On 03/21/2018 11:05 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
On 3/21/18 11:48 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 21/03/18 01:00 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
My problem with "social networks" is that they're monopolies.
Imagine popping down to the local pub for a pint and a bit of
conversation, only to find that it's part of a huge chain run by a
transnational conglomerate. I much prefer the Usenet model,
although web sites that let you leave messages come pretty close.
What I don't like are those web sites that make you log in through
Facebook in order to post. Since I don't have a Facebook account and
never will, such sites will have to do without my pearls of wisdom. :-)
Maybe we should move back to USENET. It worked pretty well, and it's
still going strong in some quarters.
*YES!* I use email and USENET only.
I attempted Facebook years ago. I set it up two have some family and
one friend set up as "friends". I was careful to *NOT* to specify
anything about where I lived. I was immediately spammed by advertising
geographically associated with my "friends". The current fiasco with
data mining private information says I was right.
Add some global identity & reputation management, and the ability
to set up lots of small newsgroups - and we'd have one hell of a
Facebook killer.
Free market does a pretty good job. I'm currently subscribed to >20
tech oriented mailing lists with few problems.