# Don't use newprofilepic for FB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296 "2022-05-11T19:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/21 "2022-05-12T18:25:56Z")
Still waiting for solid evidence that this is “a Russian shell company”. Not maybe, not could be, not possibly, not who knows? _Is._ Period, full stop. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/22 "2022-05-12T18:29:55Z")
It was indeed a Russian company, yes? They moved the registration to BVI did they not? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/23 "2022-05-12T18:32:53Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It was indeed a Russian company, yes? From your own cite (again): > ‘Address on Moscow River is the address of lawyers who registered the company. We have never had an office there,’ Photo Lab spokesperson says[.] Still waiting for that _is._ Face it: your entire argument is based in fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/24 "2022-05-12T18:38:00Z")
What are you babbling about? It was registered in Russia( _The app, which was initially registered in Russia_) (_the former Moscow address of the founder of the company)_ it had offices in Russia (_We are a BVI company. Our app is being developed by an international team with development offices in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus._) it _is_ now registered in BVI. IS in BVI. What is your point? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/25 "2022-05-12T18:40:41Z")
> **[Accident (fallacy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident_(fallacy))** > > The fallacy of accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid) is an informal fallacy and a deductively valid but unsound argument occurring in a statistical syllogism (an argument based on a generalization) when an exception to a rule of thumb is ignored. It is one of the thirteen fallacies originally identified by Aristotle in Sophistical Refutations. The fallacy occurs when one attempts to apply a general rule to an irrelevant situation. > For ex... ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/26 "2022-05-12T18:43:51Z")
Wait… so an app for Facebook that sucks up all your personal information and sends it to Russia is bad, but Facebook, which sucks up all your personal information so Zuckerburg can sell it whoever he wants, is OK? Just checking… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/27 "2022-05-12T18:49:12Z")
Moderating: > [@DrDeth](#): > > What are you babbling about? Chill. This is attacking the poster, and is inappropriate language here. Not a warning. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296/28 "2022-05-12T18:52:21Z")
Well, not a fan of Zuckerburg, but he hasn’t invaded Ukraine or committed Crimes against Humanity recently. Nor does he operate a Russian bot false information farm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-use-newprofilepic-for-fb/964296.md?page=1)