I am a little confused by the post. You walk us through a way to create an account, and then you go on to advocate basically not using the platform, and opting out for comparable compartmentalized solutions for photos, messages, etc...
My question is, at the end of the day what value is facebook bringing to us? Does it become a glorified contact list at that point, or is there something I am missing?
I know that whether I use facebook or not, other people do. So, it's the newsfeed and a contact list at least.
This is aimed at the average computer user, who doesn't know what third-party cookies are, who doesn't know what retargeting means, who doesn't realize what giving facebook their email password does. It's a way to give that person tools to pick the degree to which they expose themselves, when the default is 100% exposure.
Basically, a family member asked me this question, and I thought it would be useful to write up for them. I figure folks on HN have the tools to figure out how they want to deal with FB and other services, but they may also want a resource to help friends and family who aren't so tech savvy.
If you are interested in the rationale for my objecting to 100% buy-in on facebook and have 40 minutes, I can highly recommend Maciej Ceglowski's talk at Beyond Tellerand 2014, the internet with a human face: http://vimeo.com/102717446
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I am a little confused by the post. You walk us through a way to create an account, and then you go on to advocate basically not using the platform, and opting out for comparable compartmentalized solutions for photos, messages, etc...
My question is, at the end of the day what value is facebook bringing to us? Does it become a glorified contact list at that point, or is there something I am missing?
I know that whether I use facebook or not, other people do. So, it's the newsfeed and a contact list at least.
This is aimed at the average computer user, who doesn't know what third-party cookies are, who doesn't know what retargeting means, who doesn't realize what giving facebook their email password does. It's a way to give that person tools to pick the degree to which they expose themselves, when the default is 100% exposure.
Basically, a family member asked me this question, and I thought it would be useful to write up for them. I figure folks on HN have the tools to figure out how they want to deal with FB and other services, but they may also want a resource to help friends and family who aren't so tech savvy.
If you are interested in the rationale for my objecting to 100% buy-in on facebook and have 40 minutes, I can highly recommend Maciej Ceglowski's talk at Beyond Tellerand 2014, the internet with a human face: http://vimeo.com/102717446