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Re:Instructions from Facebook not to touch the posts of the ... by 18pfsmt on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:46AM (#17757808)
>If facebook were not the ultimate arbiter

If people would stop using FB, rather than complaining about it, perhaps this would not be an issue?

Re:Instructions from Facebook not to touch the posts of the ... by Eochei5h on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:01AM (#17757950)
If you know how to solve the network effect that would be great. Otherwise we might just end up trading one master for another.
Re:Instructions from Facebook not to touch the posts of the ... by wallace_f on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:08AM (#17758022)
Plenty of things have been popular and then gone out of style.

Perhaps the answer is to make the concept of social networks no longer cool; or even make them undesirable. I think it's pretty clear they are not, anyways.

I use whatsapp, line, email and photo sharing services that allow me to easily share and communicate thoughts and media with exactly who I want. It's more personal, not addictive, creates better relationships, and helps me focus more on who I am rather than how others perceive me. And of course I don't have to use facebook and be a part of all its oft-criticized problems.

Re:Instructions from Facebook not to touch the posts of the ... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:50PM (#17759546)
To stop spam we can stop using email.

For hundreds of millions of people Facebook is the messaging system. There's postal, telephone, email, FB messaging. It's also the most used. I think you need to come up with solutions that assume it, or an equivalent, will continue to be a principle and primary means of communication for billions of people.

Re:Instructions from Facebook not to touch the posts of the ... by nhfoiwehf on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:06AM (#17757999)
If we don't complain about Facebook, how are the people still on it going to know all the reasons they should leave?