Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci...
by austenallred on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:34PM
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> I just call my friends up. Crazy, I know.
There's nothing wrong with calling friends up, but that takes a lot of work and a synchronous connection between two people. There are hundreds of people I want to know about or stay in touch with but don't have the time to call them all up individually.
Facebook makes being friends easier. That's a pretty solid value add. I would probably lose a lot of friends more easily if I didn't have Facebook.
You may not value that, but I find it much more valuable than the value I'd gain from making sure Facebook doesn't know enough about me to show me relevant ads.
Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci...
by amaks on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:43AM
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How about email?
Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci...
by austenallred on Thursday June 15, 2017 @01:26AM
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A terribly inconvenient way to send/see pictures, organize events, etc. Facebook does what it does very, very well. I don't feel the need for a replacement.
Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci...
by batiudrami on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:31PM
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Well, hey. There's the utility I guess - it makes something I want to do (find out how and when I can hang out with my friends) much simpler than it was previously. If I want to see some live music on a Thursday it's a lot easier to mark myself as "interested" on the gig and see who contacts me about wanting to come along than messaging or calling the 30-40 people who might be interested.
I don't need an algorithmic feed to tell me what my interests are and what my friends are doing because I know the first and there are other ways of doing the latter that don't involve giving up my privacy.