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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by mcone on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:02PM (#13869874)
> tl;dr use social media productively and this vilification won't be necessary.

But that doesn't address that problem of Facebook acting as an intermediary for an increasing amount of our communication. Using Facebook "productively" still provides the company with an opportunity to aggregate and use your personal information to further its financial goals.

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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by nicolashahn on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:49PM (#13871332)
True, but I didn't because the OP didn't either. It is a problem that hasn't been solved yet, and for me, so far it's been an worthy compromise. I avoid putting anything truly personal on my Facebook - it doesn't have my home address, I turn location settings off, I never send sensitive information over Facebook messenger, etc. I try to minimize what they have, and I think that's an acceptable tradeoff.
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