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I see quitting Facebook as an act of leadership and as a statement of values and I hope we all find ways to use it (+ related properties) less and less. Beyond the company, there are bigger questions/concerns about how to deal with unprecedented internet ad & surveillance tools.
It is still hard or too costly for many people to quit The Social Network but it’s important to consider that Metcalfe’s law runs in reverse, as well: fewer people using Facebook makes it easier for others to depart eventually too.
UX designer @babiejenks coins the term “algohol” in this piece examining negative impact by an interaction with code (in this case, Facebook’s algorithms in particular) and I can’t stop thinking about how it might be my favorite neologism in a long time. http://social-creature.com/ux-cruelty pic.twitter.com/oKnOa8Jveb
How is Twitter any more secure? Tweets and likes are typically public
I’m not sure security is even a relevant metric. It’s not “secure” at all in almost any sense. None of it is. Twitter at least doesn’t even claim to be. Who can read each of my tweets? Absolutely anyone. Of that at least I am certain.
Secondly, I think there’s an argument to be made that Facebook’s entire product premise is the democratization of surveillance - the thrill of being able to passively know what your friends are up to. To me that is problematic (without comparison)
Is FB unique in that? I thought that was the premise of all social media.
I tried Facebook in it's earlier years, quit fairly quickly. The potential privacy problems have been there from the start.
I quit it because it was annoying. But I feel like I was pioneering the movement.
don't forget quiting WhatsApp too. Same bosses, same data collections ;)
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