âFacebookâs stated reasoning for this change only heightens these contradictions: if indeed Facebook as-is harms some users, fixing that is a good thing. And yet the same criticism becomes even more urgent: should the personal welfare of 2 billion people be Mark Zuckerbergâs personal responsibility?â
“Both Twitter and Facebookâs selfish algorithms, optimized solely for increasing the number of hours I spend on their services, are kind of destroying civil society at the same time. Researchers also discovered that the algorithms served to divide up the world into partisan groups. So even though I was following hundreds of people on social networks, I noticed that the political pieces which I saw were nevertheless directionally aligned with my own political beliefs. But to be honest they were much⌠shriller. Every day the Twitter told me about something that The Other Side did that was Outrageous and Awful (or, at least, this was reported), and everyone was screeching in sync and self-organizing in a lynch mob, and I would have to click LIKE or RETWEET just to feel like I had done something about it, but I hadnât actually done anything about it. I had just slacktivated.”
It is scary as it is that Facebook applications know EVERYTHING about me. Now when websites can access Facebook through developer friendly APIs – in effect making them Facebook applications – I really should at least deactivate my account.
If I had any character whatsoever I would do it. But I guess that – and half a billion users – is exactly what is the problem.
Six reasons to hate Facebook’s new anti-privacy system, “Connections” ⢠http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/04/six-reasons-to-hate.html
Is the New Facebook a Deal With the Devil? ⢠http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_centralization.php
Bizarro identity ⢠http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/04/22/bizarro-identity/
Privacy issues? Google engineers leaving Facebook in droves ⢠http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/04/23/privacy-issues-google-engineers-leaving-facebook-in-droves/
Diaspora Project: Building the Anti-Facebook ⢠http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/diaspora_project_building_the_anti-facebook.php
Facebook Open Graph: The Definitive Guide For Publishers, Users and Competitors ⢠http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_open_graph_the_definitive_guide_for_publishers_users_and_competitors.php
To Facebook the answer must be no ⢠http://www.scripting.com/stories/2010/04/21/toFacebookTheAnswerMustBeN.html
Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook ⢠http://www.rocket.ly/home/2010/4/26/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook.html
What Private Facebook Information Your Friends Can Publish ⢠http://smarterware.org/5818/what-private-facebook-information-your-friends-can-publish
How to Delete Facebook Applications (and Why You Should) ⢠http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_delete_facebook_applications_and_why_you_should.php
What Facebook Quizzes Know About You ⢠http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_facebook_quizzes_know_about_you.php
Criticism of Facebook ⢠http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook
Nu finns jag även representerad pĂĽ Facebook. Lite oväntat kanske. Jag gissar nämligen att det är fĂĽ som känner mig som en nätverks- eller mingelkille. Men det är ganska beroendeframkallande att fippla med ‘applications’, olika inställningar samt att ladda upp bilder mm. Och sĂĽ har jag faktiskt tvĂĽ vänner att interagera med.
Tre punkter, räcker det fÜr att räknas som ett nätverk?
