RE: Facebook
November 28, 2011 at 1:00 am
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2011 at 1:23 am by belphegor.)
i completely sympathize with both of your stances on not taking it too seriously. however, i always feel that when so many people are apart of something in which there is absolutely no privacy, it should be questioned.
it's okay, i wasn't challenging you.
when you digitally sign that user agreement, you're handing over all of the rights to every photo and line of text you type to facebook. there are other networking sites that leave your material to you. however, a lot of people don't care, as you've said. personally, i do care. i don't want my own information used so that i can be advertised to. that changes it, as cleverly as i saw it put on another website, from you being the consumer to being the product sold. on top of that, i'm advertised enough to on a regular basis being from the united states.
also, as i mentioned earlier, we should question where to draw the line as far as being monitored. it is a voluntary network and nobody's forcing anyone to join, thank goodness. i think that the way facebook operates is immoral. again, it's a personal decision to join and i acknowledge that.
it's interesting to note that i worked in crimial law for a few years and i have seen facebook presented as evidence in a number of cases. granted, these people were committing criminal acts, but it should be noted that the government can and does use facebook in that way. i can't attest to any other way they might use that social network, though.
(November 28, 2011 at 12:56 am)Cinjin Wrote:(November 28, 2011 at 12:28 am)belphegor Wrote: it's not limited to that, friend. you are being sold.
Sold? I think not. Social Networks are stupid, but unfortunately I use one because I can promote my music quickly and efficiently. That is all.
This paranoia bull shit is such an old tired worn out conspiracy theory.
They've got your picture... so fucking what?? They've got your email address ... so fucking what?? Well, they ... they ... they ...
"THEY" are trying to make money, and "THEY" are damn good at it. This horseshit about you exposing yourself to some greater degree of identity theft is mostly bull shit. Facebook and Twitter accounts get hacked -- true. So do everybody elses.
Is Facebook, Twitter and Myspace lame?? Totally lame. Are they "selling the world" with some great conspiracy to raid everyone's bank account and watch you undress at night?? Don't be fucking stupid.
The government does NOT need Facebook. Twitter does not NEED to hack your life. It's a stupid conspiracy theory that has no more legitimacy than Leonardo De Vinci painting some bitch into the Last Supper so some fiction writer could claim she was jesus' fucking girlfriend. Grow up ... this isn't fantasy land. No one gives a shit about a billion teenagers, bored housewives and musicians posting pictures about their tits, their chihuahuas, and their next fucking gig.
If a hacker accesses your life through a social network, it's far more likely its simply because you're a god damn idiot who either falls for web ploys or doesn't take basic precautions on the internet.
Well now They've got my kids pictures!!
christ! Your kids are stupid and ugly and no one cares - shut the fuck up and stop believing every thing you read.
it's okay, i wasn't challenging you.
when you digitally sign that user agreement, you're handing over all of the rights to every photo and line of text you type to facebook. there are other networking sites that leave your material to you. however, a lot of people don't care, as you've said. personally, i do care. i don't want my own information used so that i can be advertised to. that changes it, as cleverly as i saw it put on another website, from you being the consumer to being the product sold. on top of that, i'm advertised enough to on a regular basis being from the united states.
also, as i mentioned earlier, we should question where to draw the line as far as being monitored. it is a voluntary network and nobody's forcing anyone to join, thank goodness. i think that the way facebook operates is immoral. again, it's a personal decision to join and i acknowledge that.
it's interesting to note that i worked in crimial law for a few years and i have seen facebook presented as evidence in a number of cases. granted, these people were committing criminal acts, but it should be noted that the government can and does use facebook in that way. i can't attest to any other way they might use that social network, though.
could i get a drink and an ashtray?
