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   August Abolins to Roger Nelson   
   FB Part 1   
   12 Apr 19 01:39:00   
   
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   Hello Roger!   
      
   ** 11.04.19 - 12:09, Roger Nelson wrote to All:   
      
   RN> Facebook's history betrays its privacy pivot   
   RN> Posted: March 20, 2019 by David Ruiz   
      
   RN> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proposed a radical pivot for his company..   
      
      
   I have gradually lost favour in FB over the years.  However, it seems to     
   remain a favourite among some of my friends and family to quickly post a     
   picture or something - but often without any context with it.   
      
   FB is essentially a kind of bbs but at the sacrifice of ads and a branded     
   look to everything.  People love it because it empowers them to think     
   they've got their own website.  Meanwhile, users dump all kinds of     
   personal info onto it, and FB enjoys monetizing *your* data.   
      
   With all the privacy and targetted ads issues, I've just started to see FB     
   as a grand surveilllance experiment that I would rather not be part of.   
      
   Has anyone here clicked on the ads they offer on the right side of the     
   screen?   
      
   I hate the way FB picks up on some of the "shared posts" videos that I     
   watch from my friends, and then find a whole wack of similar stuff the     
   next time I go to YouTube.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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