The Death Of Free Speech
Facebook And The Faceless
Well, it looks like the grownups are moving back to print media when they have a dissenting opinion to voice. That's because on social media today, dissenting voices are shouted down, cyber bullied, or treated to outright criminal behavior. Criminal behavior which goes entirely unopposed by services such as Facebook.
There is a truth out there for advertisers of self made products today, and that is that you must have a Facebook account if you wish to promote your products to the public in an affordable and hassle free way. If you provide any service from furniture repair to escort services, Facebook is, well, not the only game in town, but in terms of viewer participation it is certainly your first choice. Facebook live has also begun to make inroads into youtube’s venue, providing members with lots of opportunities to update their status in a live video format, or, in the case of some people,give us access gawk at real time murders, beatings or rapes. Now, Facebook has made it clear through their spokespersons that they want folks to have a following limited to family and real friends (excepting celebrities, politicians, and, of course, rich or powerful people). In other words, if you are among the little folk, your friends list should not exceed, say, 35 people. That is not to say that this has always been the case, but as the end game being played out by the global giants moves into yet another stage, the idea is to keep little people useful as consumers, while promoting others up the ladder. For a fee. Poorly planned, and virtually ignored by the app developers, and more importantly the upper management structure, facebook is encountering some troubles that may well cause their market value to plummet, or worse. These problems are systemic, and reflect with astonishing clarity the problems faced by today’s American citizen. But that’s a different article. In a nutshell here is the problem. Facebook naturally wants ordinary people of ordinary means to be subjected to direct and indirect advertising; or as I like to call it, mind control. This gives them ready made markets with the cattle separated into convenient lots for sale to advertisers, guaranteeing them by a 28% margin, improved sales, and also that you will remain docile and conveniently at hand. So far so good. But this is where the plan Zucks for folks selling entertainment or opinion. When I opened my facebook account, it was so that I could share my life online with my familly and my close friends. As I began to share cooking videos, and video about the life I live as a truck driver, it attracted a larger group of viewers. Slowly, my friends group grew. It's no great revelation that I have political views that are not slavish hurrahs for the state of our union, but as I looked around Facebook I saw many sites that were. Being a maverick, I began to publish my thoughts on Tea Party sites. Despite the fact that my thoughts were in opposition to mainstream conservative thought, they
were published there, and well liked. I decided to take my thoughts onto facebook live, and again, I found success. I was elated. This was a way to reach a broader audience in order to promote my own political agenda, which is the revival of the Tea Party, and the reunification of the American people under our flag. Sadly, there were others with different ideas. First, I was told to shut up by some low level operatives known as Trolls ( a pretty descriptive name). Then came some cyber bullying; the usual stuff, you're ugly, you're an idiot, somebody should shut your mouth for you. We all know the stuff. Finally, someone used burps repeater to forcibly overcome my authentication code, and suddenly I had nearly 400 new friends in 3 days. At first I was excited. Many of these requests were from overseas, and I thought, here was a golden opportunity to show people over there what America was really about, and how to lead their own nations in better directions. To my horror though, they were nearly all people selling sex or drugs. A little research showed that two of my new “friends” were on a terrorist watchlist.
Now here is the real zinger. When I tried to report this to Facebook, I discovered you cannot contact Facebook. That's right! The rape of a child being viewed by millions live on Facebook would be news that the Facebook administrative staff would find out about on USA Today, just like the rest of us. Whaaaaat????!! Really? You create a community, an international community that can share anything from moms recipe for dumplings to where America’s greatest vulnerabilities lie, and you don't take calls warning you that this is happening on your watch? You may as well be shouting it at the far side of the moon as to alert the people responsible for creating that environment in which it is happening! Now, I’m no critic, but to me that's worse than irresponsible. I guess our prayers really can't be heard in paradise.
Anyways, I disabled my site, because I didn't want human trafficking and illegal drug sales being conducted on my site. Further, I won’t be returning to Facebook anytime soon. Even in the unlikely event that they should set up something so simple as a serial port access monitor, or an algorithm prohibiting the use of repeaters on users pages (God knows Facebook can’t afford anything like that), Facebook is riddled with operatives from political organizations, NGO’s, foreign intelligence agencies, and just plain mean people with great web skills coupled with potty training issues.
Bottom line? The grown ups are moving back into print media. Here at least, an administrator may decline to print an article, but the writer is free to seek publication elsewhere. Here we have our constitutional right to free speech.
Here is where the grown ups come to read.
Facebook And The Faceless
Well, it looks like the grownups are moving back to print media when they have a dissenting opinion to voice. That's because on social media today, dissenting voices are shouted down, cyber bullied, or treated to outright criminal behavior. Criminal behavior which goes entirely unopposed by services such as Facebook.
There is a truth out there for advertisers of self made products today, and that is that you must have a Facebook account if you wish to promote your products to the public in an affordable and hassle free way. If you provide any service from furniture repair to escort services, Facebook is, well, not the only game in town, but in terms of viewer participation it is certainly your first choice. Facebook live has also begun to make inroads into youtube’s venue, providing members with lots of opportunities to update their status in a live video format, or, in the case of some people,give us access gawk at real time murders, beatings or rapes. Now, Facebook has made it clear through their spokespersons that they want folks to have a following limited to family and real friends (excepting celebrities, politicians, and, of course, rich or powerful people). In other words, if you are among the little folk, your friends list should not exceed, say, 35 people. That is not to say that this has always been the case, but as the end game being played out by the global giants moves into yet another stage, the idea is to keep little people useful as consumers, while promoting others up the ladder. For a fee. Poorly planned, and virtually ignored by the app developers, and more importantly the upper management structure, facebook is encountering some troubles that may well cause their market value to plummet, or worse. These problems are systemic, and reflect with astonishing clarity the problems faced by today’s American citizen. But that’s a different article. In a nutshell here is the problem. Facebook naturally wants ordinary people of ordinary means to be subjected to direct and indirect advertising; or as I like to call it, mind control. This gives them ready made markets with the cattle separated into convenient lots for sale to advertisers, guaranteeing them by a 28% margin, improved sales, and also that you will remain docile and conveniently at hand. So far so good. But this is where the plan Zucks for folks selling entertainment or opinion. When I opened my facebook account, it was so that I could share my life online with my familly and my close friends. As I began to share cooking videos, and video about the life I live as a truck driver, it attracted a larger group of viewers. Slowly, my friends group grew. It's no great revelation that I have political views that are not slavish hurrahs for the state of our union, but as I looked around Facebook I saw many sites that were. Being a maverick, I began to publish my thoughts on Tea Party sites. Despite the fact that my thoughts were in opposition to mainstream conservative thought, they
were published there, and well liked. I decided to take my thoughts onto facebook live, and again, I found success. I was elated. This was a way to reach a broader audience in order to promote my own political agenda, which is the revival of the Tea Party, and the reunification of the American people under our flag. Sadly, there were others with different ideas. First, I was told to shut up by some low level operatives known as Trolls ( a pretty descriptive name). Then came some cyber bullying; the usual stuff, you're ugly, you're an idiot, somebody should shut your mouth for you. We all know the stuff. Finally, someone used burps repeater to forcibly overcome my authentication code, and suddenly I had nearly 400 new friends in 3 days. At first I was excited. Many of these requests were from overseas, and I thought, here was a golden opportunity to show people over there what America was really about, and how to lead their own nations in better directions. To my horror though, they were nearly all people selling sex or drugs. A little research showed that two of my new “friends” were on a terrorist watchlist.
Now here is the real zinger. When I tried to report this to Facebook, I discovered you cannot contact Facebook. That's right! The rape of a child being viewed by millions live on Facebook would be news that the Facebook administrative staff would find out about on USA Today, just like the rest of us. Whaaaaat????!! Really? You create a community, an international community that can share anything from moms recipe for dumplings to where America’s greatest vulnerabilities lie, and you don't take calls warning you that this is happening on your watch? You may as well be shouting it at the far side of the moon as to alert the people responsible for creating that environment in which it is happening! Now, I’m no critic, but to me that's worse than irresponsible. I guess our prayers really can't be heard in paradise.
Anyways, I disabled my site, because I didn't want human trafficking and illegal drug sales being conducted on my site. Further, I won’t be returning to Facebook anytime soon. Even in the unlikely event that they should set up something so simple as a serial port access monitor, or an algorithm prohibiting the use of repeaters on users pages (God knows Facebook can’t afford anything like that), Facebook is riddled with operatives from political organizations, NGO’s, foreign intelligence agencies, and just plain mean people with great web skills coupled with potty training issues.
Bottom line? The grown ups are moving back into print media. Here at least, an administrator may decline to print an article, but the writer is free to seek publication elsewhere. Here we have our constitutional right to free speech.
Here is where the grown ups come to read.
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