Facebook Weirdness

[Bunk McNulty]

This is why it's best today to adopt a Taoist philosophy of being the smallest, least interesting, one of billions, out of the public eye, not a target...basically the opposite of what all the messaging suggestions leading to narcissism say...

Love this. My FB profile consists of one word:"Boring."

 

[Killing Floor]

the funny part is, my dad doesnt have a FB, uses duck duck go, and I'm the same. I've gone the extra effort to disable it on my phone. I'm not sure if he did.

privacy aside, I find most of social media (not talkbass) to be fairly toxic. It's MUCH better for my own mental stability to avoid most of it. I left facebook years before it was common knowledge they have privacy issues. I haven't missed it. All I have left is reddit and TB. And I avoid most of reddit.

Toxic, not really. But TalkBass GAS is very expensive!

 

[props]

Toxic, not really. But TalkBass GAS is very expensive!

Tell me about it! I'm having a serious GAS attack for a white Stingray right now. And to be honest, if it wasn't for the intewebs I wouldn't even be thinking about it.

 

[DirtDog]

Also, you can refuse to give personal information, or just flat-out lie. FB knows my name, but not where I live, nor my birthday (everywhere on the Internet I was born on April 1). Also, I don't use Siri or any other of the various devices which are marketed as conveniences but are in fact spyware.

Three words: sock puppet account. If you need FB for any reason (band page admin, etc).

 

[Frenchy-Lefty]

The irony of reading this post on this site is quite biting.

I apologize, I did not realize that Talkbass was exactly the same thing as Facebook.

 

[wagdog]

As an ex software developer I can almost guarantee you that when you ‘opt out’ of various privacy settings that no change is made other than window dressing. They will show you what you want to see but under the covers they are still doing whatever they want to do. If something you want is going to cost them money then no way will it happen. Remember, you’re not the customer.

 

[bobdabilder]

They are

I was at a local establishment. Their bourbon of choice was Bulleit Bourbon. I ordered a Bulleit (def not my favorite) bourbon and coke. Sat down, went on Facebook, and five minutes later, there is an add for Bulleit on my Facebook thread. You can't convince me that they aren't listening in on conversations.

 

[P. Aaron]

They still deny using enslaved microphones on devices.
We play a game in my family where we draw words and have forced conversations about something we’d never really buy. First person with a linked ad wins. Last time my wife won with Alaskan seaplane fishing. I’ve won with maple candy and auto upholstery schools. Just pick words and insert them loudly into a conversation. The app doesn’t know you’re joking. Make sure it’s something you would have never searched before. Have fun. As long as you don’t disable the app it will eventually work.

This is believable. It’s largely why I dumped FaceBookkk in ‘17 and Twitter earlier this year. I am glad I did.

Many platforms have hitched their revenue fortunes to FB’s platform and the media have glommed onto both social media sites and actually uses posts and replies there as news content. Both platforms have wrecked much of regional brick & mortar media’s ad revenue yet media are loathe to launch criticism of them because much of media and FB are so intertwined now.

Like any big business, the social media giants will eventually face their own corrections from a competitor (they haven’t bought off yet) or some widget (to be named later) that saps buzz and revenue from their platforms. Automakers, AT&T types, big business have all suffered crashes. It will be interesting to see the how, when and where of that.

 

[bholder]

Facebook is da debbil.

Darth Zuck wants your data...

 

[fhm555]

If you're logged into the same device when looking at Facebook and Talkbass, that's why. Cookies are the reason. And not the kind you eat.

EDIT: If you have an iPhone, turn off "Hey Siri" immediately.

I don’t use any vox operated stuff. My diction is apparently too much for them. On the “say or enter” automated stuff it’s a total waste for me to attempt any speaking, “I didn’t get that” is the only response I get when I try.

 

[basscooker]

I am a gray rock

 

[Smooth_bass88]

When a service is “free”, you are the product.

Been sayin that for YEARS

 

[Katoosie]

Old news.

The more interesting thing is when you talk on WhatsApp for example, and then you get buncha ads all over about the stuff you've been talking about.

 

[J_Bass]

Of course it is.

I write something on whattsapp and it shows up in adds here and other websites.

You're always being watched. Always. It's the thing you carry in your pocket.

 

[HolmeBass]

I apologize, I did not realize that Talkbass was exactly the same thing as Facebook.

It was just how this last part hit me:

Social media companies want you to stay on their site as long as possible and will do everything they can to succeed.

Did not mean to imply anything else.

 

[White Beard]

At least back in the day in order to data-mine a bloke Kroger had to give you a plus shopper's card and some discounts. Now all it takes is the urge to tell my cousin Merle that Ancient Aliens created Bigfoots in order to control beaver populations because beavers emit a pheromone that is highly toxic to the visiting chrononauts (because they're not actually aliens, they're time travelers).

And boom, just like that, Washington Post ad space is trying to sell me beaver taint.

Also, if you look at the bottom of this thread, three people have liked and shared this page on facebook.

 

[mrperkolator]

Did not mean to imply anything else.

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