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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by bmacho on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:04AM (#36918624)
Domains that you block, if you don't want to connect to them:

    facebookuserprivacysettlement.com
    www.facebookuserprivacysettlement.com
    adsrvr.org
    js.adsrvr.org
    digitaldisbursements.com
    content.digitaldisbursements.com
    fonts.googleapis.com
    google.com
    zdassets.com
    static.zdassets.com
No, seriously, if you don't want to connect to these sites, block them.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by cromka on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:05AM (#36919005)
These two comments, in a nutshell, perfectly exemplify the Europe vs USA mentality, socialism vs libertarianism. Top down oversight vs you need to protect yourself because no one will. If only you could draw a gun at these pesky websites! /s
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by runlaszlorun on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:07AM (#36919442)
A fella could dream, right?

It would be funny to have a wild west subnet of the internet where ddos and hacking was something you signed s EULA for on the way in…

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by swarnie on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:07AM (#36919020)
Ill get the average facebook user (60+ y/o boomer) right on to identifying domain links and how to block them.
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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by bmacho on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:26AM (#36919141)
I wrote it to you, not them. I thought you will find it useful.

Also I don't expect GP convincing HN users to protest or to reach out older relatives, or whatever would help the 60+ fb users, but my comment convincing HN users to not to do that.

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by ineedasername on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:35AM (#36920165)
>I thought you will find it useful.

That seems unlikely. It come across more as a passive complaint about the comment. A sort of “Why are you bothering me with this?”. I doubt you believe the other person wasn’t aware of blocking abilities, as you provided no actual assistance in that direction either.

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by WaitWaitWha on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:00AM (#36920394)
The average Facebook user is not 60+ y/o person [0]. 60.3% is between the ages of 18 through 44 according to Statista as of April, 2023.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/187549/facebook-distribu...

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by dr_kiszonka on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:51AM (#36921422)
No need to make statements characterizing people's abilities based on age, especially since most folks would find blocking specific domains a challenge. I am making this statement based on working with people across all age groups from right out of high school to older adults.

(My sample is not representative, but the bias is probably more towards tech and having a college degree than in the other directions.)

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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by swarnie on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:09PM (#36922897)
Yeah that's fair.

Sorry for my angry post.

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