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Losers Lose - Facebook Edition
pawz
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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-20/facebook-not-cambridge-analytica-is-the-source-of-the-problem
Facebook is being hammered for allowing the data firm Cambridge Analytica to acquire 50 million user profiles in the U.S., which it may or may not have used 1 to help the Trump campaign. But the outrage misses the target: There's nothing Cambridge Analytica could have done that Facebook itself doesn't offer political clients.
Cambridge Analytica is old news for anybody who actually pays attention. We're talking Nov '16 - google it.
Facebook got beat at their own game. But the drumbeat of faux outrage continues.
As always, losers lose.
Facebook is being hammered for allowing the data firm Cambridge Analytica to acquire 50 million user profiles in the U.S., which it may or may not have used 1 to help the Trump campaign. But the outrage misses the target: There's nothing Cambridge Analytica could have done that Facebook itself doesn't offer political clients.
Cambridge Analytica is old news for anybody who actually pays attention. We're talking Nov '16 - google it.
Facebook got beat at their own game. But the drumbeat of faux outrage continues.
As always, losers lose.
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Fuck Facebook
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That's what happens when you have a monopoly like Amazon.
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Exxon spills oil, they clean it up and pay a fine.
Facebook spills personal data, people tweak their privacy settings and vow never to use Facebook again.
Amazon is nearing Sherman Anti-Trust territory.
Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems. -
The problem is that they are already behind and the lawmakers are generationally disconnected from the actual state of the world. These problems were predictable and like Paws said, old news. Right now there is a very literal time gap between lawmakers (and populace) who's understanding of the digital world is probably 10 years behind it's actual pace, and the generations who have 100x more adaptational skill and ability to see things for what they are.Dude61 said:Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
This is the true national (and societal) security issue. I don't want to go full "cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow blah blah blah," but it's 100% true and lawmakers have made it painfully clear they STILL have no idea what that means. -
Hopefully by staying the fuck out of them.Dude61 said:Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
If people want to use freely accessible areas of the internet to gain an advantage for anything, then let them. If their competition doesn't like it, then their competition needs to get off their ass(es) and do the same thing.
But instead, we like to let people who cry "hey, no fair!" have their lazy ass pathetic fucking way. Society is largely addicted to the process of turning to government to solve every little ticky tack problem. It's as if most people are operating at a low level of consciousness, and don't fully understand the potential of their own humanity. -
This guy gets itFenderbender123 said:
Hopefully by staying the fuck out of them.Dude61 said:Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
If people want to use freely accessible areas of the internet to gain an advantage for anything, then let them. If their competition doesn't like it, then their competition needs to get off their ass(es) and do the same thing.
But instead, we like to let people who cry "hey, no fair!" have their lazy ass pathetic fucking way. Society is largely addicted to the process of turning to government to solve every little ticky tack problem. It's as if most people are operating at a low level of consciousness, and don't fully understand the potential of their own humanity.
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This is tricky because they are now in the business of influencing elections and other things with massive stakes. Should platforms like Facebook be allowed to take on political clients or their agencies? I don't believe they should as it goes well beyond marketing and promotion. It is psychological manipulation. And yeah, you can say well isn't that what marketing is anyway? For sure to a point, but imo there is a big difference between a sign in a front yard, a TV campaign ad, and what these data tools do.Fenderbender123 said:
Hopefully by staying the fuck out of them.Dude61 said:Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
If people want to use freely accessible areas of the internet to gain an advantage for anything, then let them. If their competition doesn't like it, then their competition needs to get off their ass(es) and do the same thing.
But instead, we like to let people who cry "hey, no fair!" have their lazy ass pathetic fucking way. Society is largely addicted to the process of turning to government to solve every little ticky tack problem. It's as if most people are operating at a low level of consciousness, and don't fully understand the potential of their own humanity. -
Dude61 said:
Exxon spills oil, they clean it up and pay a fine.
Facebook spills personal data, people tweak their privacy settings and vow never to use Facebook again.
Amazon is nearing Sherman Anti-Trust territory.
Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
This is what the end of Net Nootrality has brought PEOPLE!!!!!!! -
If enough people are stupid enough to take a meme or a fake story on Facebook as the gospel enough to influence an election, than we are getting the democracy that we deserve.WilburHooksHands said:
This is tricky because they are now in the business of influencing elections and other things with massive stakes. Should platforms like Facebook be allowed to take on political clients or their agencies? I don't believe they should as it goes well beyond marketing and promotion. It is psychological manipulation. And yeah, you can say well isn't that what marketing is anyway? For sure to a point, but imo there is a big difference between a sign in a front yard, a TV campaign ad, and what these data tools do.Fenderbender123 said:
Hopefully by staying the fuck out of them.Dude61 said:Will be interesting to see how gubment deals with digital era problems.
If people want to use freely accessible areas of the internet to gain an advantage for anything, then let them. If their competition doesn't like it, then their competition needs to get off their ass(es) and do the same thing.
But instead, we like to let people who cry "hey, no fair!" have their lazy ass pathetic fucking way. Society is largely addicted to the process of turning to government to solve every little ticky tack problem. It's as if most people are operating at a low level of consciousness, and don't fully understand the potential of their own humanity.
I'm more worried about Facebook's invasiveness into the other aspects of life such as your personal, financial and professional info. However there is a solution for this as well for those that feel threatened. Delete your account. -
The scary thing is today people just can't/won't think for themselves. Facebook is essentially just quick dopamine spike groupthink clusterfuck these days.
