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People should look at FB for what it is. A big shopping mall where everyone goes to walk around and hang out. Don't like what goes on in FB. Stop using it.

• Fnoord 9y ago
  > People should look at FB for what it is. A big shopping mall where everyone goes to walk around and hang out. That rather sounds like Amazon's Whole Foods with its gazillion cameras. [1] As for your other advice: that counts for any company, and why I boycotted Microsoft for a long, long time. [1] https://dzone.com/articles/why-amazon-and-whole-foods-will-change-how-you-sho https://dzone.com/articles/why-amazon-and-whole-foods-will-c...
• dymk 9y ago
  What a weirdly tangential thing to point out given the content of the article. Is it possible to write a post on HN that isn't pointlessly critical of Facebook, or have we dropped the facade of "intelligent discussion" when it comes to things that the hivemind doesn't like?
  • davidcbc 9y ago
    > Is it possible to write a post on HN that isn't pointlessly critical of Facebook Mostly it is just impossible for there to be a story about FB on HN that doesn't have a bunch of people tripping over themselves to tell everyone they don't use FB.
  • dictum 9y ago
    > Is it possible to write a post on HN that isn't pointlessly critical of Facebook, or have we dropped the facade of "intelligent discussion" when it comes to things that the hivemind doesn't like? I don't represent or consult any hivemind when I look at corporations, especially the winky-smiley "let's connect the world!" with jaded cynicism – but my conscience.
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