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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Aug 2013

    FFS folks, ask yourselves *why* Facebook wants to connect people to the Internet. Hint: what’s their business model? How do they make money?

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      2. Scott Raymond‏Verified account @sco 21 Aug 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I think you're overestimating the amount of money to be made by connecting the poorest people in the world. This is about mission.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Aug 2013
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        @sco With publicly-traded transnational corporations, I find business models are usually better indicators of intent than PR statements.

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      1. Steve Streza‏Verified account @SteveStreza 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral So some *subset* of those people will use Facebook. Great. Facebook now has an economic incentive to improve lives.

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      1. Kristof‏ @kristofclaes 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral They're _trying_ to make money by showing me ads featuring scarcely dressed girls while censoring pictures of women with breast cancer

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      1. Kevin Mears‏ @mearso 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral didn't the Facebook speaker at @Handheldconf last year call it a 'recommendation engine'?

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      1. Kris Coverdale‏ @kriscoverdale 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral "what’s [facebook's] business model? How do they make money?" That's what the stockmarket is wondering isn't it? ;)

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      1. Alice Ralph‏ @alicaurusrex 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral To be fair, connecting poor countries to the web will not happen without financial interest from big corporations. Necessary evil?

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      1. Ben Hutton‏ @relequestual 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral Same with Google! Use more internet, see more adverts!

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      1. Matthias Bartosik‏ @b4rt0s1k 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral uh, FB business model… for Zuck to hook up with hot college chicks? Right?

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      1. Porticia Flurblecurb‏ @kaeladan 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral you aren’t making very coherent points over why it’s a bad thing. A twitter rant is not doing the subject justice.

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      1. Sam Feyaerts‏ @fyrts 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral “Free” is becoming too powerful a word.

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      1. JayneHilditch‏ @JayneHilditch 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral I wonder *how much* money is enough money for these businesses sometime.

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      1. Christian Wattengård‏ @wattengard 21 Aug 2013
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        @aral But is it better with no internet than commercialized internet?

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