Just make sure you’re using uBlock Origin as opposed to uBlock or Adblock Plus, because the latter two have an “acceptable ads program” where they let certain ads through. uBlock Origin blocks ads.
If you arent an SEC fan then you are an untermenschen and probably want the Little Donald inside of you. You are an ISIS supporter and you dont flush after peeing.
Not me. I’ve never bit the Facebook hook. Ever.
I can still insult people, say stupid shit, and post stupid cat memes to my heart’s content without helping to put advertising money in Sucker-berg’s pockets.
Fuck him.
Ummmm, it always DID. Ditto for Twitter.
Didn’t know there was a difference. I see I have uBlock, I’ll swap it over to uBlock origin.
It may not make a huge difference at this point, however, since I recently installed a pi-hole, but some ads still slip through.
Is there an SDMB thread this refers to that the OP didn’t bother to link (as usual)?
You fool! There are no grandkids! FAKE NEWS!
Why do you feel it is Facebook’s responsibility to filter anything? If people are so easily fooled or persuaded by memes and other garbage they see on Facebook, that isn’t Zuckerberg’s problem to solve. This is like blaming McDonald’s for selling unhealthy food. It’s not their responsibility to ensure people are eating healthy. Quit being such a week-willed, simple minded little bitch. If supplement companies can post bullshit ads about how amazing their products are and how they “totally work!”, and if news papers can run fucking Astrology sections, and if the super market can sell fucking homeopathy, then why are you so concerned about Facebook? Because he’s rich and successful? Get the hell off your high horse and go fuck yourself.
Let me review my views. I am largely a determinist. The problem isn’t that a particular cop was unkind, or a particular insurance worker unhelpful. — Instead, both of them are themselves Victims of the System. Should we blame rural voters who went to, e.g. bad parochial schools, or didn’t learn cognitive methods? Again, they are Victims of The System. Open signs of racism seem to be on the rise since Trump’s election. Do we blame the racists? Or do we understand that borderline racists have been enabled by the Trump Phenomenon? And disenchanted some voters are for whatever reasons. Surely many of my detractors would agree that some voters are at extremely low information-level. (I speak of valid info. Some of these voters might be filled to the brim with fake information from Facebook or Infowars or whatever it is.)
My parable became confusing because Dopers assumed the toddler’s dad was the metaphrand for the low-information voter. I tried to dissuade this pre-emptively with
This was painful for me. I hope you all will give me a chance to address the charges.
NO! I’m saying just the opposite.
Look: If 31.6% of adults tend to fall for Facebook fakery then 31.6% of adults tend to fall for Facebook fakery. This isn’t rocket science. (Where is Stranger on a Train, BTW?) Just as 42.4% of a certain species of butterfly are bright green. We’d hope for good public policies that might improve cognitive skills; but if the failure rate is 31.6% under present conditions, then the failure rate is 31.6%.
We have empirical proof that the total failure rate, however derived, is too high: The Abomination DJT was elected. (Color me the culprit: I was still laughing at the idea when DJT started winning primaries.)
I don’t think one needs asahi’s level of hysteria to understand that the voter disinformation factor is much too high.
:smack: Again: You must have conflated me with someone else. I don’t “expect” (whatever that means) adults to check. Quite to the contrary, I expect 31.6% (arbitrary number) to fail to check. Is this disagreeable? Sure! I support programs for improving cognition and information integrity. I am NOT saying this would be easy.
Similarly, I do NOT hold the six-year old responsible for the gun he’s carrying. I didn’t realize until I started answering this, but you have my position COMPLETELY BACKWARDS! I do NOT expect all adults to be “responsible” let alone children. You don’t blame the individual butterflies for being 42.4% green — tweak the program (i.e. change the system) if you don’t like green.
So… What AM I saying? The system is failing us. (I’m afraid multiple systems may be failing in multiple ways; but let’s not give up.) Finding individuals “innocent” or “guilty”, “responsible” or “irresponsible” is beside the point. We want to deal with facts factually. We want to understand The System, and seek to improve it.
Of course we want citizenship to improve; more responsible content from Facebook might help; and so on. But in fact, at least for the near term, we confront the fact that disinformation — some of it deliberately injected by foreign countries like Russia — is degrading our electoral experience.
So what’s my prescription? Good policies, and good plans of course; but it would be good if top entities strove in humanity’s interest.
What does that last clause even mean? Although I don’t approve of how Mr. Gates made his fortune, he is a genius and has been one of the greatest philanthropists ever. Similarly, mega-investors like Buffett, Soros or Renaissance are smart, strong-willed and philanthropic. Some governments seek public good. In Europe, companies have public obligations.
I am happy with the way these billionaires are spending their money. Special applause to the CEO of Twitter who announced he was banning harmful political ads. (?)
Even Mike Bloomberg may be OK. His sudden hat-into-the-ring might be out of kindness and sense of duty to his country. (The Demo-candidate selection may become gruesome.) Unfortunately Bloomberg may be a poor choice for the role of 'Generic-Male-Last-Ditch.)
Some billionaires are scummy: Charles Koch and Dr. No being two obvious examples. I don’t think Zuckerberg is in the same league of evil — I think of him as a mediocre frat-boy, but if he doesn’t direct a major change like Twitter did, we definitely want to label Zuckface “More harmful than helpful.”
But again, even Zucky is a product of the system. In the American economy as constituted, a few billionaires will emerge almost at random. Odds are that most of these will be less strong-willed and philanthropic as, say, Gates or Soros. The System means we should expect some naughty billionaires.
Yes, I think I’d better ask the Management for another 45-day voluntary suspension. Before they cut me off though, I’d like to hear from Gary. AFAICT, you’ve got my position completely backwards.
Fuck you, you smarmy **nt.
Let’s start with the basics: almost everyone agrees that Facebook engages in deceptive business practices. Let’s consider how they mislead their own advertisers:
Or let’s consider how they deceive their own users:
…because the system has been hijacked and weaponized by people who literally want to destroy democracy and the-way-of-life-as-we-know-it. Unlike the OP I’m not prone to hyperbole. But Facebook is the dystopian nightmare. It gives authoritarianism’s direct access to “people brains”. The State can leverage the power of Facebook to know everything they need to know about almost everyone on its platform. What TV shows they like. Who they are friends with. Who they follow. Where they are at 10AM in the morning. And they use that power to direct **propaganda **directly to people’s eyeballs.
Jack from Twitter explains it best herewhen he explains why Twitter will no longer be hosting political advertising.
How about…YOU!!!
Sunny Daze, just shut the hell up!
There’s no need to use the *-word.
Fuck your tone policing, you prick.
Liberals, you need to think. You bastards tone police people like me, but you never see conservatives checking their own – and you wonder why you lose all the god damn time?
Fuck you punks. I vote. I get in people’s faces. I canvass. I call. I don’t wanna hear any of your fucking shit. The problem with liberals is that they’re not angry enough and that they are total pussies who cry about injustice. I don’t take shit. I fight that shit. Fuck you, you fucking losers (who wanna call me out).
What you call “the system” has been known to others as “democracy” combined with “liberty.” For someone who likes to pat himself on the back because of superior intellect you miss obvious truths and ramifications.
I’m only saying this because I care - there are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are just as tasty as the real thing.
Man, I’d be really curious to see if you look strung out irl. I bet you do.
Facebook is a want, not a need. Get over it, already.
P.S. Asahi, get help.
How much are the Republicans paying you for all this?