I'm curious about how many no voters who use Facebook will stop using it and delete their accounts due to this new Ad platform. And why the sudden change of mind, anyway? After all, when you signed up on Facebook you agreed to this.
When I signed up for Facebook, it had no ads (there also weren't pages for businesses). There was no discussion or mention of collecting data for marketing back then.
I would delete my account save two things -- it's a great way to stay in touch with family. That would be hard to give up. And, it's a necessary evil for an online publisher. That makes it impossible to give up.
I buy a lot of computer parts on line from two companies: one in California and the other in Florida. I welcome their side panel ads. They have alerted me to sale items with rebates in the past. It has save me a lot of money for my business. What I really object to the side panel video downloads which I am seeing more and more. These tie up my communications line and load the computer down.
I believe it was a given when I signed up for FB that data would be sold. After all, as a wise man once said... If you're not paying for something, YOU are the product.. I do not remember specifically the form of the agreement.
I was surprised, though, to find out how quickly information was sold. I used a bogus birthdate in my profile, making my profile a number of years older than I actually am. Within a couple of months, I received an invite from AARP. The invite was based on my FB age, not real age (I was waaaay to young and pretty for AARP to have me then).
Since then, as much information that couldn't otherwise be found with a quick google search or two was stripped from my profile, and I try to limit certain information.
I'm curious about how many no
I'm curious about how many no voters who use Facebook will stop using it and delete their accounts due to this new Ad platform. And why the sudden change of mind, anyway? After all, when you signed up on Facebook you agreed to this.
When I signed up for
When I signed up for Facebook, it had no ads (there also weren't pages for businesses). There was no discussion or mention of collecting data for marketing back then.
I would delete my account save two things -- it's a great way to stay in touch with family. That would be hard to give up. And, it's a necessary evil for an online publisher. That makes it impossible to give up.
I voted no.
I buy a lot of computer parts
I buy a lot of computer parts on line from two companies: one in California and the other in Florida. I welcome their side panel ads. They have alerted me to sale items with rebates in the past. It has save me a lot of money for my business. What I really object to the side panel video downloads which I am seeing more and more. These tie up my communications line and load the computer down.
I believe it was a given when
I believe it was a given when I signed up for FB that data would be sold. After all, as a wise man once said... If you're not paying for something, YOU are the product.. I do not remember specifically the form of the agreement.
I was surprised, though, to find out how quickly information was sold. I used a bogus birthdate in my profile, making my profile a number of years older than I actually am. Within a couple of months, I received an invite from AARP. The invite was based on my FB age, not real age (I was waaaay to young and pretty for AARP to have me then).
Since then, as much information that couldn't otherwise be found with a quick google search or two was stripped from my profile, and I try to limit certain information.
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