This is a bit “tinfoil hat” and slightly from the left, but worth taking note of. Facebook received tons in venture capital for one reason. “Data mining” is worth a fortune. The more you say about yourself on social networks, the more marketing demographics you reveal and the more they can target advertising towards you [...]
Continue Reading...You’d think I was on an all out assault on Facebook this week. Really, I’m not… they are just on a bad PR streak in the news. It seems some users have realized that their new terms of service released this week has some rather scary wording in it. Facebook’s Terms of Service — the [...]
Continue Reading...In case you needed another reason to dislike social networking (social engineering) sites, Facebook has been caught censoring conservative ads that promoted signing a petition against the stimulus bill. The first excuse Facebook gave to American’s for Prosperity (who placed the ad) is that it violated two of their rules. First, Facebook claims the ad [...]
Continue Reading...This article pretty much sums how I am starting to feel about Facebook. Facebook defines itself as ‘a social utility that connects you with the people around you’. This could not be further from the truth. Far from serving as an umbilical cord of friendship for the socially deprived, Facebook actively damages interpersonal relationships, harms [...]
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