Town Hall meeting exposes company's greed and disdain for user needsMark Zuckerberg, currently worth $34 billion, continues to brush off user suggestions and complaints. On recurring topics such as a 'Dislike' button, ever-morphing privacy shenanigans, and user-hotile 'experiments,' Zuck waxed dissmissive. The best he could say was that Facebook takes these things 'seriously.'
Bite me. It's increasingly clear that Facebook is just about making money out of you (not that we're surprised). One has to ask: With 'friends' like Facebook, who the heck needs enemies?
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Zach Miners likes Like, but wonders about occasions when the button 'just doesn't cut it': Josh Constine liveblogged Zuck's Q&A session: And Martin Beck calls out the multi-multi-billionaire's reply: So what the heck is Facebook doing, button-wise? Nathan Olivarez-Giles has the info: That's nice, but why should Facebook be only about supporting Mammon? Joe Hallissey comments: And Kathi Kruse agrees: As does Allison Young Wilcosky: [That's enough charitable whinery -Ed.] [You're fired -Ed.] [it had an 'official music video' in 1973-who knew?] Facebook...is thinking about adding more options, though probably not 'dislike.' ... Giving users a tool to express a broader range of emotions like empathy or surprise might be a useful feature, [Zuckerberg] said. ... The executive also defended Facebook's frequent updates to its privacy policy, saying they were needed to reflect changing technologies and the arrival of new products. ... Zuckerberg also [talked] about Facebook's controversial 'mood experiment,' in which the company tweaked the news feeds of some of its users to assess the impact on their moods. He stopped short of apologizing, though he did say it prompted the company to reflect on its internal processes. MORE Zuckerberg discussed how Facebook won't add a dislike button but wants to give more nuance to how people share emotions and reactions other than approval. ... While Facebook gets flack for making us less connected in real-life...the 30-year old CEO...said the product's goal it to let us blow past Dunbar's Number and maintain relationships with more people. ... Overall, Zuckerberg seemed confident and affable...though he frequently relied on saying 'That's a really good question' and 'That's something Facebook takes really seriously' to buy himself time. ... Still, it's impressive that he would be willing to so directly and publicly respond to some of the company's harshest criticisms. MORE 'Some people have asked for a dislike button before,' Zuckerberg said. ... 'They want to be able to say that a thing isn't good and that's not something that we think is good. ... So we're not going to build that. I don't think there needs to be a voting mechanism on Facebook whether posts are good or bad. I don't think that's socially very valuable. ... 'What's the right way to make it so people can easily express a broader range of emotions, to empathize. Or to express surprise or laughter or any of these things. ... There's something that's so simple about the like button. ... But we need to figure out the right way to do it so it ends up being a force for good. MORE Facebook has rolled out a new feature that will let you click a single button on a business's Facebook page to book reservations, use an app, go to their...website or sign up for a subscription service, among other things. Facebook is calling these 'call-to-action' buttons. ... Among the sort of buttons you may see pop up on Facebook are: book now, contact us, use app, play game, shop now, sign up and watch video. ... This move will...provide additional metrics about what users are up to outside of Facebook, and what they're spending money on, too. MORE It would be great to have a 'Donate' option for the charity I work for, or at least something ambiguous, like 'Learn more.' MORE My only disappointment is you forgot about non-profits 'Donate Now.' MORE What about a Donate Now for nonprofit pages? MORE
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