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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 Mar 20

    Aral Balkan Retweeted cyberthrush

    It’s not that they don’t care, it’s that they don’t have alternatives. Let’s not victim blame. We cannot blame “young people” when all investment, all VC, even EU funds fund yet more surveillance-based platforms. Blame anyone but the people who are forced to use these platforms.https://twitter.com/cyberthrush/status/976033363923558400 …

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    cyberthrush @cyberthrush
    I've been telling folks for years that there are no real privacy settings on FB. The bottomline problem though is that so many young people simply don't care. https://twitter.com/aral/status/976025736653008896 …
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      1. Rom‏ @rom Mar 20
        Replying to @aral

        Worse when universities force students to go to Facebook for announcements and classes @upsystem

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      1. Brian Kirsten‏ @bkirsten Mar 20
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        Also throwing blame on “young people” is insulting. “56% of online Seniors aged 65+ are on Facebook and 63% are between age 50-64.”https://www.omnicoreagency.com/facebook-statistics/ …

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      2. cyberthrush‏ @cyberthrush Mar 20
        Replying to @aral

        Young people I talk to don't care about privacy -- they want FREE services & content, & the price of such is loss of privacy -- it's a generational difference, viewing privacy as quaint, instead of valued

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      2. Heather Rose Evans‏ @HeatherRose_Art Mar 20
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        They constantly change how to go about updating your settings, so there’s that. You have to re-do the same task, for people who thought it was taken care of...it slips by them. New language is introduced. Options are on a micro-level, clearly meant to overwhelm the user.

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      3. Heather Rose Evans‏ @HeatherRose_Art Mar 20
        Replying to @HeatherRose_Art @aral

        Don’t forget the average person using these platforms aren’t career tech types. Most people don’t have the patience to dissect how their TV works or why, or think how to make it better. They just use it. 🤷‍♀️ and that’s ok, it’s up to the developer to make it safe.

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      1. Elias Aarnio‏ @EliasAarnio Mar 20
        Replying to @aral

        I think it is a matter of both. But we absolutely do need alternatives.

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