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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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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Martyn Evans

      Dear design students, Facebook makes its money by violating your privacy, the privacy of your family & your loved ones. Its business model is based on profiling you/exploiting that intimate knowledge for profit. Do you really want to help such a company? #SurveillanceCapitalismhttps://twitter.com/martyn_evans/status/937567011424653312 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Martyn Evans @martyn_evans
      Paid internship at Facebook for product designers. https://m.facebook.com/careers/university/fbudesign …
      2 replies 39 retweets 72 likes
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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      At Facebook, you will learn decoration, not design. Decoration is taking an unethical business model (like profiling people to exploit them) and trying to mask the bitter taste/smell so it’s not rejected by the target audience. It’s about addicting them so they can be farmed.https://twitter.com/aral/status/937570250056400896 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Dear design students, Facebook makes its money by violating your privacy, the privacy of your family & your loved ones. Its business model is based on profiling you/exploiting that intimate knowledge for profit. Do you really want to help such a company? #SurveillanceCapitalism https://twitter.com/martyn_evans/status/937567011424653312 …
      Show this thread
      10:35 PM - 3 Dec 2017
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2017

          Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

          All design is influence, design without ethics is manipulation. It’s decoration.https://twitter.com/aral/status/937571068302196736 …

          Aral Balkan added,

          Aral Balkan @aral
          At Facebook, you will learn decoration, not design. Decoration is taking an unethical business model (like profiling people to exploit them) and trying to mask the bitter taste/smell so it’s not rejected by the target audience. It’s about addicting them so they can be farmed. https://twitter.com/aral/status/937570250056400896 …
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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2017

          Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

          I know it may seem like the mainstream tech industry is fucked up (it is) but there are lots of companies that still sell products not people. Intern with them instead if you can and learn and practice design not decoration. See also: Ethical Design (https://ind.ie/ethical-design )https://twitter.com/aral/status/937571820559065093 …

          Aral Balkan added,

          Aral Balkan @aral
          All design is influence, design without ethics is manipulation. It’s decoration. https://twitter.com/aral/status/937571068302196736 …
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        1. JudgeJoolz‏ @teknomad 4 Dec 2017
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          Hi Aral. Always interested in your opinions, which i support wholeheartedly. What's your opinion of Apple in this regard? Have steered away from Google and Microsoft (have never used Facebook) and find true open source heavy going. So think Apple might be a good middle ground.

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