[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Senator Who Asked, "How does Facebook make money?"

Mitchell I. Wolfe mwolfe at vinebrook.com
Wed Sep 1 14:23:51 PDT 2021


I don't have a Facebook account and never have. Undoubtedly Facebook is 
keeping a digital dossier on me, and I cannot do much about it. Shadow 
profiles are one of the more intrusive methods that Facebook uses.

-- Mitch

On 2021-09-01 16:05, Robert Primak wrote:

> Engulf and Devour sounds more like the Microsoft motto -- Embrace, 
> Extend, Extinguish -- which described their predatory business 
> practices.
> 
> Trickery to make you part with your personal information is widespread, 
> and predates the Internet. It also happens in phone calls, emails and 
> postal letters.
> 
> The difference is that Facebook has built their business almost 
> exclusively around this paradigm.
> 
> -- Bob Primak
> 
> On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 02:29:44 PM EDT, Michael Alexander 
> <mna.ma at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> In countless ways, the public is Zuckered, including many ways that 
> Mitch didn't address.  Do you remember the Mel Brooks movie that 
> featured the corporation named Engulf and Devour?  Facebook is much the 
> same.
> 
> It isn't simply that they've bought out - paying billions! -  smallish 
> companies that might have threatened their businesses.  It's also the 
> way they've wormed their way into countless 'respectable' businesses.  
> Many, like PBS Evening News, urge people to "Like Us on Facebook" 
> (why?).  If you want to write a Comment on articles in Politico, Times 
> of Israel, and other communications, you must do so through a Facebook 
> account.  The NY Times and some others let (but do not force) you to 
> log in through Facebook or Google accounts, feeding their 
> data-hoovering maws.
> 
> I'm certain I haven't scratched the surface of the ways in which 
> Facebook has engulfed and devoured our digital worlds - even the worlds 
> of those of us who try to avoid contact with Facebook.
> 
> - Mike Alexander
> 
> On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 1:02 PM, Mitchell I. Wolfe 
> <mwolfe at vinebrook.com> wrote:
> 
> Have you been Zuckered?
> 
> _"To be Zuckered is to get tricked by Mark Zuckerberg-or more 
> specifically, by his social media company, Facebook-for either 
> financial gain or at the expense of your personal information."_
> 
> There also a related term - Zucced:
> 
> _"What is up with it is this: "zucc" or "zucced" is slang that 
> people--especially people in meme groups--use on your social network, 
> Facebook, to describe the takedown of their content for alleged terms 
> of service violations. Your meme got deleted or your page got 
> suspended? You got zucced."_
> 
> Social media is toxic. Lots of the Silicon Valley avoid it and forbid 
> their children from going there as well.
> 
> -- Mitch
> 
> On 2021-09-01 11:54, Robert Primak wrote:
> 
> And Zuckerberg's response:
> 
> https://twitter.com/i/status/983791899940130818
> 
> In words:
> Orrin Hatch: How Does Facebook Make Money? Mark Zuckerberg: 'We Run 
> Ads'
> https://www.mediaite.com/tv/orrin-hatch-how-does-facebook-make-money-mark-zuckerberg-we-run-ads/
> 
> -- Bob Primak
> 
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