If historical events had facebook statuses.

If historical events had facebook statuses.

anyclip: 5 reasons the new Facebook movie poster is brilliant: 2. The photo of actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Zuckerberg, is perfect. Sony is pretty much selling this as a horror movie, with Zuckerberg as Freddy Krueger.

anyclip:

5 reasons the new Facebook movie poster is brilliant:

2. The photo of actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Zuckerberg, is perfect. Sony is pretty much selling this as a horror movie, with Zuckerberg as Freddy Krueger.
peterfeld: Just in case.

peterfeld:

Just in case.

Facebook is like a cab driver.

dwineman:

Every time Facebook takes a giant dump on its users’ privacy, people are surprised. How can Facebook care so little about privacy? It’s not like they’re new at this, and besides, we’re the users. We’re the whole reason they’re in business in the first place. Our privacy should be their chief concern. Right?

Everyone loves a nice speedy cab ride. You even tip the driver more if he gets you there promptly. Yeah, he cuts those corners a little sharp and leans on the horn a lot. But he’s a licensed professional, and besides, you’re the passenger. You’re the whole reason he’s in business in the first place. Your safety should be his chief concern. Right?

But the reason the cab driver goes fast isn’t that he’s in a hurry to get to your destination. He’s in a hurry to get to his next fare.

Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme

But, then, how is Facebook so profitable? Are they lying? No. They are growing. More and more people get on Facebook, and more and more businesses hear about how many people are on Facebook. It seems like a huge opportunity. So each business individually and in turn experiments with Facebook ads. They spend hundreds or thousands or more on Facebook ads. At the end of the first run, they see bad ROIs. They tweak the ads and spend more money and try again. Nothing. So they stop, understanding that Facebook ads are worthless. Everyone I’ve talked to who has actually bought Facebook ads knows this. But, not everyone has bought Facebook ads yet.

This is interesting and well thought out except no one gets the benefits of the new dollars/suckers but Facebook.

“The result is that lots of geeks are considering leaving Facebook, and perhaps even more interestingly, veritable droves of Google software engineers are among them. This includes Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google (see below) who has not technically left, but has deactivated his Facebook account.”
Privacy issues? Google engineers leaving Facebook in droves
peterfeld: A quick Facebook privacy cleanse (not that this will solve everything): 1. Go to this page, uncheck “allow” at the bottom (Instant Personalization) which also requires you click “confirm” on the pop-up that tries to talk you out of it. 2. Go to Yelp’s Facebook application page, click “block application.” 3. Go to Pandora’s Facebook application page, click “block application.” 4. Go to Microsoft Docs.com’s Facebook application page, click “block application.”

peterfeld:

A quick Facebook privacy cleanse (not that this will solve everything):

1. Go to this page, uncheck “allow” at the bottom (Instant Personalization) which also requires you click “confirm” on the pop-up that tries to talk you out of it.

2. Go to Yelp’s Facebook application page, click “block application.”

3. Go to Pandora’s Facebook application page, click “block application.”

4. Go to Microsoft Docs.com’s Facebook application page, click “block application.”