Facebook is digging its own grave

[tgg]

Hi all,

How many of you on here think that Facebook has become a sad shadow of the site that it once was?

A site that was dedicated to sharing what you wanted with friends and family and meeting new people has increasingly become a no-no.

The site's admins are now censoring groups that they personally don't agree with (even if there is nothing legally or morally wrong with them), and they have put bars on my account on two occasions - one for allegedly sending friend requests to people I don't know which is utter crap, because I knew the people beforehand. Pardon me, but aren't social networks meant for meeting and befriending new people? If a person doesn't want to befriend you on Facebook they should just reject your application, but there's no need to report it as if you're a criminal.

Secondly, the admins found a photo that was taken at Confest in my photo album which had been there since 2008 without any problems and put a 30-day bar on me making any public posts. It's weird that they will pick on people who have photos of stuff like natural nudity and women breastfeeding their children, but will turn a blind eye to soft porn and misogyny. For instance, on a site dedicated to breastfeeding mothers there was a complaint from one of the mums that FB deleted her pic of her nursing her baby but on the other hand a cartoon picture of a man kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach has been allowed to remain on the site with no threat of it being deleted. I see this as being hypocritical and an insult to women, and just shows Facebook's prejudice against women.

I don't understand what their problem is. Why can't they leave people to post what they want as long as its not porn, pyramid selling, bullying or stalking messages?

This Gestapo-like behaviour has made me want to leave the site within the next month as its become a waste of space and my time, and I'm sorry to see that so many friends of mine and professional contacts still consider it the bees knees over other networking sites.

I'm going back to the social networking site that I originally started on, which is Myspace. I know a number of people sneer at it now and reckon it's dead, but the truth is far from that. In the recent months it's been sold to Justin Timberlake who has revamped it and turned it into a site for artists and musicians to share their work as well as post blogs and other stuff. Though I hope they will bring back the groups, classifieds and people finder as they were pretty cool features of the old Myspace.

My Myspace site is: Dario Western (Dario Western) on Myspace and I will be spending more of my internet time on there as well as on here.

 

[DarkMonk]

Hi all,

How many of you on here think that Facebook has become a sad shadow of the site that it once was?

A site that was dedicated to sharing what you wanted with friends and family and meeting new people has increasingly become a no-no.

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Was it ever more than just a sad shadow site???

I never been on Facebook and will never be...I'm not uploading my personal life to a server which I don't own just to share with friends and give all my details to a faceless corporation...(for no reason)

People like to show off..., and Facebook encourages that...
I've got a friend who once asked me..., I've got 4,000 friends on Facebook
how many have you got???

My reply was..., I'd rather have 4 friends I can see, talk to, and rely on in times of need, than 4,000 connections on Facebook that I never see or talk or can rely them on.

Not the mention that a company like that, can change its privacy policy anytime, or decide anything at anytime like you have found out.

 

[FAV]

As you can well see, morality is subjective.
I see nothing wrong with nudity, but I suppose FB has an obligation to censor to the lowest permissible age (13).
As for the cartoon, I would point to what may very well be an urban myth, but stands as an example of American morality.
If, in a movie, a nipple is bitten off, it is rated similar to your MA15
If the nipple is licked, it is rated R18.
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[tgg]

What is wrong with people under 18 seeing non-sexual nudity least of all sex? Should we still be teaching those under the age of 13 that 'babies are delivered to mummy and daddy by the stork' or babies come from 'mummy's tummy'?

The facebook admins are NOT parents or teachers, they are a bunch of Generation Y Alpha males who are insecure about their own sexual values so they feel the need to foist them onto others (kind of like a lot of Americans and Australians).

Morality is not subjective. There is a divide between good and bad and right and wrong.

America is not the world, and it's about time that non-Americans realised that and boycotted Facebook.

 

[DarkMonk]

As you can well see, morality is subjective.
I see nothing wrong with nudity, but I suppose FB has an obligation to censor to the lowest permissible age (13).
As for the cartoon, I would point to what may very well be an urban myth, but stands as an example of American morality.
If, in a movie, a nipple is bitten off, it is rated similar to your MA15
If the nipple is licked, it is rated R18.

Morality maybe subjective to you being an atheist, but not me...

It's very simple really..., In morality there can be only good or bad, the isn't a happy medium half good or bad...

So it if it Good or Bad, that means either you're right or you're wrong.

The problem is the enforcement of morality, which is enforced quite well in the bible..., but in the world it's a total mess. Which leads to exactly this issue of a new "gray" area.

It's not what you decide if it is wrong or right, or what you decide for others, BUT it's on what GOD decides if it is wrong or right.

 

[joey_downunder]

Was it ever more than just a sad shadow site???

I never been on Facebook and will never be...I'm not uploading my personal life to a server which I don't own just to share with friends and give all my details to a faceless corporation...(for no reason)

People like to show off..., and Facebook encourages that...
I've got a friend who once asked me..., I've got 4,000 friends on Facebook
how many have you got???

My reply was..., I'd rather have 4 friends I can see, talk to, and rely on in times of need, than 4,000 connections on Facebook that I never see or talk or can rely them on.

Not the mention that a company like that, can change its privacy policy anytime, or decide anything at anytime like you have found out.

My family is all in love with Facebook. My husband has an account so I can see what his family and my family are up to.
It's either the most boring comments or boasting.

 

[FAV]

In morality there can be only good or bad?
No, is it worse to lick or bite off a nipple? I would say bite, but censors would say lick.
Is it moral to kill a man?
I would say no, but tell that to the Midianites.
Is it moral to stone your children for disobedience?
I would say no, but Exodus, lev, Deut and Mark 7:10 disagree.

 

[Grannie Annie]

Just before Easter I got onto facebook and am enjoying it. I find a lot of young people don't bother phoning to keep in touch and this way I can keep in touch with them and see how they're going. I've found a lovely niece I'd lost contact with for over 17 yrs and we're now very close. So I restrict who I contact to close family and friends, I'm enjoying it.

 

[FAV]

I find it useful to keep up with family that are far away, old friends and as a business tool, it is a stunning marketing tool.

 

[FAV]

The trouble is that a lot of americans are "programmed' to see nudity as purely sexual.
Thats where morality is subjective, I see some nudity and don't see it as sexual. Some see nudity and all they see is sex.

 

[Grannie Annie]

I see nudity as being mainly sexual....and I think that's fairly human and normal

 

[FAV]

And that is my whole point, you see nudity as mainly sexual, where I don't.
And where does nudity start, is a bikini immoral in your eyes?
What about a string bikini?
Personally, I don't find nudity particularly sexy, some do and that's fine for them.

Anyway, I suppose Facebook belongs to its shareholders and you are bound by their terms and conditions. ie their ball, their game. End of story.

 

[TheDag]

Pardon me, but aren't social networks meant for meeting and befriending new people?

This is not what facebook was designed for.

 

[Born to Watch]

This is not what facebook was designed for.

I thought it was designed for social connection but was perverted soon after, like to hear your theory.
Facebook- Front for CIA Information Gathering? - YouTube

This is a condemning YouTube clip

 

[FAV]

But I can post whatever lies I like, if I so desire.
My profile could say I am 8 stone and the body of a male dancer.
It ain't, because I use FB for catching up and keeping up with friends.

Basically you post online what you wish to be seen online, or what you are comfortable in everyone seeing.
Ignoring this principle leads to naked pictures of yourself winding up on revenge sites that are popping up all over the intertubes.

Mr Zuckerburg and his co-investors are about to make a sizeable amount of money from his venture, not the CIA.

 

[anada]

In morality there can be only good or bad?
No, is it worse to lick or bite off a nipple? I would say bite, but censors would say lick.
Is it moral to kill a man?
I would say no, but tell that to the Midianites.
Is it moral to stone your children for disobedience?
I would say no, but Exodus, lev, Deut and Mark 7:10 disagree.

Was there any reason to start bashing the Bible out of nowhere?


Anyway, i use facebook but only really to keep in touch with all my friends who live throughout Queensland. Never really understood the needless rambling status updates though.

 

[Born to Watch]

Was there any reason to start bashing the Bible out of nowhere?


Anyway, i use facebook but only really to keep in touch with all my friends who live throughout Queensland. Never really understood the needless rambling status updates though.

Not only bashing but taking it way out of context, another non Christian who has no idea what he is saying


" I would say no, but Exodus, lev, Deut and Mark 7:10 disagree."
Fav go read Mark 7:10 and try understand why you are so off target.

 

[Blessedj01]

Facebook is just lame. It's everywhere..everyone talks about it, adds it to their websites, etc. The idea that Facebook is some kind of institution is beginning to sicken me. And it's alienated me as a user. Plus, I don't see it being used the way it originally was intended to. I think it's much more spam oriented now for starters.

That's why I deleted my account...then disabled it. I'm planning on keeping some photos, then deleting the account and making a new account that's just for my family to contact me. That's really the only interaction I want with Facebook.

 

[DarkMonk]

Facebook is just lame. It's everywhere..everyone talks about it, adds it to their websites, etc. The idea that Facebook is some kind of institution is beginning to sicken me. And it's alienated me as a user. Plus, I don't see it being used the way it originally was intended to. I think it's much more spam oriented now for starters.

That's why I deleted my account...then disabled it. I'm planning on keeping some photos, then deleting the account and making a new account that's just for my family to contact me. That's really the only interaction I want with Facebook.

+1...
I'm pretty much on board with the same mentality...and so I never had an account...I knew it was going to head down this road...soon or later..

I've got people coming to me...saying..., oh WHAT??!! you don't have a facebook account? how come you don't have FB?!!!

I just keep in touch through msn, and mobile apps like Viber and What's app.

The interesting part is that I don't know if you tried, but after deleting ur account and disabling it, 1 year later you send them an email to re-instate it, and they will with all the content you ever uploaded. Sits on their servers.

 

[tgg]

And that is my whole point, you see nudity as mainly sexual, where I don't.
And where does nudity start, is a bikini immoral in your eyes?
What about a string bikini?
Personally, I don't find nudity particularly sexy, some do and that's fine for them.

Anyway, I suppose Facebook belongs to its shareholders and you are bound by their terms and conditions. ie their ball, their game. End of story.

Sexual lust comes from what is hidden, not what is exposed. A woman in a tiny string bikini would cause more lustful thoughts in guys than if she was fully naked.

Grannie Annie, as I am a nudist of 22 years I disagree strongly with your premise that mere human nudity is sexual.

You don't see most guys at nude beaches running around with hard-ons and salivating at the sight of the female attendees, and the resorts and clubs and camps have policies that if in the instance a male member does bar up then he should wrap a towel around him or take a dip in the pool or creek until the excitement subsides.

Facebook is indeed a privately owned company, and unfortunately it does give its owners the right to treat account holders anyway they want, even if they are in the wrong.

I would like to see a publicly owned social networking site which is either owned by the average members of the public or the government, in which I would be one of the first to sign up for it.