Subj : FB Part 1
To   : Roger Nelson
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Apr 12 2019 01:39:00

Hello Roger!

** 11.04.19 - 12:09, Roger Nelson wrote to All:

RN> Facebook's history betrays its privacy pivot
RN> Posted: March 20, 2019 by David Ruiz

RN> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proposed a radical pivot for his company..


I have gradually lost favour in FB over the years.  However, it seems to  
remain a favourite among some of my friends and family to quickly post a  
picture or something - but often without any context with it.

FB is essentially a kind of bbs but at the sacrifice of ads and a branded  
look to everything.  People love it because it empowers them to think  
they've got their own website.  Meanwhile, users dump all kinds of  
personal info onto it, and FB enjoys monetizing *your* data.

With all the privacy and targetted ads issues, I've just started to see FB  
as a grand surveilllance experiment that I would rather not be part of.

Has anyone here clicked on the ads they offer on the right side of the  
screen?

I hate the way FB picks up on some of the "shared posts" videos that I  
watch from my friends, and then find a whole wack of similar stuff the  
next time I go to YouTube.


  ../|ug

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