Hi Daniel, I think the question of negative campaigning is very interesting. I would say that while pointing out flaws technically falls in the realm of negative campaigning, it is far from what I mostly associate with the term: Attack ads in American elections. Those are vicious and often contain false information about opponents. That is something I would definitely want to stay away from. :-)
The examples you listed are essentially providing truthful information and that is something we need to do, of course. I would just try to use hyperbole sparingly because it often distorts arguments and if used too often, it can weaken our arguments. So I would be against calling Facebook a "NSA approved surveillance device" outside of this list (or other places where people usually know what I mean with something like that), but I would point out that the NSA can access information stored on that platform. Happy hacking! Florian _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion