Zuckerberg. ..you are a bully

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....and you will lose.

The Australian Government will set the precedent.

You may have to make do with being filthy rich.... instead of obscenely rich.

It's time for an actually Responsible and Accountable Social Medium to replace this petty childish brat's.

Pay for your use of news media, particularly as you profiteer from it with embedded advertising, and don't demonstrate just how much of a vindictive arse you are by blocking sites dealing with personal health crises such as suicide support.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually applauded. :thumbsup:  

"The moves are a response to proposed legislation that would force social media platforms to pay Australian news organizations for links shared on its sites." - NPR 

News media set up pay walls and sell subscriptions to pay their staff for their work. Why shouldn't face book pay for those stories, as well? Don't they sell enough advertising and supposedly depersonalized information on its users to pay those news media for their product? 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This is one time I must agree with jafo. Suckberger is worse than a bully. I hope the Australian Government sticks it to him because the US regime is in bed with the asswipe.

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Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Fuckerberg, Gates, Cook, Dorsey - sure, let's trust the future of mankind to those dweebs.  What could possibly go wrong?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So...datamining people's info and on-selling it to targeted advertising only makes squillions of dollars...so can't possibly afford to pay to use a News Service...so....pulls the plug on Australian News outlets....

Fine...ego is King.

But while you're at it...don't forget to also delete any and all Australian Government pages out of sheer spite.

Who really cares you disable essential services...you know...in an on-going pandemic...and for a country with the worst bushfire prevalence...in...wait-for-it....the middle of bushfire season.

What a considerate arsehole.

"I'm gonna take my bat and ball and go home - so there!"

I'm looking forward to the backlash....from the rest of the planet...

Australia has one thing in common with the US [a lot of things really] and that's we don't negotiate with extortionists/terrorists.

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Google tried it on earlier [same issue] and instead is talking with the Govt.

Clearly Google is a more responsible entity than Facebook...;)

 

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I never liked or trusted Facebook, not after I was bombarded with ads and emails asking if I knew this or that person.  I think my account is still there but I've not bothered going back for about 10 years, nor will I.  Moreover, nor will I do business with online traders when they force visitors to sign in via Facebook.  

So many places online these days have a button so you can like them on Facebook.  Well fuck that, I want nothing to do with that or anything else Facebook related.  For mine, Zuckerberg is worse than a bully with an obscene amount of money, he's fechen worse than a banker.

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 6

Clearly Google is a more responsible entity than Facebook

Perhaps not as childish, but hardly more responsible.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 8


Quoting Jafo,
reply 6

Clearly Google is a more responsible entity than Facebook



Perhaps not as childish, but hardly more responsible.

Agreed!! Both are tarred with the same brush and neither is trustworthy when it comes to the harvesting, use of and storing of folks personal data.  Both use your personal data and surfing habits to target you with advertising.... and for me that is totally unacceptable.  I don't give a stuff if their 'services' are supposedly free [the excuse that both companies use to bombard users with unwelcomed, unwanted advertising] I don't want to be confronted with any kind of advertising online and use an ad-blocker to filter it out. 

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Never joined it...

never used it...

never regretted it...

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 10

Never joined it...

never used it...

never regretted it...

I went to Facebook just the once to sign up after a relative suggested that it would be a great way to keep in touch.  What happened after that really pissed me off.... hundreds and hundreds of emails and no signs of that abating until I emailed back to demand the cease and desist.  It slowed for a while but I think a word from Microsoft over my email account being unnecessarily bombarded may have ended it.

Anyhow, several years have passed since then and I'm glad to be out of it, never to return.

Reply #12 from Stardock.net Forums Top

In general I think the centralisation of the internet has been a massive misstep.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Social Fixer to the rescue. No Facebook without it, no ads. As a side note, I never get mails from facebook except I use a new hardware to log on. The settings and tools are not meant for lazy people. 

 

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't get any emails from Facebook either, never have. 

Reply #15 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting SchismNavigator, reply 13

In general I think the centralisation of the internet has been a massive misstep.
im sorry I don’t understand can you clarify. How was it centralised

Reply #16 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting c242, reply 14

Social Fixer to the rescue. No Facebook without it, no ads. As a side note, I never get mails from facebook except I use a new hardware to log on. The settings and tools are not meant for lazy people. 

 
mocospace I think is that. Haven’t been on there in 5 years.

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 5

So...datamining people's info and on-selling it to targeted advertising only makes squillions of dollars...so can't possibly afford to pay to use a News Service...so....pulls the plug on Australian News outlets....

Fine...ego is King.

I wholeheartedly agree!   In fact, isn't there anything that can be done to "wall off" FB at the Aussie & NZ virtual borders?   If Zuckerberg wants to be a dick, prevent him from making any $$ from it's citizens?

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting c242, reply 14

The settings and tools are not meant for lazy people.

Um, that's not necessarily so for first timers who do not know where to look for such settings, tools and filters.  It was my first and only time on Facebook, but before I could go back to tweak things my inbox was filling up faster than I could empty it.... over 700 emails in just hours... and more of the same the next day.

Quoting LightStar, reply 15

I don't get any emails from Facebook either, never have.

Most people don't, but according to some people I've spoken with since then, they also got bombarded within hours of joining with hundreds of emails asking if they knew this or that person.... and then there was the Facebook generated spam advertising various things as well.   It seems, then, that some folk are singled out for the spam and others aren't.

In any event, Zuckerberg is an egotistical bully whose greed knows no bounds, and if he does not want to play by our rules then he can piss off and DCB [don't come back]

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting GAIAStevef, reply 18

If Zuckerberg wants to be a dick,

WYSIWYG ...;p

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

We don't tend to take crap from anyone.

I think he saw we were just the beginning of a lot more grief.  Other countries were looking at him too.

Reply #22 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 19


Quoting c242,
reply 14

The settings and tools are not meant for lazy people.



Um, that's not necessarily so for first timers who do not know where to look for such settings, tools and filters.  It was my first and only time on Facebook, but before I could go back to tweak things my inbox was filling up faster than I could empty it.... over 700 emails in just hours... and more of the same the next day.


Quoting LightStar,
reply 15

I don't get any emails from Facebook either, never have.



Most people don't, but according to some people I've spoken with since then, they also got bombarded within hours of joining with hundreds of emails asking if they knew this or that person.... and then there was the Facebook generated spam advertising various things as well.   It seems, then, that some folk are singled out for the spam and others aren't.

In any event, Zuckerberg is an egotistical bully whose greed knows no bounds, and if he does not want to play by our rules then he can piss off and DCB [don't come back]

you should always check your settings, or options when you buy anything electronical now days; otherwise you are always wAsting some of your use of your computer product. On my end I got bo

bombarded by emails; until I shut them off. 

Reply #23 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

A long time ago internet providers tried suing cable companies, for kicking them off the their cable, and providing their own internet. They lost. Look at things nowadays. Things are starting to change again. What’s next YouTube. News today, tomorrow avatars... why stop there. This is precedence for more stuff, more countries. Well the internet is changing again. Enjoy. 

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting admiralWillyWilber, reply 23


Quoting starkers,
reply 19






Quoting c242,

reply 14


The settings and tools are not meant for lazy people.



Um, that's not necessarily so for first timers who do not know where to look for such settings, tools and filters.  It was my first and only time on Facebook, but before I could go back to tweak things my inbox was filling up faster than I could empty it.... over 700 emails in just hours... and more of the same the next day.






Quoting LightStar,

reply 15


I don't get any emails from Facebook either, never have.



Most people don't, but according to some people I've spoken with since then, they also got bombarded within hours of joining with hundreds of emails asking if they knew this or that person.... and then there was the Facebook generated spam advertising various things as well.   It seems, then, that some folk are singled out for the spam and others aren't.

In any event, Zuckerberg is an egotistical bully whose greed knows no bounds, and if he does not want to play by our rules then he can piss off and DCB [don't come back]

you should always check your settings, or options when you buy anything electronical now days; otherwise you are always wAsting some of your use of your computer product. On my end I got bo

bombarded by emails; until I shut them off. 

It was a while ago now [perhaps 10 years ago] and I seem to recall that there were no obvious settings or controls to regulate emails on the sign-up page, just what personal information was displayed online, etc.  I think the email filters/controls came a bit later. 

Anyway, it doesn't matter to me anymore, I simply don't go there.

Reply #25 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I signed up in 2008. It would be nice to put options on the set up page, but I’ve never seen that. You would have to had gone to your page with all your information. It would have been by your picture, but it has gotten easier to find over the years. For many years people didn’t usually fill out their information. I guess you have to prioritize looking for these things. A bunch of emails was incentive for me. Brad is talking about making a social network site. This would probably be a good idea for that. To make the options easier to find.