How do you know it's making money? Is it fair to city dwellers that paid through taxes to build the service to subsidize users outside of the city? There is a reason utilities are highly regulated in this respect.
Is it legal for the municipality to sell water or electric service outside it territory? I can see a similar set of problems and the reason the law is in place.
Jobs and real estate probably are a fraction of a percent of the advertising that Facebook displays. For the other other vast majority of advertising it makes plenty of sense and is neither unethical or illegal. At this point I am not even sure if the software even knows what kind of ad it is posting...most likely this is a limitation of the software or oversight on Facebook's part.
If you look at the OP it is saying that all targeted advertising is bad, which is ridiculous.
Apparently there is supposed to be a publisher's notice as well- I just checked CL and I don't see one. They do have a link though to report discriminatory ads. There are a bunch of other non-compliance issues as well as the lack of verbiage and logo in the ads themselves.
So this appears to be an issue of the internet catching up with physical world than anything nefarious on Facebook's part.
I don't know anything about their system but does it 'know' if the advertisement is pertaining to employment or renting? If it does I would say that at worst it is an oversight and unintentional.
I don't think advertisers would care who views their ads if this speech were 'free'. Unfortunately it is not- they pay Facebook for the placement and want the most bang for their buck.
Once worked across from a guy named swami that seemed to eat almost continuously... munch munch crackle crackle all day long. His eating habits also gave him a lot of gas, so he farted almost as often.
The ipad pro can't run the full version of photoshop so it is functionally useless. Nobody wants to have to transfer files on and off there digitizer to edit them.
Same here a lot of what people call 'good beer' feels like it is burning a hole through my stomach and the carbs make me nauseous. Nice draft pilsner is just fine.
Your sacrifice is well appreciated, glad to have more resources available for my children. I also want to thank all the Prius drivers that help keep gas prices low for my truck.
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Yes the tie-in to the merger in the announcement is pretty silly, I don't see any reason why this product can't be produced and sold without it.
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Municipalities are incorporated for the benefit of the people that live in them, not to make a profit. They are not businesses.
How do you know it's making money? Is it fair to city dwellers that paid through taxes to build the service to subsidize users outside of the city? There is a reason utilities are highly regulated in this respect.
Is it legal for the municipality to sell water or electric service outside it territory? I can see a similar set of problems and the reason the law is in place.
Anything posted to a 'funny' thread on serious note should be marked -1 offtopic, including this post.
Actually billboards are specifically mentioned in the HUD document http://www.hud.gov/offices/fhe... . So yes this applies to real estate.
Jobs and real estate probably are a fraction of a percent of the advertising that Facebook displays. For the other other vast majority of advertising it makes plenty of sense and is neither unethical or illegal. At this point I am not even sure if the software even knows what kind of ad it is posting...most likely this is a limitation of the software or oversight on Facebook's part.
If you look at the OP it is saying that all targeted advertising is bad, which is ridiculous.
Apparently there is supposed to be a publisher's notice as well- I just checked CL and I don't see one. They do have a link though to report discriminatory ads. There are a bunch of other non-compliance issues as well as the lack of verbiage and logo in the ads themselves.
So this appears to be an issue of the internet catching up with physical world than anything nefarious on Facebook's part.
I don't know anything about their system but does it 'know' if the advertisement is pertaining to employment or renting? If it does I would say that at worst it is an oversight and unintentional.
I don't think advertisers would care who views their ads if this speech were 'free'. Unfortunately it is not- they pay Facebook for the placement and want the most bang for their buck.
There is a big difference between having an ad that states there is a racial preference and targeting readers by race.
A good way to dump your local currency if you are a tourist and leaving...
I wonder if he is afraid of something that will come out in wikileaks and wants to be on the 'right side' of things.
Just hit the alt+right key
That was kind of my thought a few months ago, how nice it would be if Trump and Clinton both dropped out and it was Pence vs Kaine.
People don't get rich by throwing money around. They do it through shrewd negotiating, which is the opposite of what you are suggesting.
Once worked across from a guy named swami that seemed to eat almost continuously... munch munch crackle crackle all day long. His eating habits also gave him a lot of gas, so he farted almost as often.
The ipad pro can't run the full version of photoshop so it is functionally useless. Nobody wants to have to transfer files on and off there digitizer to edit them.
It is if you design mobile sites and want to test touch functionality.
Only a few 5k monitors out there and they are over 2,000$
And it's free!
Same here a lot of what people call 'good beer' feels like it is burning a hole through my stomach and the carbs make me nauseous. Nice draft pilsner is just fine.
Your sacrifice is well appreciated, glad to have more resources available for my children. I also want to thank all the Prius drivers that help keep gas prices low for my truck.
Would have been nice if they explained that... is it the sun's rotational plane?