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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by edanm on Sunday June 26, 2016 @04:30PM (#11982542)
That wasn't the argument OP was making. He was making a (legitimate, IMO) objection to RMS' rhetorical style, and saying that it makes many people not want to read his writing. OP never said that this makes FB blameless.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by saynsedit on Sunday June 26, 2016 @04:53PM (#11982656)
If the OP doesn't intend to defend Facebook against RMS's claims, his criticism of RMS's rhetorical style is wholly irrelevant to his core point and, in turn, this discussion.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by zardeh on Sunday June 26, 2016 @10:14PM (#11983825)
That's not true. You can criticize that which you respect, in order to improve it.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by saynsedit on Monday June 27, 2016 @01:29AM (#11984344)
Yes, let's criticize arbitrary off-topic things ad infinitum, because we can.
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