Facebook wants your children's mind

Re:Facebook wants your children's mind by opportune on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:42PM (#15894792)

Completely agree. Associating my actual views with my real identity makes me uncomfortable as well - not so much concerned about what Facebook would do with that data, more concerned with the fact that it will cause people I know or have a strong chance of meeting to dislike/hate me for a reason that I'd rather not give them.

Also, having a "debate" over FB sounds only moderately more pleasant than having a debate in the comments of a Youtube video.

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Re:Facebook wants your children's mind by acjohnson55 on Sunday December 10, 2017 @10:25PM (#15894937)

I don't do it because it's pleasant. In fact, it's often really stressful. I do it because I think it's crucial, in the same sense that I think any sort of political or social engagement is crucial.

As far as the risk of people hating me, I try really hard to always be respectful of people I debate with. I think for that reason, I've been able to keep friendships with people I regularly have some pretty intense disagreements with.

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Re:Facebook wants your children's mind by pbhjpbhj on Monday December 11, 2017 @09:53AM (#15897294)

Same, it's important to have safe contentious discussions and for people to be challenged in their social-media bubble.

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