I know FB is a dying duck, but 1984ish experience...

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Bradley.Kohr.II
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I got a notice "This post looks like spam and violates our community standards" - but I couldn't even see the post they claim violated it. So no way to tell if somehow the algorithm doesn't like ice cream (its a work account, and about all I do on it is post stuff about work), or my account got hacked...

I hope y'alls generation finds a way to break the system FANG and DC are trying to build (not so sure Apple is trying to build it, as much as sell the hardware.)
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Bradley.Kohr.II said:

I hope y'alls generation finds a way to break the system FANG and DC are trying to build (not so sure Apple is trying to build it, as much as sell the hardware.)
What does this even mean?
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Azariah said:

Bradley.Kohr.II said:

I hope y'alls generation finds a way to break the system FANG and DC are trying to build (not so sure Apple is trying to build it, as much as sell the hardware.)
What does this even mean?
fancy ass new gadgets????
ag09
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Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google.

I thought this was the nerdery?
SeattleAgJr
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I do not know.

The acronym FB tends to mean something else where I am from.
Duncan Idaho
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Facebook dying?
Netflix part of some deep state cabal?

Don't ever change
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Cocaines a hell of a drug.
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ag09 said:

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google.

I thought this was the nerdery?


If that is what FANG stands for, then I don't know what DC stands for.
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bearamedic99 said:

ag09 said:

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google.

I thought this was the nerdery?


If that is what FANG stands for, then I don't know what DC stands for.
Sega Dreamcast, it's dying you know.
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bearamedic99 said:

ag09 said:

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google.

I thought this was the nerdery?


If that is what FANG stands for, then I don't know what DC stands for.


Fang is a pretty common acronym when talking about these companies in finance circles. They were seen as the best of class growth internet stocks. No one in tech groups them together like that.


Dc isn Washington DC. The op is suggesting that there is a conspiracy between these companies (but not so much apple?) And the government to stiffle free thought and expression, usher in a new world order and (I am sure) defeat trump.



Bradley.Kohr.II
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Mea Culpa for not realizing FANG isn't common outside of financial circles. It was what I thought of to use as a term embodying the companies which base their profitability on selling user data, rather than a product.

FB's user base is graying out. Long term, their model seems to need some revision - they have the cash to buy whatever becomes popular next - probably. It will be interesting to see how their corp. leadership deals with it.

DC is very beholden to companies who base their bottom lines on selling user data.
As are most governments - the wailing and gnashing of teeth over CA's privacy ballot initiative is a, very current, example of this.

The "libertarian" early streak of tech seems to be fading, as the Socialists have been successful, lately.

My comments about Apple are based on some statements by Cook about how Apple sells hardware, and doesn't have to monetize user data.

I realize younger folks don't read 1984, never saw the USSR in person, etc. I find the willingness of the various tech companies, who resisted any responsibility for defamation and violation of IP rights, to embrace the idea of censoring any posts which their algorithm determines to be unacceptable, very unnerving.

That I couldn't even see the content of the post which they claimed was either spam, or a violation of their standards, was very disturbing.

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Liberals and their causes are very often hypocritical when it comes down to it.

As an example, w\atch how quickly Maxine Waters laments the harassment she receives after calling for it against POTUS aids.
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Which board is this?
Bradley.Kohr.II
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This is, very much, related to nerd stuff. It directly affects it.

CA passed, another, watered down bill, and are fools to do so. Specifically, the GOP are fools to go along with it. Everyone likes "privacy", and those who have greatly benefitted from our lack of laws about it, are large donors to the Dems.

Its an ideal issue for them to hammer on. It directly attacks an opponents financial support, curries favor w. the populace, and forces the opponent to chose between defense of financial resources, and defense of political capital. It will be interesting if the Dems can stick to their historical attachment to privacy, when they face a direct attack on a large source of capital.

The GOP also has large donors who would want to block any privacy laws, but I don't think they have as much pull, or are as directly dependent on user data.

And, say a good reason to consider making a small, convenient device which say only uses Signal, or something else, to communicate. Somehow, authenticate every user, so no robot calls can happen. Tie it w. a server which can forward regular calls, through the encrypted service, and build it so it does not have a GPS chip, or the ability to power the mike or camera in the off position - and be very clear its not a phone, just a tablet/pager.
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easttexasaggie04 said:

Which board is this?
One you are free to click away from at any time.
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cool.
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