Re:Facebook is an attack on the open web
by ovao on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:39PM
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I'd argue that Facebook defines content that's "public" in a way that some — perhaps many — would not, so it's a potential point of confusion. I don't consider it evil, but it certainly results in a sort of Facebook-first inclusiveness. Gruber hits on this with Facebook's intent that posts not be indexable by search engines.
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Re:Facebook is an attack on the open web
by tobyjsullivan on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:46PM
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This makes sense. I think it's an inherent challenge to the domain.
In Facebook's defence, there is a difference between "public" and "discoverable". They don't go out of their way to make things discoverable. That's their business and may be evil or not depending on someone's given values.
But "public" content on Facebook could potentially be seen by anyone - and that's staying true to the definition.