ATOT effect needed, Facebook Abandonment Day (FAD)

[alent1234]

so google doesn't track you all over the web with its cookies whether you're logged in or not?

or what about the safari thing from a few months back where they hacked people's browsers to track them even if they had do not track turned on?

 

[blinblue]

The only people on G+ are Google developers.

Also I could see them get just as bad as facebook with "features". It's still new. Facebook also cares about your privacy more than Google. Not that Facebook cares much to begin with, though.

Google Hangout is a pretty sweet thing. Basically the only reason I am on Google+. It is a great way to group video chat with my family.

Of course all it takes is Facebook to make a similar feature and there goes G+'s one big draw.

 

[dank69]

Lurking is your forte. Stick with what you are good at.

 

[lxskllr]

so google doesn't track you all over the web with its cookies whether you're logged in or not?

or what about the safari thing from a few months back where they hacked people's browsers to track them even if they had do not track turned on?

What about it? One company doing something bad doesn't excuse another company from doing something similar.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I'm not ditching Facebook. I couldn't even if I wanted too, which I don't. My work has a page there that I need to check daily for info.

I would quit that job.

As to OP, it wouldn't work. Not enough sheeple here. FB has blown up into something entirely more than it should ever have. It's a fad that is here to stay for awhile. While I've never had one, and really don't intend to, people are addicted to it. Even if 1/3 of their userbase suddenly left them, that's still a very large numbers of users left.

 

[FoBoT]

Could it work?

no
don't waste your time

 

[alent1234]

What about it? One company doing something bad doesn't excuse another company from doing something similar.

facebook doesn't break browser sercurity and doesn't harvest data on me unless i click like on some websites or log into facebook on the site. facebook's business model is totally different than google.

google is low margin and quantity. facebook is collecting detailed data so that advertisers can target you. if you want to advertise on facebook you can target your ads a lot more than on google. i've read of stories where some ads are only targeted to a few dozen people in a single city or town

 

[SagaLore]

How many people are going to get laid off, if your plan is successful, OP?

No one.

 

[Red Squirrel]

They do? Like buttons track you all over the web, whether you're logged into facebook or not.

The erosion of privacy...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline/

Oh they're not innocent, it's just Google is much much worse.

 

[lxskllr]

facebook doesn't break browser sercurity and doesn't harvest data on me unless i click like on some websites or log into facebook on the site. facebook's business model is totally different than google.

Like buttons track you whether you click them or not...

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/te...g-as-new-patent-uncovered-20111004-1l61i.html

 

[alent1234]

so if you're not a facebook user does the like button still track you?

like if you don't use any google services does google still track you?

 

[lxskllr]

so if you're not a facebook user does the like button still track you?

It appears they do, but it's hard to tell. They aren't at all open, or clear regarding their policies, and they're fond of making silent changes. Facebook is a blackbox that can only be examined by poking around the outside, and inferring intent by observing behavior.

 

[alkemyst]

Ok, not really, or maybe? But it is interesting to think that if people really wanted to screw over Goldman Sachs and other inside investors in the Facebook IPO, everyone could switch over to Google+ on around March 17th. With a massive abandoning of Facebook (and media coverage of it), I would imagine the IPO would tank. Not that Google+ is any better or worse (well I think it is better since it isn't starting to get plagued by all sorts of new "features"), but it is a similar enough service that people could still have a social network service.

I see the FB IPO as just a money grab from the initial investors. They finally want to cash out, and want all the suckers to buy in. The suckers being most of the general public. On the other hand, Goldman probably has some crafty financial engineering going on so that they win with movement in any direction. Either way, this would be a fun way to say F YOU to a lot of companies that people hate.

Could it work?

not your personal army you fucking commie.

 

[KeithP]

Disclaimer: this was more a hypothetical question than a real movement...

Actually, it was very smilar to a real movement I had this morning after breakfast.

-KeithP

 

[SagaLore]

not your personal army you fucking commie.

if he were a commie then fb would be government owned and he wouldn't be allowed to freely post about boycotting it

 

[ImpulsE69]

if he were a commie then fb would be government owned and he wouldn't be allowed to freely post about boycotting it

In communist Russia, FB owns YOU....oh...wait...

 

[sixone]

Disclaimer: this was more a hypothetical question than a real movement...

Sure, that's why you asked for the ATOT effect.