Using Facebook implies the same risks that we all have in other social scenarios and also offers possibilities to do positive things.
Facebook has been used for criminals to select victims to rob and even to kill them. Gangs of boys have used facebook to agree fights. Boys of schools have used Facebook to harass other boys of the class. Facebook has been used to show anger and hate against personalities and ideas. Unfortunately all this things and many others have occurred in my country using Facebook but all these things occur worldwide. But facebook is used normally to interact in a positive way with others. I don't like Facebook, but Facebook it self is not guilty of the crimes or the inappropriate behaviors. Facebook is not the main reason of the joy when people have fun. Within or without Facebook humans will continue acting like humans.... unfortunatelly. Alfredo 2010/9/26 Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> > I admit that's a good point. I don't accuse Facebook of forcing anyone to > join them, > it doesn't do this yet. But they try to force users to stay there once they > have joined. Many users are lured in, or join out of curiosity, but Facebook > doesn't let them out again. That's evil, > especially because the high number of users > is a key element in their advertising strategy. > > Another problem is that some data of your friends - photos, videos, or > information about events - may be inaccessible for you if you don't join. > Information is no longer freely available on the internet. Finally all the > buzz generated around Facebook suggests that it is a wonderful place. It is > not - only if you > have something to sell. The buzz is generated partly because the media > itself is involved in it - many journalists and newspapers have an account > themselves. > Imagine the language we speak would belong > to a company. Every 5 years the company would invent a new version of the > language with plenty of new words, and every time we would > have to learn the new words and rules (and print new books). The language > we speak belongs to us. > Our private life, too. The Facebook operators don't violate privacy > occasionaly, it is their core business to violate privacy. People should be > aware of this. > > -J. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pieter Steenekamp" < > [email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] You Have 0 Friends [why Facebook is evil] > > > > If a grocery store offers to sell you a bread for a dollar, do you accuse >> them of forcing you to give you a dollar? Then why do you accuse Facebook of >> forcing you to do anything? If you don't like it, simply don't open an >> account with them. If you don't buy bread then you die, so I would rather >> accuse the grocery store of forcing me to part with my dollar. If you don't >> open a Facebook account, at least you don't die. >> >> Pieter >> >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Alfredo Covaleda Vélez Ingeniero Agrónomo Celulares: +57 311 213 7829 +57 301 691 6811 ------------------------------- Bogotá D.C. ------------------------------- http://www.loslibrosusados.com http://www.agbioinfo.com http://sites.google.com/site/iqnegativo/ http://autorco.pbworks.com http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/agbioinfo/ http://iqnegativo.blogspot.com http://orbita.starmedia.com/~aldocova/ -------------------------------
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