On Nov 24, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Stan Halpin wrote: > >> OMG! The sky is falling! And the referenced blogger apparently doesn't know >> how to unsubscribe from Facebook. (I assume he does know the basic rule: >> if you don't like the free service you are getting, then stop getting it.) >> I recall that people used to have that problem (failing to unsubscribe) at >> PDML - maybe Doug could give Facebook lessons on how to fix their problem? > > Stan, I don't think that's the point of the blog post referenced. I > believe the point is that Facebook is trying to scare people with the > privacy dangers of *the rest* of the web when people connect to other > sites when in fact Facebook itself is a much bigger issue in this > regard. > > The blogger is suggesting that perhaps google should offer up a > similar warning when people visit Facebook. I find it quite funny.
I kind of got that Mark, but I still find it strange when people go into public rants about Facebook or GMail or any other free service. Maybe that IS a more effective way to get changes than a polite note to the provider of the free service. But it is a very bizarre sense of entitlement which would lead someone to expect they should get more than they paid for. In this case, as I understand his post, the guy expects to use Facebook facilities to enhance the reach and utility of his blog which is on some other platform. Facebook would like to make money, they would like to see their users become a captive audience, and they are going to do what they can to limit freeloaders like this blogger who is trying to take advantage of them. On the privacy question, well of course they will capture and use everything they can about you and what you do. That is their business model. Ditto Google. You would think that some users think the tooth fairy is providing free gratis service to them out of the goodness of its heart. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
