New low indeed...
Everybody logged to Facebook to see who of their buddies found what in Ashley Madison dumps?
Humanity reached a new low point last Monday, 24 August: on that day a billion of your fellow homo sapiens logged on to Facebook, which subsequently decided humans can't be trusted to do their own shopping. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the free content ad network announced the landmark on Facebook, of course. Zuck wrote: “This …
Do you really think people that use facebook can view the AM dumps?
You give those simpletons more credit than they are due.
I mean really, who on this planet buys a new baby shoes, it's not going to be walking for at least 8 months and it will have outgrown them by the time it is and when did shoes not fall in the "clothes" category or not the thing parents buy exclusively to have as a keepsake.
Sorry ?
We have an article telling us that Zuckerberg is planning to allow Facebook to automatically order and pay for stuff in our name and without our consent* and you're up in arms about baby shoes ?
Wrong priority, man.
* yeah, I'm sure there'll be opt-out in some version of an upcoming change to the T&Cs but, from the article, it sure doesn't sound like Facebook is going to pop up a confirmation request every time
That there is some (much) guff content on Facebook does not mean that all content on Facebook is guff. By all means, proudly tell the world you're not on it (via the medium of another social network, The Reg forums, d'uh!) but it doesn't make you better than FB users. Look at your reasons for not using it - privacy concerns fair enough, though anyone can dupe them easily to get what they want - and ask yourself if you're just making a stance to make a stance you can boast about. Well done you!
Personally, I get loads of useful and interesting content from it from a tech professional's perspective as well as the social stuff but YMMV.
"Personally, I get loads of useful and interesting content from it from a tech professional's perspective as well as the social stuff but YMMV"
I think the rest of internet already has a lot more available to offer technichally minded people than Facebook does.... and I would be very wary of a "techie" that chooses FB as his tech support platform.
I didn't say I choose it as a support platform; I'm really not sure how you inferred that unless you're simply trying to invent a point.
I get tech news from sites (such as this) that share articles on the platform, and I am a member of closed (and open) discussion groups (again, such as this) that share useful information. Think of it as a place where like minded people can discuss things of common interest. Like IT. Very like this. Oh but of course, Facebook users are all sheeple who don't have the sophistication of el Reg commentards and their little silver badges earned for err, use of the social media aspects a web site... There are none so blind...
And we're not being monetized here*? Think of why you choose some newsgroups over others; why you choose some websites over others - content and membership come into those decisions I'd imagine. Now just imagine it's possible that there may be worthwhile content and membership amongst the > ONE BILLION people who are actively using Facebook. Take the blinkers off and you may realise that not everyone there is spending time watching Kardashian videos or whatever.
*and no, blocking ads does not mean you are not being monetised.
Not on Facebook and proud to stand out from the Herd.
"I" am not on farcebook. However, on occasion I have wanted to look up someone who I might consider being worthy of contacting again. In each case I've used throwaway emails and completely throwaway accounts - I can't even remember what any of the names are. At least a dozen FB accounts have been created for single-use purposes by me.
(I can happily say that so far I have not found anyone on FB worth talking to, although I did find an old friend on linkedin - somehow GNR's "I used to love her" comes to mind ;) )
And how many were people who have 3 or 4 accounts (there are a lot of people who have multiple fb accounts)? How many are people who made an account for a business so their personal account is not tied to it? A billion souls - I very much doubt it.
And as for Zuck wanting to connect the other 6 billion, I will never, ever join facebook. End of.
And 15% of his own countryman have no interest in the internet and won't be getting it so a bit of an unobtainable goal really.
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Will this be regarded as the day Facebook became self-aware, and Bots outnumbered Humans ?
Imagine a Facebook-powered SkyNet sending a Terminator back in time... "I want your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle... your date of birth, your mobile phone number, your complete education and work history, and your address book".