>> 'Long-time Slashdot reader Lauren Weinstein argues that fixing
>> Facebook may be impossible because "Facebook's entire ecosystem is
>> predicated on encouraging the manipulation of its users by third
>> parties who posses the skills and financial resources to leverage
>> Facebook's model. These are not aberrations at Facebook -- they are
>> exactly how Facebook was designed to operate."'
>
> Precisely the point. Everybody has heard the saying ���if you���re not the
> customer, then you���re the product���, probably to the point where
> they���re sick of it. Now they are discovering, with a shock, exactly how
> true that is.
>
> The only way to avoid becoming a product to be bought and sold is to
> become a customer. That means paying for the service in some way.
>
> And it also means, don���t expect a simple plug-in replacement for
> Facebook that you can switch to with just a click or two. Expect to
> have to put some work into it.

Shall we take a look at some self-hosted alternatives to facebook (eg
diaspora, gnu social) at the next meeting?
https://alternativeto.net/software/facebook/

Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

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