On 2019 Apr 12 01:39:00, you wrote to Roger Nelson:

 AA> FB is essentially a kind of bbs but at the sacrifice of ads and a branded
 AA> look to everything.  People love it because it empowers them to think
 AA> they've got their own website.

that's the problem... thinking instead of understanding...

 AA> Meanwhile, users dump all kinds of personal info onto it, and FB
 AA> enjoys monetizing *your* data.

that was the original goal... i mean, look who created it and what it was
created for...

 AA> With all the privacy and targetted ads issues, I've just started to
 AA> see FB as a grand surveilllance experiment that I would rather not be
 AA> part of.

see my comment above...

 AA> Has anyone here clicked on the ads they offer on the right side of the
 AA> screen?

what ads?? NEVER /ever/ *ever* click on ads, period! */ever/*...

 AA> I hate the way FB picks up on some of the "shared posts"
videos that I
 AA> watch from my friends, and then find a whole wack of similar stuff the
 AA> next time I go to YouTube.

that's not FB picking up on it if you are watching them on FB... it is FB
telling YT that you watched them and YT's algorithm taking it from there...
if the videos you watch on FB are hosted on YT, FB may not be doing
anything since YT is already noting your connection and the video to use in
the algorithm...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin'
it wrong...
... My 'puter blames me for making the mistake :-(
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