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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by brownbat on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @02:48AM (#13020899)
> What do you tell people when you don't use Facebook?

There are so many options.

* It's not 2006 anymore.

* That whole privacy thing, never can tell what they're doing with your data.

* I was creeped out when I saw a friend's face endorsing a product on a third party website thanks to FB. I couldn't be sure what my face was selling, so I dropped out.

* It's just gated internet, like AOL all over again. (Hat tip, Cringely.)

* People get addicted to FB, it's good to cut loose and experience the offline world every now and again, force real interactions.

* I think X social network is better.

* I'm a hipster / It's too popular.

* All my best friends use X instead.

* My whole family is on it.

* My whole family is not on it.

* Kept having fights with relatives.

* Spent too much time on it.

* Someone stole/hacked/forged my account once, it was a big hassle, so I've just stayed away.

* I stand with Native Americans / LGBT users / victims of abuse in protest of FB's true name policy.

* Facebook banned me after I [insert amusing story here].

* I don't want to upset Cameron Winklevoss.

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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by odammit on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @03:45AM (#13021146)
I was on a first date and my date asked if I had a facebook. I said no (I didn't) and we she asked why. I said, "because I could give a shit less" (or something equally as cool).

She said it was "creepy" that I didn't have one and that I must be hiding something.

SMH. I was hiding something, my privacy.

Now I use facebook and I'm a dopamine junkie looping hamster.

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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by eveningcoffee on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @04:51AM (#13021390)
In other news https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13019923 ;)
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by odammit on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @10:32AM (#13023263)
Facebook is implementing some really gorilla marketing tactics.
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by hmmwell on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:56AM (#13022275)
The question remains, did you miss out on getting to know an interesting person, or did you dodge a bullet here?
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by odammit on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @10:29AM (#13023249)
Funny enough, after seeing the kind of nonsense she posted, I lost interest!
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by akerro on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @04:10AM (#13021227)
See, you're a cool guy now!
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by throwaway7312 on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @04:19AM (#13021255)
"Got tired of watching the highlight reel of other people's lives and decided to spend my time living in mine."
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by SkyMarshal on Friday November 25, 2016 @02:45PM (#13039327)
Also don't forget:

* Makes people depressed * Got caught performing unethical experiments on users a few years ago, monitoring how different news feed items changed their mood and emotional state

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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by ralfd on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @03:59AM (#13021196)
Native Americans?
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Re:Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into ... by brownbat on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @04:31AM (#13021297)
Native Americans have been repeatedly removed from the service without warning. Requesting explanation, they are typically informed that their actual name is obviously fake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_cont...

For the more general phenomenon, I recommend "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names":

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

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