On 17/01/18 18:20, André Ockers wrote: > Dear Daniel and list, > > Op woensdag 17 januari 2018 11:56:21 schreef Daniel Pocock: >> Nasty things like Doodle, Meetup and Facebook keep popping up throughout >> FSFE and the wider free software community. Even when we discuss them, >> it is not long before they pop up again. >> >> When people are exposed to this elsewhere, all the time, it is not so >> hard to understand how the FS message is being drowned out. Our own way >> of dealing with these challenges may also include some bad communication >> habits, undermining the effectiveness of our responses. >> >> One thing that comes to mind: are there browser plugins and Thunderbird >> email plugins that can help people avoid visiting or linking to things >> like Facebook, Meetup, Twitter and Doodle? > > With the uMatrix plugin I can enable/disable connections to websites, also > when they are backdoor third party to another website. So you can disable the > connections to e.g. FB and that works on all their websites and their > business > partners. It works on IceCat, possibly also on IceDove and Firefox. >
As well as blocking, does it give the user any encouragement to use alternatives? Another thing that comes to mind after reading that book: is there a way a plugin could reward people for doing the right thing? Rewards are more effective at bringing about change than criticism. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
