Facebook needs to learn to read the room.
this is one of the better takes I’ve seen on online discourse
Tag: #facebook
Ordinary Facebook users can't delete their messages from recipients' inboxes.
Gaslighting-as-a-service #facebook
Facebook admits Zuckerberg wiped his old messages—which you can’t do | Ars Technica
If you're ready to quit Facebook, here's how to replace everything you might miss.
It’s time for a digital protection agency. It’s clear ethics don’t scale, and it’s not just Facebook’s problem.
Not a bad idea #facebook
Paul Ford: Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency – Bloomberg
Facebook is now so good at watching what we do online—and even offline, wandering around the physical world—it doesn’t need to hear us to know what we like. Here are some ways to limit the amount of data Facebook and advertisers are collecting about you.
Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone’s Mic – WSJ
The phantom feeling that something should’ve happened, but didn’t or won’t, flows through each of the central stories of the moment: Trump’s presidency, the nightmare revelations of sexual abuse, and the accumulating problems of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. What institutional power looks like in 2018.
Donald Trump, #MeToo, Facebook, And The Breakdown Of Institutional Power
A conversation with Funny or Die’s Matt Klinman on how Facebook has completely destroyed independent digital comedy.
Not necessarily about comedy. A good read
Generational separation online might not be so bad.
Baby Boomers love Facebook, so let them have it | The Outline
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name, and you may or may not recognize them.
How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You’ve Ever Met – Gizmodo
I think tech people have been aware of this for a while, but it is worth exploring again
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