> Mason, some humans are more vulnerable to these malicious features
My fear is that, even if there currently still exist people who are not
susceptible to Facebook's manipulation, one day soon Facebook will acheive such
efficiency that this is no lnger the case. Facebook isn't a naturally occur
Mason, some humans are more vulnerable to these malicious features for more
or less or analogous or metaphorically similar reasons as why some perfectly
nice and heroically brave decorated combat veterans might prefer to politely
decline your invitation to a fireworks show and why other perfe
>It is certainly not as bad as Facebook, and its decentralization prevents
any addiction to it from being exploited by any one power, but it could still
be psychologically harmful.
Yes. I shall point out that I wasn't experienced at the time and was not
prepared to the powerful influence a
It has always been the case in human history that when a particular entity
gains power over certain resources it results in suppression, dictatorship,
exploitation, misery etc. Yet people keep repeating the nonsense about how
good it is to be ambitious, successful, "more than others", "a winn
I don't mind verbose.
$ supertramp -v
> 'the eternal present'
Word. This is my greatest fear, that the tyranny of mass surveillance and
proprietary software will reach a level of efficiency such that it will be
impossible to revive freedom or democracy or human dignity. In my mind this is
a f
If family black sheep had grades, mine would be obsidian.
Firstly, you can't convince your family what they do with their time online;
just like they can't control yours. Also, sometimes when you decide to stand
up for your ethics you have to endure some negative outcomes. I am often the
pe
>Facebook uses its psychological profile of you to determine what information
to display at what time in order to addict you.
Yes. And it should be very scary for everyone with two brain cells.
Unfortunately the average facebook user has only one.
They are profiling you so accurately your mo
One thing that I find hilarious: Facebook may take and reuse all your
multimedia that you publish there, but Facebook's terms of service says
that you are only allowed to publish things that have you as the only
author. Effectively, one cannot legally share in Facebook works under
CC-any-variant, G
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/01/17/2141212/facebook-is-a-living-breathing-crime-scene-says-former-tech-insider
> "I have learned about so many things and met all new kinds of
> people on Facebook."
Facebook uses its psychological profile of you to determine what information to
display at what time in order to addict you. As a side effect, you may find
much of the information interesting. However, relying
It seems to me you expect from people here to tell you how to talk to your
family so that they listen to you and stop using Facebook.
Ask yourself:
Why do you want to modify the behavior of others? How is that different from
what Facebook does? Are you able to love someone if he does stupid
How does one go about responding to comments such as:
"I have learned about so many things and met all new kinds of people on
Facebook."
"Through Facebook, I am able to share works that I have created quickly and
to many people."
"Most of the Web, including Facebook, exists because it is
I read the other thread and if not because of that thread I may have given up
long time ago, so thank you for inspiring me to not give up.
1)I am living near them so there are offline interactions.
2) Alternatives I am currently trying to make them use alternatives such as
Linphone, Seafile and Mumble.
3)I currently run a gnu social server but the interface is not facebo*k like
so I think I may try to create a disapora pod.
Than
I currently cannot get a job since I am still studying.
I can say that I am a teenager. I do not post photos to FB but my parents did
(it was long time ago, but I manually deleted them)
They now post photos of our other child family members and even has a
facebook for them, they cheated the birthday so they created the facebook
even though I am ag
> I have very little to add except for a caution: if you are a
> minor and maybe even if you aren't, please do not email pictures
> of yourself to Facebook addicts.
You are right of course. Sadly, this did not even occur to me, because for
myself and for everyone I know it is far too late to prev
One more one more thing:
You said:
"it is all my fault for creating accounts for them years ago."
I don't remember if I said the same thing on the older thread you just
read but I know I have said it many, many times.
My mates have told me to "stop beating myself up over it" just as many
times
>forced by family to do something that totally goes against ones ethics and
integrity
I am sorry for you m8. Get a job maybe and your place so you can distribute
fuckoffs in complete tranquility
> Is there any way for me to convince them that using and uploading pictures
to those services
I have very little to add except for a caution: if you are a minor and maybe
even if you aren't, please do not email pictures of yourself to Facebook
addicts.
I am sad that my own non-local family can't know what my little boy looks
like, but they can't be trusted with photographs and my pr
Facebook is designed to addict its "users" with what its former vice-president
describes as "dopemine-driven feedback loops."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/11/facebook-former-executive-ripping-society-apart
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