Is Facebook completely down????
Morganna said:
The cat and dog rescue community relies on the instant help available. Emergencies go on all day every day. We respond to each other often in minutes. This is horrible.
This is true. I would be happy to dump Facebook except that it is critical for animal rescue. And probably other volunteer activities that I've never even thought of.
Facebook has a number of positive uses. It hosts myriad support groups that would lack the resources to establish their own websites. It enables family members to stay in touch even if they are separated by continents. It provides an accessible space for municipalities and community organizations to inform readers of the availability of programs and services. It also has a destructive side. The lack of censorship enables the spread of misinformation, enforces negative self-images, and provides fertile ground for bullying. As with so many things in life, a person's experience will depend on their motivation for using Facebook and their choice as to which groups to join and which posts to ignore.
joan_crystal said:
Facebook has a number of positive uses. It hosts myriad support groups that would lack the resources to establish their own websites. It enables family members to stay in touch even if they are separated by continents. It provides an accessible space for municipalities and community organizations to inform readers of the availability of programs and services. It also has a destructive side. The lack of censorship enables the spread of misinformation, enforces negative self-images, and provides fertile ground for bullying. As with so many things in life, a person's experience will depend on their motivation for using Facebook and their choice as to which groups to join and which posts to ignore.
What you wrote above is all true. However if you didn't fully read the issues regarding Facebook's intentional use of its algorithm your statement of its destructive side is not even half the story.
sbenois said:
For a few hours today life was better on Earth.
Screw the Yankees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-antitrust-case-wall-street/
Facebook critics have cheered as the Biden administration trained its sights on the company for practices that federal regulators say invade people's privacy, unfairly squash rivals and more generally maintain its stranglehold on the social media world. The recently expanded lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission openly characterizes co-founder Mark Zuckerberg as an old-school monopolist, raising the hopes of detractors and rivals alike that the government may even push to smash his brainchild into pieces.
Don't bet on it. Antitrust experts and Wall Street analysts say the U.S. faces long odds in its battle with Facebook, predicting that a breakup of the world's largest social media company is highly unlikely. Investors seem to agree. Facebook shares have gained 4% since the government sharpened its case last week.
"[T]here is very little chance that FB is required to be broken up, as we expect the FTC to lose the case," Chase White, an analyst with Height Securities, wrote in a recent report.
kthnry said:
This is true. I would be happy to dump Facebook except that it is critical for animal rescue. And probably other volunteer activities that I've never even thought of.
People would be surprised at how a quick post of orphaned newborn kittens or bottle babies are rescued all over the state through an amazing network. Instant response makes the difference between life and death.
Within minutes a rescuer was notified of a cat who delivered in a parking lot and drove to pick them up while posting of FB for help and got my OK while another rescuer offered to meet her and deliver the mom and kittens to me. That is by no means rare.
Injured dogs or cats are trapped and taken to vets. It never moved this fast by phone or email. Some rescue sites have thousands of members.
Also, with the right group of FB friends you can get your share of pictures of birds, sunsets, and of course there are the jokes.
Morganna said:
kthnry said:
This is true. I would be happy to dump Facebook except that it is critical for animal rescue. And probably other volunteer activities that I've never even thought of.
Also, with the right group of FB friends you can get your share of pictures of birds, sunsets, and of course there are the jokes.
.. and the music. I've really come to hate Facebook, particularly since I started using Facebook Dating: It's true social fascism.
But the exposure to - and the ability to share - a wide, wild range of music is something I would miss. I have lots of other sources of new music: but I have found a global community of like-minded music fans (obsessives) on FB.
There's a FB group called "oddly specific Spotify playlists" where people ask for suggestions to fill out their cockamamie and often absurdly specific Spotify playlists. If you're interested in the vast, vast, vast world of global pop music - and you have a sense of humor - it's your thing, baby.
What people are saying about the upsides to FB may be true but the downsides can't easily be taken out.
Don’t Be Surprised About Facebook and Teen Girls. That’s What Facebook Is.Josh Marshall
Personally, I've never had a FB account and plan to keep it that way. My family has always considered me the eccentric one in the family (not untrue) so they've learned to work with me on that.
What I hate are the number of companies that demand FB credentials for you to sign up / log in. Most of them have ways to get around it, but they make it very hard to find those options.
HatsOff said:
What people are saying about the upsides to FB may be true but the downsides can't easily be taken out.
Don’t Be Surprised About Facebook and Teen Girls. That’s What Facebook Is.Josh Marshall
Personally, I've never had a FB account and plan to keep it that way. My family has always considered me the eccentric one in the family (not untrue) so they've learned to work with me on that.
What I hate are the number of companies that demand FB credentials for you to sign up / log in. Most of them have ways to get around it, but they make it very hard to find those options.
I don't disagree with any of that.....
I've also been a FB non-participant. Never had an account etc. Agree with HatsOff about being coerced to join FB by many sites, commercial and non-commercial, as the price of admission to site content. Will never happen with me. If you're interested in my business or support, you'll find a way to get your message to me.
The_Soulful_Mr_T said:
.. and the music. I've really come to hate Facebook, particularly since I started using Facebook Dating: It's true social fascism.
But the exposure to - and the ability to share - a wide, wild range of music is something I would miss. I have lots of other sources of new music: but I have found a global community of like-minded music fans (obsessives) on FB.
There's a FB group called "oddly specific Spotify playlists" where people ask for suggestions to fill out their cockamamie and often absurdly specific Spotify playlists. If you're interested in the vast, vast, vast world of global pop music - and you have a sense of humor - it's your thing, baby.
I'll add to my list! The music site, I'll skip the social fascism although now I'm curious.
My pal, actually a mutual friend, coaxed me onto a local gardening page. I'm constantly digging in the dirt.
The rest is the odd painting I've finished, a few kittens for adoption, and politics but I prefer that on MOL.
A few old friends found me and I gained a few more but hurt a relationship with a couple of cousins due to our political views. So its a mixed bag.
Morganna said:
The_Soulful_Mr_T said:
.. and the music. I've really come to hate Facebook, particularly since I started using Facebook Dating: It's true social fascism.
But the exposure to - and the ability to share - a wide, wild range of music is something I would miss. I have lots of other sources of new music: but I have found a global community of like-minded music fans (obsessives) on FB.
There's a FB group called "oddly specific Spotify playlists" where people ask for suggestions to fill out their cockamamie and often absurdly specific Spotify playlists. If you're interested in the vast, vast, vast world of global pop music - and you have a sense of humor - it's your thing, baby.
I'll add to my list! The music site, I'll skip the social fascism although now I'm curious.
My pal, actually a mutual friend, coaxed me onto a local gardening page. I'm constantly digging in the dirt.
The rest is the odd painting I've finished, a few kittens for adoption, and politics but I prefer that on MOL.
A few old friends found me and I gained a few more but hurt a relationship with a couple of cousins due to our political views. So its a mixed bag.
Is that @joy's gardening group?
For a few hours today life was better on Earth.