The utterly bizarre world of Facebook

[TheDustyZebra]

Anybody read Dave Eggers' The Circle?

 

[J Riff]

Haven't seen, but from the summary it looks very interesting. She joins the world's most powerful internet company, and... is there upshot spoilage or do we have to go read it?

 

[Ray McCarthy]

My "Solar Alliance" has a woman running the most powerful conglomerate of tech companies.
More would be a spoiler.
Feverishly doing final content edit of final perversion.

Then need to proof read / edit / proof /edit /proof!

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

I've heard of this thing called Facebook.Not sure what it is,though.An amoral ,manipulative amorphous rip-your-privacy-to shreds behemoth/marketing device that should have been dismantled years ago?I'm sorry was i thinking aloud?I've seen some marketing reports, and to facebook
we're cattle with wallets,ripe for slaughter.No "people",just demographics,"consumer
interests",and absolutely worthless er..........."content". And forget about Facebook and free
speech.Diligent editing of items deemed "newsworthy" is on the order of the day.

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

 

[JunkMonkey]

When social media show-offs should have shut up - BBC News

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Haven't seen, but from the summary it looks very interesting. She joins the world's most powerful internet company, and... is there upshot spoilage or do we have to go read it?

Go read it. It is, I will admit, at least one-third too long for its story, but it's still worth it. Frightening and chillingly true fiction.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Frightening! and! chillingly! true! fiction!

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

IT SHOULD BE CALLED FARCEBOOK

 

[JunkMonkey]

It's 'Bacefook' in my bookmarks - and it's only there because my wife seems unable to function without it.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

unable to function without it.

I heard there are Facebook groups, do they offer free therapy (like AA) or do you have to pay (like Slimming thing)?

 

[J Riff]

There was a site called 'My Bookface' for a while... for those who remember 'My Space'. Lessee.... before ICQ, we used good old IRC. Anyone still have it on their PC. It had great features, like colored text!

 

[Ray McCarthy]

I use IRC via quakenet every night. We have private-ish channels

 

[J Riff]

I seem to recall people who could find their way into almost anywhere, other chatbots and places - via IRC. I should probably reinstall it and find the right rooms. Years ago, people were swapping movies in there, before anywhere else I think. Internet Relay Chat. Quakenet I have to look up.... ah, one of the larger IRC networks, duh. What's the gen in IRC these days Ray, is it the same or more like Facebook now? Kidding. I hope.

 

[JunkMonkey]

I miss Usenet

 

[TheDustyZebra]

IRC is very much responsible for the course my life took from a certain point. Because of it, I moved to Atlanta, and the rest is history.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

I miss Usenet

Still exists. Most ISPs don't carry it, so actually connecting is a problem.
I think Google had a web copy for a while, maybe still does.

 

[Glitch]

When I uploaded a photo to my facebook profile I set the privacy options on the photo so that it could only be seen by 'Friends'. I have never changed the privacy options on that photo. However, that photo is now viewable by everyone, not just 'Friends'. Facebook has no respect for individuals; only how much advertising money they can make.