Facebook

[Juba]

Best way is just delete your fb account.

By deleting the account, the disappearing links will be reappear? Strange..

Good one:))))

 

[EGVG]

Today I deleted my Facebook account, but I don't even know why... :/

 

[D69]

Best way is just delete your fb account.

well ,not entirely true
Probably after this statement it may go viral and a lot of people will do that way so be quick ;) (although it might be wrong )
It is a bad idea to JUST delete an account because it is not deleted at all , it is still only not available to user,but they still have all the data.
Best way IMO is to cut all friends list , one by one ,until you have your account without any connection.
Then clear all cookies and never ever log on from a same computer to FB.
That way you are only exposed in their backups. Keep that empty account for some time or forever.
They will either overwrite their backup someday , or just end up without exact knowledge of your friends.
I mean it will be written in your account history (their backup) but they will not be sure if a connection is for sure or not.
Adding a confusion to a confusion makes a bigger mess in their stuff ;P

 

[EGVG]

Best way is just delete your fb account.

well ,not entirely true
Probably after this statement it may go viral and a lot of people will do that way so be quick ;) (although it might be wrong )
It is a bad idea to JUST delete an account because it is not deleted at all , it is still only not available to user,but they still have all the data.
Best way IMO is to cut all friends list , one by one ,until you have your account without any connection.
Then clear all cookies and never ever log on from a same computer to FB.
That way you are only exposed in their backups. Keep that empty account for some time or forever.
They will either overwrite their backup someday , or just end up without exact knowledge of your friends.
I mean it will be written in your account history (their backup) but they will not be sure if a connection is for sure or not.
Adding a confusion to a confusion makes a bigger mess in their stuff ;P

Thanks for sharing the advice! Though I have nothing to hide to Facebook administrators LOL

 

[Zadius Sky]

For those who have facebook account....

From: _http://www.naturalnews.com/033713_Facebook_tracking.html#ixzz1ZLduNyzS

Facebook Tracks Your Every Move, Even After Logging Out

The social media empire Facebook has unveiled some new "features" on its platform in recent days that many allege are a total and compete privacy-breaching nightmare. But one hidden feature, discovered by Nik Cubrilovic, an Australian entrepreneur and writer, that few people are aware of is the fact that Facebook now monitors your online activity, even when you are not logged in to the service.

With each new change Facebook makes, users' privacy becomes a little less...nonexistent, if you will. The most recent "News Feed" modifications, for example, display everything you say and do on the site to all of your "friends," and even to the public. And now, even after logging out of Facebook, permanent "cookies" track all your movements on websites that contain Facebook buttons or widgets.

"Even if you are logged out, Facebook still knows and can track every page you visit," Cubrilovic wrote on a recent blog posting. "The only solution is to delete every Facebook cookie in your browser, or to use a separate browser for Facebook interactions" (_http://nikcub-static.appspot.com/logging-out-of-facebook-is-not-enough).

But how many Facebook users will actually know to do this? The site has never announced to its users that it is even tracking them in the first place, let alone given them any instructions on how to "opt-out" of this egregious invasion of privacy.

Facebook, of course, has become infamous for simply changing its site setup, including privacy settings, and leaving it up to users to figure out how to contain their breached information after the fact. It has switched from an "opt-in" approach, where users used to be given the option to "upgrade" to new features, to a much more complicated "opt-out" approach, where Facebook makes drastic changes and leaves it up to users to somehow figure out how to change things back to the way they were (if such an option is even still possible).

"While initially opt-in, the default then seems to be expose everything," says David Vaile, executive director of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, concerning Facebook's "breathtaking and audacious grab for whole life data."

"Facebook, once again, are (sic) doing things that are beyond most users' capacity to understand while reducing their privacy ... the default setting for any site should be 'reveal nothing about me unless I make a specific choice otherwise.'"

Sources:

_http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-tracks-you-even-after-logging-out-20110926-1ksfk.html

 

[EGVG]

Best way is just delete your fb account.

well ,not entirely true
Probably after this statement it may go viral and a lot of people will do that way so be quick ;) (although it might be wrong )
It is a bad idea to JUST delete an account because it is not deleted at all , it is still only not available to user,but they still have all the data.
Best way IMO is to cut all friends list , one by one ,until you have your account without any connection.
Then clear all cookies and never ever log on from a same computer to FB.
That way you are only exposed in their backups. Keep that empty account for some time or forever.
They will either overwrite their backup someday , or just end up without exact knowledge of your friends.
I mean it will be written in your account history (their backup) but they will not be sure if a connection is for sure or not.
Adding a confusion to a confusion makes a bigger mess in their stuff ;P

Thanks for sharing the advice! Though I have nothing to hide to Facebook administrators LOL

WOW this comment is clueless :)

 

[Nook]

And Facebook finally has THE answer the fake news hysteria with: voluntary censorship. All you have to do is not agree with what your friend posts, flag their post and FB will send it out to third-party "fact-checkers".

_https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/15/facebook-flag-fake-news-fact-check?CMP=fb_gu

Disputed articles will be marked with the help of users and outside fact checkers amid widespread criticism that fake news influenced the US election

Readers will be able to alert Facebook to possible fake news stories, which the social media behemoth will then send to outside fact-checking organizations to verify.

Facebook is working with five fact-checking organizations – ABC News, AP, FactCheck.org, Politifact and Snopes – to launch the initiative. If enough of Facebook’s users report a story as fake, the social network will pass it onto these third parties to scrutinize.

That's ridiculous. Why not send them directly to MOSSAD and/or the CIA? Why beat around the bush? Of course as long as the majority of people believe in them, they empower them and their lies..

I guess all that protesting for censorship finally pays off for people! I actually got an e-mail from someone I've worked with in the past calling to sign a petition that was trying to directly address Mark Zuckerberg to censor content on Facebook in order to weed out 'fake news'. She literally said it's his 'duty' and it was so heartfelt...

Edit: FB also made a statement:

We’re committed to doing our part to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes, and we’re excited to share some updates we’re starting to roll out in News Feed. We will be testing an easier way for people to report fake news stories, flags for stories that are disputed by third-party fact-checkers, and more.

 

[bjorb]

[quote author= Nuke]That's ridiculous. Why not send them directly to MOSSAD and/or the CIA? Why beat around the bush? Of course as long as the majority of people believe in them, they empower them and their lies..

I guess all that protesting for censorship finally pays off for people! I actually got an e-mail from someone I've worked with in the past calling to sign a petition that was trying to directly address Mark Zuckerberg to censor content on Facebook in order to weed out 'fake news'. She literally said it's his 'duty' and it was so heartfelt... [/quote]

'Tolerant' Liberals are really exposing themselves as authoritarian followers these days. All they needed was a shake up and a threat to their 'reality'

Be carefull with people like that. Today they flag you to FB. (Helping to gather info about disobedient people to the state)

But tomorrow, if the authorities ask it, people like that will make sure your whole family ends up in a death-camp. And they will feel proud doing so.

Soon we will find out where everyone stands.

 

[msante]

And Facebook finally has THE answer the fake news hysteria with: voluntary censorship. All you have to do is not agree with what your friend posts, flag their post and FB will send it out to third-party "fact-checkers".

_https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/15/facebook-flag-fake-news-fact-check?CMP=fb_gu

Disputed articles will be marked with the help of users and outside fact checkers amid widespread criticism that fake news influenced the US election

Readers will be able to alert Facebook to possible fake news stories, which the social media behemoth will then send to outside fact-checking organizations to verify.

Facebook is working with five fact-checking organizations – ABC News, AP, FactCheck.org, Politifact and Snopes – to launch the initiative. If enough of Facebook’s users report a story as fake, the social network will pass it onto these third parties to scrutinize.

That's ridiculous. Why not send them directly to MOSSAD and/or the CIA? Why beat around the bush? Of course as long as the majority of people believe in them, they empower them and their lies..

I guess all that protesting for censorship finally pays off for people! I actually got an e-mail from someone I've worked with in the past calling to sign a petition that was trying to directly address Mark Zuckerberg to censor content on Facebook in order to weed out 'fake news'. She literally said it's his 'duty' and it was so heartfelt...

Edit: FB also made a statement:

We’re committed to doing our part to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes, and we’re excited to share some updates we’re starting to roll out in News Feed. We will be testing an easier way for people to report fake news stories, flags for stories that are disputed by third-party fact-checkers, and more.

I can undertand your frustration Nuke, this is just as horrible as all what has been happened the last times. But I feel in a sense a kind of relieve because now more than ever I am seeing people reacting angry to the REALS fake news (those from mass medias). This is not optimism by my side, just is the feeling that thus as many (maybe too many) are falling in a deep hole, there are people that are seeing the lies. So my approach in this particular case would be urge people to CLICK on every news that have the FB alert flag. Well, it is true, there is not warranties that it bring pure truth because of course THEY will classify under the same flag true information and pure garbage, but if THEY put the alert IMO it is enough to take a look at least...

 

[Mike]

Welp, if this spreads to all of facebook, then pretty much wouldn't be of much use it would seem. They have to do something to keep people from seeing alternative views.

http://mashable.com/2017/10/23/facebook-explore-publisher-post-organic-reach-drop/#oXFD7ARK0PqY

Facebook tests removing publishers from News Feed—unless they pay

Watch out, publishers: a nightmare scenario for Facebook may soon be a reality.

The social network last week officially launched its secondary news feed called Explore. The feed generally features posts from Facebook Pages users don't follow. News Feed, meanwhile, hosts posts from friends and Pages users do follow.

But that's not true for everyone. In six markets, Facebook has removed posts from Pages in the original News Feed and relegated them to another feed, Filip Struhárik, editor and social media manager at Denník N, wrote. That means Facebook's main feed is no longer a free playing field for publishers. Instead, it's a battlefield of "pay to play," where publishers have to pony up the dough to get back into the News Feed.

It's a stark change from how media outlets have grown with Facebook. Publishers like BuzzFeed's Tasty and NowThis grew via distributing viral posts and videos on News Feed, as Ziad Ramley, former social lead at Al Jazeera English, wrote. While companies had to employ social media managers, they could generally rely on them sharing content without paying to boost it.

That game could be over, creating a nightmare situation for publishers while Facebook hopes it leads to more advertising revenue.

For now, the setting is only available in Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Cambodia, according to Struhárik. A Facebook spokesperson told Struhárik it's a test but declined to share information on the timing.

“With all of the possible stories in each person's feed, we always work to connect people with the posts they find most meaningful. People have told us they want an easier way to see posts from friends and family, so we are testing two separate feeds, one as a dedicated space with posts from friends and family and another as a dedicated space for posts from Pages," a Facebook spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement to Mashable.

"To understand if people like these two different spaces, we will test a few things, such as how people engage with videos and other types of posts. These tests will start in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia. We have no current plans to roll this out globally," the statement continued.

The change hasn't been good for publishers. Over the past couple days, publishers saw interactions on posts by the 60 biggest Slovak Facebook Pages fall dramatically.

Of course, the numbers could improve. Some Facebook users may not even know Explore exists or at least not be inclined to click to a new feed yet. But over time users could be motivated to navigate between the two feeds. The concept is quite similar to what Snapchat offers via Stories (individual accounts) on one feed and Discover (publisher content) on another. Snapchat's Discover section is far more curated than Facebook's wealth of Pages, however.

With multiple feeds, Facebook creates more places to hold users' attention. The hope for Facebook is more money. With multiple feeds, Facebook creates more places to hold users' attention and therefore show them ads. That's important for Facebook as it balances ad load — the amount of available real estate for ads — across its platform.

Facebook has already begun changing how it displays professional content. Facebook Watch is a separate tab for watching long-form, original video. Publishers told Mashable they appreciated Facebook's Watch initiative at launch since it incentivized them to create high-end content rather than relying on clickbait videos.

Navigating yet another feed won't be easy for users or for publishers. News Feed's algorithm has always been unpredictable, and now it's unclear how Explore could fair.