabytes of personal info which he could then monetize and sell. I think he should be in jail for stealing this information from us. He's definitely NOT a hero. I refused to see his movie. So there!

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