A social networking site is not an open access repository

Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by talktime on Thursday December 03, 2015 @04:17AM (#10668648)

On a wider point, I often see Facebook cited as an example of the 'Open Web'. However a lot of it's content is in Facebook groups, which requires a FB registration and membership to access. It's not open or publicly searchable. I can't think of a better example of the deep or hidden web. Previously a lot of that information might have ended up on more widely accessible forums.

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Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by pgeorgi on Thursday December 03, 2015 @05:13AM (#10668826)

Calling facebook part of the deep web - interesting proposition!

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Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by mintplant on Thursday December 03, 2015 @05:37AM (#10668887)

Facebook perfectly fits the original definition of the term [1], but unfortunately media confusion has turned it into a synonym for Tor and hidden services.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web_%28search%29

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Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by Shish2k on Thursday December 03, 2015 @07:25AM (#10669210)

Are you not thinking of "dark web"? I see that a lot, but I've not seen "deep web" used by the media at all (though I won't deny that the media misusing technical words is entirely believable...)

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Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by mintplant on Thursday December 03, 2015 @05:00PM (#10673013)

"Dark Web" is indeed the proper term, but it's been conflated with "Deep Web" in the media. See the section "Terminology conflation" in that Wikipedia article.

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Re:A social networking site is not an open access repository by Natanael_L on Thursday December 03, 2015 @05:47AM (#10668910)

It is a data silo by design. They want data to move in one direction, to them.

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