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title: "Facebook's Inexorable Pull"
title: Facebook's Inexorable Pull
date: 2023-11-20T20:58:39+11:00
categories:
- privacy
- tech
- consent
aliases: /facebook-pull
summary: "In which Facebook tries to pull me back into its web in yet more sneaky ways."
summary: In which Facebook tries to pull me back into its web in yet more sneaky ways.
description: In which I rant about Facebook's network effects
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I just received an invitation to an event via email.
I initially assumed this was a calendar invitation that I could easily accept or decline from my email client or calendar.
I initially assumed this was a calendar invitation I could easily accept or decline from my email client or calendar.
Dear reader, this was not the case.
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No, Facebook. I'm not playing this game.
P.S. There *is* something to be said for the fact that we should consider others' privacy and consent when deciding whether to enter their personal details on a website (Facebook or otherwise), but in this case I think a high percentage of the blame is Facebook's, since it's practically *encouraging* this behaviour, and it takes a particular type of privacy-conscious and consent-focussed person to resist.
P.S. There *is* something to be said for the fact that we should consider others' privacy and consent when deciding whether to enter their personal details on a website (Facebook or otherwise), but in this case I think a high percentage of the blame is Facebook's, since it's practically *encouraging* this behaviour, and it takes a particular type of privacy-conscious and consent-focussed person to resist.