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Re:Beirut Port Explosion by emteycz on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:46AM (#25151321)
Definitely better. Facebook won't make you disappear.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by oyashirochama on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:49AM (#25151349)
I mean it will, just socially and financially.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by ryandrake on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:05PM (#25151554)
Sorry, as someone who doesn't use Facebook, how does Facebook have the power make me disappear, socially and financially?
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by smsm42 on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:22AM (#25158395)
Organize and signal-boost the mob that wants to persecute you, ban and deplatform anybody who dares to defend you, promote any material saying bad things about you, suppress any material that says good things about you. You don't live in a vacuum, neither does your employer, neither do your employer's clients, neither does your family, neither does their employer, neither do teachers at the school you kids go to... etc. etc. You get the idea. You don't have to be a member of the platform for it to be used to attack you.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by InitialLastName on Thursday November 19, 2020 @01:45PM (#25152866)
I think the argument is that, should Facebook use become pervasive enough that the bulk of interaction, be it social or financial happens there, you have already disappeared by nature of not using it.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by Damogran6 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:32PM (#25153411)
If you ARE using Facebook socially, they can turn down who sees your communications...kinda like shadowbanning.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by dredmorbius on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:50PM (#25154185)
Facebook, willingly or not, is part of the same entities' sourcing and influencing activities. We know this as established fact. Both your side's and various multipolar others.
Re:Beirut Port Explosion by dredmorbius on Friday November 20, 2020 @07:42AM (#25159878)
Snowden. Cambridge Analytica. Cozy Bear. Black Cube.

"How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps" https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25113117)

Re:Beirut Port Explosion by dredmorbius on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:12AM (#25169827)
I'm curious as to what if any disagreement there is here.