Are people really this thick? I’ve never used Facebook. Never will. I can’t stand that censoring little puke, Zuckerberg. I try to tell people not to post their vacation exploits until they return home. Burglars used to check the obituaries for funeral times and then go rob the bereaveds’ homes. It’s the same thing.
Nevertheless, it looks like people are finally catching on and the rats at Facebook may be jumping ship, at least investment-wise.
Facebook users are slowly learning that almost anybody can use Facebook to collect detailed information about them, and that — at least some of the time — Facebook cannot control where this information flows, or how it is used. Using Facebook is like writing your life story down on a piece of paper, then taping it to a lamppost.
Journalists and privacy advocates may roll their eyes at this “revelation” — they’ve been warning people about Facebook and privacy since its inception.
Users mostly ignored these warnings. They wanted to share photos, connect with old friends, play games, take quizzes and watch videos, and Facebook gave them a simple way to do it. More than 2 billion people around the world now use the 14-year-old service, and Facebook sold nearly $40 billion worth of ads last year.
But things are beginning to change. There’s a growing sense that Facebook has become creepy instead of fun.