"We're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don't share our values to gain positions of power..."
I think that what would work as a replacement is, say, 5 different platforms. They would each be tailored to a demographic maybe like age, interests, frequency of use, small number of connections like family units for closely personal communications and coworkers for job-related activities, schools (Like Facebook was), etc.
The carve-out would present smaller-surface targets for advertisers, and still be homogeneous enough to attract ads.
Facebook is a one-stop shop, do-all, be-all greedy, needy sinkhole.
As the Internet and its users mature, things should evolve away from Facenook.
Slashdot Mirror
... asks, "If pigs are so smart, why are they pigs?"
Let's see AI do something about that.
... ... recognize that social media is a computer game, intended to entertain.
Taking social media seriously is totally fucked up.
And news?
Who the simple goddam in hell gets their news from within the social bubbles?
Twitter is a depressing rabbit hole.
Use it for the lulz.
... don't give contractors and entry-level peeps the keys to the fucking gate re: Manning, Snowden, Winter, et al.
"We're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don't share our values to gain positions of power ..."
... and Al Gore have got no rhythm.
... next up: "blockchain."
... correct.
Who the simple fuck do you think FEEDS the goddam apps?
I know we'll survive Trump.
We survived Nixon.
... to Trump in a serious way.
He can't be serious because the only lecture he ever gave was a confession.
Donald Trump On Tape: I Grab Women "By The Pussy”
... go to those sites?
Why do we have to be the Bubble Boy?
... this is typical of the computer industry as a whole with "security has no ROI" a mantra sung by the PHBs.
Precisely this.
... provided that feature.
The Equifax Hack Exposed More Data Than Previously Reported
I've long thought the same thing.
I think that what would work as a replacement is, say, 5 different platforms. They would each be tailored to a demographic maybe like age, interests, frequency of use, small number of connections like family units for closely personal communications and coworkers for job-related activities, schools (Like Facebook was), etc.
The carve-out would present smaller-surface targets for advertisers, and still be homogeneous enough to attract ads.
Facebook is a one-stop shop, do-all, be-all greedy, needy sinkhole.
As the Internet and its users mature, things should evolve away from Facenook.
The organization is 2+ billion, but from TFS, the subset is bound by "US."
Thanks for playing.
. is already a thing.
When asked, "How many soldiers do we have?" the military does not include contractors who have taken the jobs formerly filled by military personnel.
Think Blackwater, Snowden, Winner and recent "civilians" killed in Afghanistan.
... is ionically, or iconically, or maybe ironically, inferior.
... goods that have very little market are allocated funds to reflect same.
... combating water desertification in Cape Town.
... is not the same as wild honey.
This piece is a whole lotta words that convey precisely nothing more than horse shit in a garage.
Some teams work and some don't.
Mostly, it's character that builds good teams.
Members can drive other members.
Like a hit song, team performance is impossible to predict.
... is missing.
Why the fuck can people click on a link in an email and get hammered.
You and I know better.
A computer ought to know damned well better.
All this talk about "AI." How come AI can't predict the behaviour that will result if I click on an email link and tell me, "No."?
Take that idea as a starting point and apply it to a broad range of irresponsible behaviour on the part of users.
I don't want to see inside anyone's underwear and I don't give a shit about what's behind UPS's curtain.
All I want is delivery.
I get that from any of the services I use.
It's OK.
I have 16 Facebook accounts and I use 15 for pooting around.
I really am not concerned with web privacy.
That ship sailed years ago.
It is what it is.
How much does a cryptocoin weigh?
It's OK.
They are in cells, anyway.