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Social Media: The New Status Quo

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Comedian, actor, and director Sacha Baron Cohen tweeted last week about Facebook and the inescapable reality that, effectively, one man (CEO Mark Zuckerberg) has an inordinate amount of influence and control over what 2.5 billion people worldwide get to see and talk about.

“We don’t let 1 person control the water for 2.5 billion people.  We don’t let 1 person control electricity for 2.5 billion people,” Cohen tweeted. “Why do we let 1 man control the information seen by 2.5 billion people? Facebook needs to be regulated by governments, not ruled by an emperor!”

Tech titan and billionaire Elon Musk tweeted in response: “#DeleteFacebook It’s lame.” Ignoring the irony of using one social media platform to criticize another social media platform, this has stirred up fresh discussion about the role and impact of social media.

There are some for whom the internet has been a wonderful thing by providing a platform to meet people, have their opinions heard, and in some cases, even land their dream job. Puppeteer YouTuber Barnaby Dixon, for example, landed a role working on the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance thanks to his fantastic short videos.

The concerns about how much of the population is tied to only a handful of platforms controlled by a minority of people - often in Silicon Valley - are valid. Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s multiple platforms, as well as others, all seem to have a near-total monopoly on where people spend their time online. This controls what a typical Internet user says and reads.

To some, it feels inevitable that calls to regulate or split up the big platforms will only grow louder and louder. But, as with all such things, only time will tell.

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting naroon1, reply 25

We see Recent Windows as  a data grab if not set up correctly from the beginning, but Social Media is it's own massive "Hand It On A Plate" Animal, only in this instant, most social media users happily hand over those details willingly if not intentionally, it is all there if you just look at the average active account page.

Setting Windows up correctly is very important. https://heimdalsecurity.com/windows-10-security-guide/privacy

What you hand social media will promptly negate everything you did to set Windows up correctly. So much for M$'s hardware security demands.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 27


Quoting naroon1,
reply 25

We see Recent Windows as  a data grab if not set up correctly from the beginning, but Social Media is it's own massive "Hand It On A Plate" Animal, only in this instant, most social media users happily hand over those details willingly if not intentionally, it is all there if you just look at the average active account page.



Setting Windows up correctly is very important. https://heimdalsecurity.com/windows-10-security-guide/privacy

What you hand social media will promptly negate everything you did to set Windows up correctly. So much for M$'s hardware security demands.

I have to agree with the Dr on this one. Luckily enough the net is overflowing with apps that can mitigate the risk when setting up new OS installations.

I barely touch social media, so at least i walk it like i talk it, still makes me laugh out loud when i see some of the stuff posted and shown to me by others in my family who do use it. I do try to advise them but if they are going to Photo every nice meal they ever eat or make, those photos are sooner than later going to show a lot more "juicy Booty" for scammers, and that is not including all the info they have already posted about Family dates of birth, pet names etc...

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting naroon1, reply 28

I barely touch social media,

I never touch social media sites.... not ever.  I simply do not trust them..,. not even slightly or a brief moment.  I went to Facebook just the once to sign up and was bombarded with emails for a week from Facebook itself..... never again, not even with Twitter or any of the others.

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Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 29


Quoting naroon1,
reply 28

I barely touch social media,



I never touch social media sites.... not ever.  I simply do not trust them..,. not even slightly or a brief moment.  I went to Facebook just the once to sign up and was bombarded with emails for a week from Facebook itself..... never again, not even with Twitter or any of the others.

What you said starkers mate.

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

FWIW I find Facebook very flexible, meaning I have it setup so that I see the sorts of posts I'm interested in and block from my "feed" stuff that I'm not.  I think part of the problem is configuring Facebook is complicated and that by default it shares a lot of user's personal information.  It's possible though to hide pretty much everything you don't want others to see or know about yourself once you learn how to manage the settings.  As for Zuckerberg I don't see how he's controlling what others' see/do.  It seems more the other way around that he hasn't been willing to block some of the dangerous disinformation, scams, etc, that get passed around.

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Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top

"Facebook is complicated and that by default it shares a lot of user's personal information...he hasn't been willing to block some of the dangerous disinformation, scams, etc, that get passed around."

And some other stuff, but that'll do. :thumbsup:  

Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Victechnical, reply 31

I think part of the problem is configuring Facebook is complicated and that by default it shares a lot of user's personal information. It's possible though to hide pretty much everything you don't want others to see or know about yourself once you learn how to manage the settings.
This! - as I have pointed out earlier, is the thing. I think the settings for Facebook is way too confusing for the average Joe, since many settings are just to much of a hassle to find. Most likely that is deliberately done so most users don't alter the settings favourable to the Facebook business model.

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