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Facebook declares itself a publisher - not free speech platform
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2019 Sep 20, 2:15pm 1,598 views 12 comments
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FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2019 Sep 20, 2:53pm
FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2019 Sep 20, 2:53pm
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
ITS FUCKING MISGENDERING ME!!!!!! I"M A FUCKING APACHE HELICOPTER!!!!
Why is this so hard?
IT!'S! TELLING! LIES! ABOUT! ME!
FACEBOOK IS DEFAMING ME!
ITS FUCKING MISGENDERING ME!!!!!! I"M A FUCKING APACHE HELICOPTER!!!!
Why is this so hard?
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden
2019 Sep 20, 4:11pm
Facebook bans conservative, republican, pro second amendment, and many other basics.
HEYYOU says
HEYYOU says
Bet a conservative platform would ban Independents,they can't handle the truth
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CBOEtrader
2019 Sep 20, 4:33pm
CBOEtrader
2019 Sep 20, 4:33pm
Fortwaynemobile says
Even bans leftists who disagree w the narrative.
How anyone cant see the tyranny coming is beyond me
Facebook bans conservative, republican, pro second amendment, and many other basics.
HEYYOU saysBet a conservative platform would ban Independents,they can't handle the truth
Even bans leftists who disagree w the narrative.
How anyone cant see the tyranny coming is beyond me
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Shaman
2019 Sep 20, 4:39pm
Shaman
2019 Sep 20, 4:39pm
This really does open up vast swaths of market share for another more open company.
But it probably won’t be replaced because that would require users to abandon years of saved photos, contacts, and all their friends. You’d need a movement. Perhaps assisted by a data mine operation. Say you wanted to switch to this new competitor: call it GreatBook. GreatBook would accept your Facebook information, use it to download all your content from Facebook, and then build you a new profile on GreatBook.
For the user it would be as simple as registering and accepting a new EULA and all their stuff would be transferred over to the new service.
That’s what it would take to replace Facebook. Make it super easy, let the users keep all their photos and info, and auto populate their Facebook friends with The friends who sign up for GreatBook. In theory it would be a simple swap.
But it probably won’t be replaced because that would require users to abandon years of saved photos, contacts, and all their friends. You’d need a movement. Perhaps assisted by a data mine operation. Say you wanted to switch to this new competitor: call it GreatBook. GreatBook would accept your Facebook information, use it to download all your content from Facebook, and then build you a new profile on GreatBook.
For the user it would be as simple as registering and accepting a new EULA and all their stuff would be transferred over to the new service.
That’s what it would take to replace Facebook. Make it super easy, let the users keep all their photos and info, and auto populate their Facebook friends with The friends who sign up for GreatBook. In theory it would be a simple swap.
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ignoreme
2019 Sep 20, 7:49pm
It doesn’t matter, leftist don’t have to follow the law. This case will be dismissed based on the “publisher” argument, then somebody will sue for libel and that will be dismissed by another leftist CA judge because they are a platform.
Just accept that you need to bake their gay cakes and wax their tranny balls while the leftist can ban you, demonitize you, refuse payment processing, and drop your hosting if you complain about it.
Just accept that you need to bake their gay cakes and wax their tranny balls while the leftist can ban you, demonitize you, refuse payment processing, and drop your hosting if you complain about it.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2019 Sep 20, 8:07pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2019 Sep 20, 8:07pm
FortWayneIndiana says
If true, it means Facebook is now liable for everything on the site.
For more than a decade, Social Media has tried to pretend it's neither a publisher or a platform.
It's high time the FCC and FTC gave 30 days to Twitter, Google, etc. to declare themselves one or the other.
Saw this posted on facebook today. Facebook finally came out of the closet about it.
If true, it means Facebook is now liable for everything on the site.
For more than a decade, Social Media has tried to pretend it's neither a publisher or a platform.
It's high time the FCC and FTC gave 30 days to Twitter, Google, etc. to declare themselves one or the other.
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CBOEtrader
2019 Sep 20, 8:29pm
CBOEtrader
2019 Sep 20, 8:29pm
Quigley says
I'll bet FB claims ownership of your content, and would have anti scrapping rules in place. Yelp scraping software gets around but that's for private use (csvs of local restaurant data).
Especially now that they call themselves a pulisher, I'll bet a company like in your suggestion would be sued quick. (I'd still try it though). @patrick, do you like to live dangerously?
Make it super easy, let the users keep all their photos and info, and auto populate their Facebook friends with The friends who sign up for GreatBook.
I'll bet FB claims ownership of your content, and would have anti scrapping rules in place. Yelp scraping software gets around but that's for private use (csvs of local restaurant data).
Especially now that they call themselves a pulisher, I'll bet a company like in your suggestion would be sued quick. (I'd still try it though). @patrick, do you like to live dangerously?
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Patrick
2019 Sep 20, 8:45pm
Patrick
2019 Sep 20, 8:45pm
I'm not a publisher. I just run a forum where anyone can say almost anything. There is one primary rule: don't personally attack the other users.
Other rules are just the ordinary stuff every site has to deal with: no kiddie porn, no deliberate copyright infringement (excerpts for discussion are protected by law), no spam.
I don't have anti-scraping rules. Go for it if you like. In fact, I'm working on a json interface so anyone can programatically scrape the site much more easily.
Other rules are just the ordinary stuff every site has to deal with: no kiddie porn, no deliberate copyright infringement (excerpts for discussion are protected by law), no spam.
I don't have anti-scraping rules. Go for it if you like. In fact, I'm working on a json interface so anyone can programatically scrape the site much more easily.
Saw this posted on facebook today. Facebook finally came out of the closet about it.
For those who don't realize how big this is. This is a moment for another company to come in, declare itself a platform, and win huge market share. Or even better, a conservative facebook, that'll drop facebook into nothing territory. I bet if Patrick.net had nicer styling and some investor money, it could be huge.