Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ emotional states

Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by jsharf on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:10PM (#14238758)

But you can only do that with so many people. Facebook is more convenient. And it has the random factor. Sometimes there's a friend d who you weren't super close with but always thought well of. With Facebook you can see when they're visiting your city (if they make a post about it). It gives you the opportunity to know that that friend is around and reach out to them.

I think there are a lot of positives to Facebook, but a lot of potential negatives for certain kinds of personalities (people who are negative or addictive). With the right attitude though, it's certainly helpful

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by bamboozled on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:36PM (#14241913)

This kind of sounds like hoarding.

I look back on my Facebook usage as a cost / benefit tradeoff and in the end the benefits just weren't paying off.

I know exactly what you mean in theory however, no matter how much one views "status updates" inevitably you're drifting apart from those people and caring less about what they're doing, that's natural. I had less time for my closer friends. It felt artificial to have to stay connected, exhausting, though I didn't realise till I left.

One could check updates less, often, but then what's the point ?

If someone really wants to hangout they just contact me via other channels.

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by 5ilv3r on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:26PM (#14238928)

That's not random, that's the algorithm. It might not show you anything if it decides you won't find that friend interesting.

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by AstralStorm on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @04:41AM (#14244902)

Not that this is "what you decide is interesting". Which makes it much less useful, prone to social signalling and what is worse, actually less meaningful than more direct contact. Remember, it is mostly text, not even time of voice is carried in it. Even a picture is static.

Contrast with realtime voice and video. (Facebook has those features but they're nowhere near as utilized. And they definitely do boot show up in feeds.)

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by ams6110 on Monday May 01, 2017 @07:55PM (#14242866)

What is the point of reaching out to a "friend" only when it's convenient to you? The only motivations I can think of are quite selfish.

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by aninhumer on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:37AM (#14245529)

Is it so horrible to have people you're willing to walk to your local pub for, but not willing to travel to their city for?

Just because you're not willing to make time for someone doesn't mean you can't enjoy an evening of chatting and catching up when your lives happen to intersect.

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Re:Facebook Australia allowed advertisers to target teens’ e... by duncan_bayne on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:24AM (#14244344)

> But you can only do that with so many people.

That's a feature, not a bug.

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