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Re:1/500th of humanity's time is spent on Facebook by SapphireSun on Thursday December 03, 2009 @03:54AM (#973993)
Unless they are implanting electrodes in your pleasure centers or are affecting the GDP in a large measurable way, I'm pretty sure ethics aren't really coming into play. After all, they are providing a useful service.
Re:1/500th of humanity's time is spent on Facebook by unalone on Thursday December 03, 2009 @06:16AM (#974127)
True that. They've simplified communication for their demographic immensely. I talk to people more on Facebook than I'd be able to in actual conversation, because it's such a nonlinear process.