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Facebook Kills Places, Deals Products
An anonymous reader writes "Following the announcement about its major privacy revamp this week, Facebook has announced it is killing two of its products. The company has axed Facebook Places, although it is still adding new location features at the same time. In addition, the social network has has axed Facebook Deals, although Check-in Deals will still be available."
So anyone can presumably leave a digital trail of breadcrumbs just enough to show 'doubt' in the prosecution's case about being in the time and place to commit the alleged crime. Mwahahahaaa
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Do you know that feeling of "this title is worded this way to get attention" when you read a title?
I just had that feeling.
What, is Slashdot gonna print every press release from these people on the front page? I mean really, who gives a fuck about facebook, except the damn teeny boppers? What can't you people do a writeup on Redhat 5.2 running on a Mac Performa, or something?
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
I had no idea that they even existed in the first place. Well, I guess I won't miss them!
My mother nagged me in to making a Facebook page because much of the family used it. However, I now desperately need a Facebook pop-up blocker. Simply posting one picture became an exercise in whack-a-mole. "Oo ... you have new privacy settings, Want a tour?", "Hey would you like to add some locations", "Who are you with in that picture?". F'ing annoying.
Only 2?
For all the complaints about Facebook posts on Slashdot, I really find it useful that someone is keeping tabs on the site that I have open every time the browser is open, posting the most recent scandals, news, and peer-reviews of the newly released features.I don't subscribe to Facebook's update blog and most of the The only reason I ever knew about Beacon back in the day was because of Slashdot's coverage of the story. The legal issues surrounding the ownership of Facebook have been interesting to track constantly, because Slashdot often has the daily posts of relevant updates to the cases without having to Google it to find out what's changed in the legal cases. New privacy features (or their loss) are extremely important to know about, and I've valued having it brought to the public eye so quickly by having it posted to the main page of Slashdot.
(And by the way for anyone willing to respond, what became of Beacon? Did it transmute into their current information harvesting, or was it abandoned?)
So, basically they are copying Google+ already...
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your politician, and hitting them?"
Products have both mass and volume. Otherwise it's a service. Or, do you really think those boxes of insurance on Progressive commercials are really products.
Don't be fooled by corporate babel-speak.
* Carthago Delenda Est *
If anything this whole post was just for the sake of making a misleading headline that vilifies facebook while the reality being harmless and, frankly, pointless.
Got your clicks though, didn't it?
You do realise Facebook (and all social network sites) actually makes it EASIER to communicate with people over the internet? If I want to contact someone, I don't have to track down their email or their address or even their phone number- I can just log on to Facebook, search their name and send them a message in two clicks. But look, I shouldn't have to explain to you how Facebook can be a beneficial service. If you're too retarded to understand it yourself then you should probably be the one jumping off a bridge.
I do agree with you 100%, Facebook does make it easier to communicate with people over the internet. While the original poster did make some sense that it is best to meet others IRL sometimes it is impossible to meet all friends IRL. For example I have met a few good friends through facebook. One person I have met has been such a wonderful friend to me. She lives in Ilkeston, Derbyshire and we have chatted quite a bit over the past year about the FB games we play, our troubles, our interests, Doctor Who, forum based Role Playing, and many other things. In fact I feel I could trust her with my life even though we have never met face to face. I think it is because we both feel like we have known each other for years.
Back to the original point without Facebook I would not have met her, or my other online friends for that matter, at all. As far a privacy I don't see what the big deal as I don't place some of my deepest, darkest secrets on Facebook. People just need to be careful what the post online whether it is a social media site, or their personal websites.