Brian Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Facebook is reaching cartoonish levels of corporate corruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cusideabelincoln Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I'm a bit freaked that facebook wants me to put a covid vaccine frame on my picture when I've never posted anything about getting. Snooping mother fuckers. They're spying on my texts, voice, and\or location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said: I'm a bit freaked that facebook wants me to put a covid vaccine frame on my picture when I've never posted anything about getting. Snooping mother fuckers. They're spying on my texts, voice, and\or location. Facebook and Instagram notices in iOS apps tell users tracking helps keep them ‘free of charge’ WWW.THEVERGE.COM Facebook has been a vocal critic of iOS 14 privacy rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 The other day at work, we were talking (literally talking) about a product of some kind, and the next day when I opened up my Facebook app on my phone, there were a bunch of ads on my stream about that product. I thought that was weird, and I verified that I didn't search for that thing by looking through my search history on Chrome. I legit think that the Facebook app was listening to our conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: The other day at work, we were talking (literally talking) about a product of some kind, and the next day when I opened up my Facebook app on my phone, there were a bunch of ads on my stream about that product. I thought that was weird, and I verified that I didn't search for that thing by looking through my search history on Chrome. I legit think that the Facebook app was listening to our conversation. It 100% has to be. I deleted it a while back. My wife and I went to a concert and after were talking about how rude the crowd was, all of a sudden a bunch of suggested articles on rude crowds. I was like wtf I have never had that conversation ever before. BOTH our phones too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Facebook saying they’d charge for their services is the ultimate fucking bluff, lol. It’s like going all in before the cards are dealt, eat shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I only have an account now because I need it for my Oculus Quest VR headset. I got one when everyone else got it, but I don’t like using it at all. I think the only time I really used it was after I was rear ended the first time in my ‘08 Escape. That happened some 10-11 years ago and still shows the same pic in my profile. I’ve had nieces born, dad died and many other events happen since then (including rear ended again, different car) I just don’t think I need to tell everyone and ANYONE so openly about my personal life like that. be worse if they reinstate Trump’s privilege (which they think will happen) as of tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 VR is lame and will die 🤗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 https://signal.org/blog/the-instagram-ads-you-will-never-see/ Signal tried to create Instagram ads that just listed in plain text some of the data that was being collected from users and they immediately had their account suspended for it lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Facebook keeps it's ban on Trump 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 As mention by @b_m_b_m_b_m, Facebook upholds trump ban. Now we can stop with the BS pedling that they were ready to bring him back (there was no way they weren't going to continue to keep him banned). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Treating public figures just like any old person is supremely stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 It's ok. Trump has his new social media site that's just a fake Twitter blog and all his acolytes are just going to share all his posts from there to Twitter and Facebook. Donald Trump’s ‘social media platform’ has launched and it’s just a blog WWW.THEVERGE.COM Does the like button work yet? Twitter has already said they'll allow it, so I doubt Facebook is going to deny Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Trump's new social media website was set up by Ryan Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I deactivated my profile over a month and a half ago and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made for my mental health. I’m very close to just completely deleting my account but some of my close friends still use messenger, so that would be a harder leap for me to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: It's ok. Trump has his new social media site that's just a fake Twitter blog and all his acolytes are just going to share all his posts from there to Twitter and Facebook. Donald Trump’s ‘social media platform’ has launched and it’s just a blog WWW.THEVERGE.COM Does the like button work yet? Twitter has already said they'll allow it, so I doubt Facebook is going to deny Trump. one of the few times I wish Twitch was running the show. They’d ban anyone tweeting his crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Finally convinced family to jump off WhatsApp and move to Signal. Feels good to finally be rid of the last piece of Facebook something on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 two years lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: two years lmao Perfect timing. That'll give him a good year and a half to organize a run in 2024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On the bright side, Facebook will no longer treat posts by politicians by their own set of rules. So if Trump does get his account back, he'd probably break the rules right quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, TwinIon said: On the bright side, Facebook will no longer treat posts by politicians by their own set of rules. So if Trump does get his account back, he'd probably break the rules right quick. Yeah, but Facebook could and will just do nothing but labeling his shit newsworthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (sigh) Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook WWW.CNBC.COM A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust complaint against Facebook. Quote A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook, as well as a parallel case brought by 48 state attorneys general, dealing a major setback for the agency’s complaint that could have resulted in Facebook divesting Instagram and WhatsApp. Shares of Facebook rose more than 4% on Monday following the rulings, sending the social media company’s market capitalization above $1 trillion for the first time. The FTC sued the company last December, alongside attorneys general from 48 states, arguing that Facebook engaged engaged in a systematic strategy to eliminate threats to its monopoly, including the 2012 and 2014 acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, respectively, which the FTC previously cleared. However, the court ruled Monday said the FTC failed to prove its main contention, and the cornerstone of the case: That Facebook holds monopoly power in the U.S. personal social networking market. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: (sigh) Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook WWW.CNBC.COM A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust complaint against Facebook. Who appointed the judge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Who appointed the judge? Barack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Note: the FTC complaint was dismissed, but NOT the case itself. The FTC can amend the complaint and re-file. No such luck for the states' lawsuit though - that was unceremoniously tossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I was wondering why my FB stock shot up suddenly today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 That article sure makes it sound like the FTC complaint was poorly written. Quote “These allegations -- which do not even provide an estimated actual figure or range for Facebook’s market share at any point over the past ten years -- ultimately fall short of plausibly establishing that Facebook holds market power.” That alone is pretty bad. I don't really think there was much for this FTC complaint to actually do. They weren't going to actually break Facebook up. The biggest lesson from Facebook is just to prevent the big mergers and acquisitions in general. A world where Facebook competes with Instagram is better than one where they own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 hours ago, Jason said: Who appointed the judge? Can we stop pretending this matters yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 11:34 AM, silentbob said: I only have an account now because I need it for my Oculus Quest VR headset. I got one when everyone else got it, but I don’t like using it at all. I think the only time I really used it was after I was rear ended the first time in my ‘08 Escape. That happened some 10-11 years ago and still shows the same pic in my profile. I’ve had nieces born, dad died and many other events happen since then (including rear ended again, different car) I just don’t think I need to tell everyone and ANYONE so openly about my personal life like that. be worse if they reinstate Trump’s privilege (which they think will happen) as of tomorrow morning. The only reason I have a Facebook account is because my writer's page is linked through it, and my fan page is grandfathered through them with the sign-up that was started years ago. I basically don't go on the site more than once every few weeks, just to clear out the cobwebs of the endless notifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 16 hours ago, TwinIon said: That article sure makes it sound like the FTC complaint was poorly written. That alone is pretty bad. I don't really think there was much for this FTC complaint to actually do. They weren't going to actually break Facebook up. The biggest lesson from Facebook is just to prevent the big mergers and acquisitions in general. A world where Facebook competes with Instagram is better than one where they own it. I think that's a pretty valid case to make here. Facebook specifically bought Instagram to squash a potential competitor and then bought WhatsApp because they were their biggest competitor in the platform agnostic chat space. WhatsApp was the only platform agnostic chat client bigger than Facebook Messenger. The only client that comes close now is WeChat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: I think that's a pretty valid case to make here. Facebook specifically bought Instagram to squash a potential competitor and then bought WhatsApp because they were their biggest competitor in the platform agnostic chat space. WhatsApp was the only platform agnostic chat client bigger than Facebook Messenger. The only client that comes close now is WeChat. Don't get me wrong, I support breaking Facebook up, I just didn't think the FTC could prove a monopoly here, especially given current antitrust standards. When it comes to Facebook, what do they have a monopoly in? Social networking? They can point to Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit, Tik Tok, Pintersest, Linked In, and all the sites like WeChat that don't get as much play in the States. Then you get into messaging, where they clearly don't have a monopoly with competitors like iMessage, Telegram, and SMS/RCS. Then you have even more dubiously defined competitors when you get into things like Fortnite as a social space or email as internet communication. All this is why the FTC didn't really even define a market or Facebook's share of it. Then you have the question of where they actually make their money, which is internet advertising, in which they're a dominant player, but not even the dominant player, and they have two trillion dollar plus companies (Amazon and Apple) coming for them. Additionally, Facebook would argue that internet advertising itself is only a subset of the larger advertising space, where they're really far from being a monopolist. Which is all almost beside the point when the consumer welfare standard is still in place and you can't prove consumer harm because everything is free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I’m curious how Facebook could be broken up in a way that benefits consumers. Is WhatsApp fundamentally better for consumers if owned by a different entity? This is an honest question for those who know much more about this stuff than I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, sblfilms said: I’m curious how Facebook could be broken up in a way that benefits consumers. Is WhatsApp fundamentally better for consumers if owned by a different entity? This is an honest question for those who know much more about this stuff than I. Yes, because Facebook owning Whatsapp increases the amount of your data being held by a single entity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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