Author Topic: Facebook (Read 21508 times)

redpride9 · « **Reply #200 on:** January 9, 2008, 07:53:19 pm »

Facebook is very addictive to begin with, but it soon loses its appeal.

$unny · « **Reply #201 on:** May 19, 2008, 04:52:31 pm »

I didn't want to start a new thread but the new privacy layouts confusing me on facebook? What happened to the normal limited profile option? Cos now i don't know what was on it etc?

-HH- · « **Reply #202 on:** February 28, 2009, 06:26:30 pm »

May I shamelessly draw people's attention to the following group:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65785341063

Ta

chrisG · « **Reply #203 on:** March 2, 2009, 09:28:15 pm »

Quote from: redpride9 on January 9, 2008, 07:53:19 pm

Facebook is very addictive to begin with, but it soon loses its appeal.

i agree

And Could He Play · « **Reply #204 on:** March 2, 2009, 09:39:56 pm »

I loses appeal after one day, i just check my inbox now. thats it. people sit there all day and night on it. Sad twats, wait there i do it on here, but at least its fun on here. Imagine sitting there and letting everyone know "**** is going to bed", "**** is going for a piss".

adamc_5* · « **Reply #205 on:** March 2, 2009, 10:06:43 pm »

I deactivated mine cos just cant be doing with it. Nob heads wanna be ur 'friend' that youve not seen in ages and wanna talk. Its like if 'I wanna talk to you I would have stayed in touch!'

Bit of a stalkers paradise too if u ask me.

Ferg · « **Reply #206 on:** March 2, 2009, 10:41:20 pm »

My sister has just tried to make me look a twat on there, and I've just had a go back at her, and she's wondering why.
Fucking idiot.

4-2-3-1 · « **Reply #207 on:** March 2, 2009, 10:43:35 pm »

Quote from: adamc_5* on March 2, 2009, 10:06:43 pm

I deactivated mine cos just cant be doing with it. Nob heads wanna be ur 'friend' that youve not seen in ages and wanna talk. Its like if 'I wanna talk to you I would have stayed in touch!'

Bit of a stalkers paradise too if u ask me.

Felt the same. Might get back on soon tho... to check up on some ex's

ChaChaMooMoo · « **Reply #208 on:** October 4, 2021, 12:56:19 pm »

In other news, the moon is a sphere and our drinking water is colourless.

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Frances Haugen: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58784615
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A former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity.

Frances Haugen, 37, who worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at Facebook, was interviewed on Sunday by CBS.

She said the documents she leaked proved that Facebook repeatedly prioritised "growth over safety".

Facebook said the leaks were misleading and glossed over positive research conducted by the company.

In the interview, on CBS's 60 Minutes programme, Ms Haugen said she had left Facebook earlier this year after becoming exasperated with the company. Before departing, she copied a series of internal memos and documents.

She shared those documents with the Wall Street Journal, which has been releasing the material in batches over the last three weeks - sometimes referred to as the Facebook Files.

Revelations included documents that showed that celebrities, politicians and high profile Facebook users were treated differently by the company. The leaks revealed that moderation policies were applied differently, or not at all, to such accounts - a system known as XCheck (cross-check).

Another leak showed that Facebook was also facing a complex lawsuit from a group of its own shareholders.

The group alleges, among other things, that Facebook's $5bn (£3.65bn) payment to the US Federal Trade Commission to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data scandal was so high because it was designed to protect Mark Zuckerberg from personal liability.

But it's allegations about Instagram that have been particularly worrying to US politicians.

Internal research by Facebook (which owns Instagram) found that Instagram was impacting the mental health of teenagers but did not share its findings when they suggested that the platform was a "toxic" place for many youngsters.

According to slides reported by the Wall Street Journal, 32% of teenage girls surveyed said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse.

Ms Haugen will testify before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday in a hearing titled "Protecting Kids Online", about the company's research into Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users.

Last week, a Facebook executive testified to US senators that the leaks had failed to highlight the positive impact the platform had on teens.

However, Ms Haugen was damning in her assessment of her former employer.

"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook," she said.

"Facebook over and over again chose to optimise for its own interests, like making more money."

Facebook strongly denied that claim, saying it had spent significant sums of money on safety."To say we turn a blind eye to feedback ignores these investments, including the 40,000 people working on safety and security at Facebook and our investment of $13 billion (£9.6 billion) since 2016," said Lena Pietsch, Facebook's director of policy communications.

Ms Haugen also talked about the deadly Capitol Hill riots in January - claiming that Facebook helped fuel the violence.

She said Facebook turned on safety systems to reduce misinformation during the US election - but only temporarily.

"As soon as the election was over they turned them back off, or they changed the settings to what they were before, to prioritise growth over safety, and that really feels like a betrayal of democracy."

Appearing on CNN, Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said it was ludicrous to suggest Facebook was responsible for the riots.

"I think it gives people false comfort to assume that there must be a technological, or technical, explanation for the issues of political polarisation in the United States," he said.

Red Beret · « **Reply #209 on:** October 4, 2021, 07:59:07 pm »

FB, Instagram and What'sApp all down today. Then EE went on the fritz too. Wasn't sure if people were even getting my texts at one point!

CraigDS · « **Reply #210 on:** October 4, 2021, 08:00:22 pm »

The end of the world is nigh.

rushyman · « **Reply #211 on:** October 4, 2021, 08:40:53 pm »

I’m secretly hoping it all never comes back

I miss real life

rob1966 · « **Reply #212 on:** October 4, 2021, 08:40:55 pm »

Quote from: Craig 🤔 on October 4, 2021, 08:00:22 pm

The end of the world is nigh.

There are millions of people wandering around like zombies with no idea what to do now.

Red Beret · « **Reply #213 on:** October 4, 2021, 08:47:16 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on October 4, 2021, 08:40:55 pm

There are millions of people wandering around like zombies with no idea what to do now.

They can start by looking up and watching where the eff they're going.

ToneLa · « **Reply #214 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:01:45 pm »

Enjoying the peace!

Zlen · « **Reply #215 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:17:29 pm »

Not using any of their products so didn’t notice. Glad they are down and will lose money if nothing else. Horrible company.

Linudden · « **Reply #216 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:19:24 pm »

Wouldn't hurt if it remained down some more I suppose. Especially Instagram

The only thing Facebook is good for is talking smack with mates on Messenger anyway.

I assume the Zuck is on the phone with stock insurers tonight either way. This can't be good for them at all to have a massive error like this.

BlackandWhitePaul · « **Reply #217 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:19:29 pm »

I just done a DNS Lookup on facebook.com and they have vanished.

Elmo! · « **Reply #218 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:21:08 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on October 4, 2021, 08:40:55 pm

There are millions of people wandering around like zombies with no idea what to do now.

Are those Everton fans still stuck in Lille?

scatman · « **Reply #219 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:21:56 pm »

BGP issue, basically a config was sent to their routers which seemed to do the above. They can't revert it without physically accessing servers

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #220 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:27:39 pm »

Fucking shite company, goes down every few weeks it seems. Facebook can disappear for all I care but Whatsapp is quite important for many people. Instagram is also toxic but I only follow travel accounts on there

BlackandWhitePaul · « **Reply #221 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:31:07 pm »

The latest I am reading is Facebook employees can't get in the building to evaluate the internet outage because their door access badges aren't working.

Red Beret · « **Reply #222 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:49:00 pm »

I have friends all over the world so What'sApp and Messenger are very important to me. Thank fuck I could remember the log in details for my old Skype account though!

CraigDS · « **Reply #223 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:49:50 pm »

Don’t care about FB or Insta but use both WhatsApp and FB Messenger for some important group chats (esp a family one currently) so it’s caused a bit of mayhem. Thankfully iMessage working and we’re all on there.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #224 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:52:56 pm »

All their internal email systems are down too…

Awkward

Although I have never used Facebook

afc tukrish · « **Reply #225 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:53:04 pm »

Quote from: Craig 🤔 on October 4, 2021, 09:49:50 pm

Don’t care about FB or Insta but use both WhatsApp and FB Messenger for some important group chats (esp a family one currently) so it’s caused a bit of mayhem. Thankfully iMessage working and we’re all on there.

The Digital Estate Agent Disposal Discussion survives...

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #226 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:53:53 pm »

Social media is pretty vital for me for work, could be a quiet day tomorrow!

Elmo! · « **Reply #227 on:** October 4, 2021, 09:55:58 pm »

Fucking amateur stuff to have your management access reliant on the same infrastructure with the same points of failure.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #228 on:** October 4, 2021, 10:04:53 pm »

Quote from: redgriffin73 on October 4, 2021, 09:53:53 pm

Social media is pretty vital for me for work, could be a quiet day tomorrow!

As in you need to access it to do your job? Or you just browse it all day when at work? In which case I sympathise!

swoopy · « **Reply #229 on:** October 4, 2021, 10:08:39 pm »

Looking forward to it coming back and see countless statuses of "OMG can't believe Facebook was down for so long don't know how I coped" etc.

afc tukrish · « **Reply #230 on:** October 5, 2021, 01:16:04 am »

Quote from: swoopy on October 4, 2021, 10:08:39 pm

Looking forward to it coming back and see countless statuses of "OMG can't believe Facebook was down for so long don't know how I coped" etc.

"Let me show you a picture of the dump I took while it was down!"

PaulF · « **Reply #231 on:** October 5, 2021, 07:17:00 am »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on October 4, 2021, 09:55:58 pm

Fucking amateur stuff to have your management access reliant on the same infrastructure with the same points of failure.

Is that aimed at redgriffin or face book?

What we thinking? Serious bitcoin changed hands to get back?

PaulF · « **Reply #232 on:** October 5, 2021, 07:17:45 am »

Quote from: redgriffin73 on October 4, 2021, 09:53:53 pm

Social media is pretty vital for me for work, could be a quiet day tomorrow!

Do you work in social media, or just rely on it

Red Beret · « **Reply #233 on:** October 5, 2021, 09:39:54 am »

Just seen Nick Clegg doing damage control re the whistleblower. Just like that incompetent chameleon to be working for fucking Facebook.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #234 on:** October 5, 2021, 09:58:45 am »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on October 4, 2021, 09:55:58 pm

Fucking amateur stuff to have your management access reliant on the same infrastructure with the same points of failure.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #235 on:** October 5, 2021, 10:26:31 am »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on October 4, 2021, 09:55:58 pm

Fucking amateur stuff to have your management access reliant on the same infrastructure with the same points of failure.

PICNIC?

Elmo! · « **Reply #236 on:** October 5, 2021, 11:00:16 am »

Quote from: PaulF on October 5, 2021, 07:17:00 am

Is that aimed at redgriffin or face book?

What we thinking? Serious bitcoin changed hands to get back?

Facebook. I mean things like their door access apparently not working and not having out of band access to their routers to revert changes.

PaulF · « **Reply #237 on:** October 5, 2021, 11:25:29 am »

I reckon it's the start of the rise of the machines.

Elzar · « **Reply #238 on:** October 5, 2021, 11:32:39 am »

I can't believe Facebook was down for so long don't know how I coped.

scatman · « **Reply #239 on:** October 5, 2021, 12:06:42 pm »

Quote from: Elzar on October 5, 2021, 11:32:39 am

I can't believe Facebook was down for so long don't know how I coped.

wanna see a photo of the dump i took whilst it was down?