...wishing FB had a 'don't look at POBI' option, at least for the next 50 days.
You could use the ' Dont look at FB' option. Works for me.
Whereas a friend is complaining 'FB's gone all political' and I'm inclined to point out that some are political because they CARE about what's happening.
Quote from: hellymedic on April 19, 2017, 07:21:14 pmWhereas a friend is complaining 'FB's gone all political' and I'm inclined to point out that some are political because they CARE about what's happening.Don't disagree about the caring. It's just that there's a lot of heat and very little light in most cases. Better stop now or this will be banished to POBI as well.
Data is quickly becoming the 21st-century version of oil – a resource essential to the entire global economy, and the focus of intense struggle to control it. Platforms, as spaces in which two or more groups interact, provide what is in effect an oil rig for data. Every interaction on a platform becomes another data point that can be captured and fed into an algorithm. In this sense, platforms are the only business model built for a data-centric economy.More and more companies are coming to realise this. We often think of platforms as a tech-sector phenomenon, but the truth is that they are becoming ubiquitous across the economy.
Andrij. I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT
First, the company admitted a “fail” when its advertising algorithm allowed for the targeting of anti-Semitic users.Then on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg said he was handing over details of more than 3,000 advertisements bought by groups with links to the Kremlin, a move made possible by the advertising algorithms that have made Mr Zuckerberg a multi-billionaire.....Facebook’s wild profits - $3.9bn (£2.9bn) between April and June this year - are due to that automated process. It finds out what users like, it finds advertisers that want to hit those interests, and it marries the two and takes the money. No humans necessary.But unfortunately, that lack of oversight has left the company open to the kinds of abuse laid bare in ProPublica’s investigation into anti-Semitic targeting.......His [Zuckerberg's] naivety about the power of his own company sparked an immense backlash - internally as well as externally - and an investigation into the impact of fake news and other abuses was launched.On Thursday, the 33-year-old found himself conceding that not only was abuse affecting elections, but that he had done little to stop it happening."I wish I could tell you we're going to be able to stop all interference,” he said."But that wouldn't be realistic. There will always be bad people in the world, and we can't prevent all governments from all interference.”A huge turnaround on his position just 10 months ago..... the political mood in the US taken a sharp turn: Big Tech’s algorithms are out of control...“All of these problems are the result of the fact Zuckerberg has created and profited from a system that has grown to encompass the world… and harvest information from more than two billion people."
Does anyone use Faecebook on a real computer these days? MY EYES! It's tolerable on a phone except for the vacuous "Roger, Rain is forecast for tomorrow, Stay dry" sort of crap that appears in your feed. However, on a laptop or PC, there is an absolute tidal wave of spam, rubbish and pointless lists overwhelming the screen and even the adblocker chokes on it.It's worse than a local newspaper site - these work quite well if you have an adblocker that suppresses the "turn off your adblocker" banners
... notable Nazi sympathiser Tom Robinson...
Much of F$B Book and Tw@tter is run on algorithms. Which is why the news feed sucks, because F$B Book's programming douche bros think they know best about what I want they want you to see in the news feed.
Careful, Kim. Your sarcasm's showing...
Quote from: Mr Larrington on November 02, 2017, 09:03:52 am... notable Nazi sympathiser Tom Robinson...Really?? I've always liked the guy That's another 6Music programme I'll have to boycott ...
What we want isFreedom from the reds and the blacks and the criminalsProstitutes, pansies and punksFootball hooligans, juvenile delinquentsLesbians and left wing scumFreedom from the niggers and the Pakis and the unionsFreedom from the Gipsies and the JewsFreedom from leftwing layabouts and liberalsFreedom from the likes of you
Power in the darknessFrightening lies from the other sidePower in the darknessStand up and fight for your rights