SparkFun: We Hear You

Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by mixologic on Thursday March 20, 2014 @06:32PM (#7439336)

Facebook isn't the web. Its a siloed private service. A company the size and reputation of Fluke should have their very own website that they can put messages like that on. Otherwise, they're merely giving facebook revenue by having that many more pageview opportunities to show everybody ads.

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by jmathai on Thursday March 20, 2014 @06:41PM (#7439382)

You don't need to be logged in to view the post.

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by salgernon on Thursday March 20, 2014 @07:59PM (#7439777)

This has been true for this post, but there have been many "view this on facebook" posts that do block you with a signup.

Twitter seems to do this too (frequently I'm prompted to log in.)

Bah, I want my ye olde internet back.

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by photex on Thursday March 20, 2014 @07:16PM (#7439565)

Yeah, but I won't read it if it's on facebook. And I'm like reeeeaaallly important to this company.

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In all seriousness, I know my opinion matters very little, but I just don't visit facebook for reasons.

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by dublinben on Thursday March 20, 2014 @07:11PM (#7439534)

You still have to visit facebook.

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by bch on Thursday March 20, 2014 @07:38PM (#7439677)

It hasn't been explicitly stated yet, and may not be apparent to everyone, but it's blocked in some networks. It's not just a case of "I despise Facebook so much I refuse to visit it."

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Re:SparkFun: We Hear You by jmathai on Friday March 21, 2014 @12:51AM (#7440724)

That's a very valid point. Hadn't considered that.

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