[smc-discuss] Facebook Manipulating Users' Newsfeeds

[Ashik Salahudeen]

I think people are under the impression that social networks like Facebook
are essential.

I was an active user once and I deleted my account one day . Nothing
changed. Google+ , twitter, whatsapp.  Nothing changed . I still keep in
touch with the same people I used to keep in touch with . I use TextSecure
wherever possible, an XMPP server otherwise. Email, phone calls and SMS are
still very viable media.

I am not saying go retro. I am saying you have a choice .

Facebook and Twitter are not public service companies. You choose to use
them .
On 2 Jul 2014 12:53, "Kunjappu Abhijith.R" <gadha1998 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ഞാന്‍ ഫെയ്സ് ബുക്ക് നിറുത്തിയതാണ്, എന്നിട്ട് ഡയസ്പോറയിലേക്കും G+ സിലേക്കും
> പോയിനോക്കി, പക്ഷെ കുടുംബവും സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും മാറാന്‍ മടിക്കുന്നത് കാരണം
> തിരിച്ചുവരേണ്ടിവന്നു. മനുഷ്യര്‍ക്ക് മാറ്റത്തോടുള്ള അവജ്ഞ, പറയാന്‍ വയ്യ.
> ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഇത്രമാതിരി (Snowden, Mass Survilence,etc...)
> പ്രശ്നങ്ങളുണ്ടായിട്ടും ആളുകള്‍ക്ക് മാറാനൊരുമടിയാണ്. പക്ഷെ
> ഓര്‍ക്കുട്ടില്‍നിന്ന് ഫെയ്സ് ബുക്കിലേക്കുള്ള കുടിയേറ്റം വളരെ
> പെട്ടെന്നായിരുന്നു താനും...
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Nandakumar <nandakumar96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't use Facebook. But I thing Google+ is something better
>> (comparatively). However, now I am in the development of a new idea
>> titled 'Multilayer Social Networking', whose structure gives maximum
>> privacy and freedom for the user. I am developing Croudmail.com, which
>> will follow the idea. Mainly it is a newsletter service (no spam, no
>> junk).
>>
>> On 7/2/14, aboobacker sidheeque mk <aboobackervyd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Many hardcore activists from smc decided to quit fb by protesting the
>> > privacy policy . Now most of them returned and became active users
>> > again . Irony is that they articles against fb policy in facebook ;-)
>> >
>> > On 7/2/14, Ashik Salahudeen <aashiks at aashiks.in> wrote:
>> >> Why do we speak as if Facebook is forcing everyone to use it ?
>> >>
>> >> Don't .
>> >>
>> >> And spread the word .
>> >>  On 1 Jul 2014 21:24, "ബാലശങ്കർ സി" <balasankarc at gnome.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> [1]
>> >>>
>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds
>> >>>
>> >>> [2]
>> >>>
>> http://www.medianama.com/2014/07/223-your-facebook-newsfeed-is-always-being-manipulated/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Balasankar C
>> >>> http://balasankarc.in
>> >>>
>> >>> "Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts,
>> >>> spreads
>> >>> and chokes out tyranny." - Trent Lott
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List
>> >>> Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
>> >>> Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode
>> >>> discuss at lists.smc.org.in
>> >>> http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Aboobacker MK
>> > GSoC Student
>> > twitter.com/abvayad
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List
>> > Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
>> > Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode
>> > discuss at lists.smc.org.in
>> > http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in
>> >
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List
>> Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
>> Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode
>> discuss at lists.smc.org.in
>> http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List
> Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
> Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode
> discuss at lists.smc.org.in
> http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.smc.org.in/pipermail/discuss-smc.org.in/attachments/20140702/edf21519/attachment.htm>