Sure but uf you're using FB to spread the word on privacy and freesoftware, you probably get mocked or trolled and when this sort of thing breaks the news headlines, you can smugly say 'told you so'
I have said this before sometimes I think you need to join the enemy in order to spread your view point. You don't even need to engate with people that much just have regular posts to FB people will follow youk and those of us who understand the argument will use the other usual methods to engage. Paul On 23/03/18 09:38, C. Cossé wrote: > To me it's a question of consistency: does FSFE not agree with FSF? > RMS says "absolutely no to Facebook", so then? > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 3:32 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com > <mailto:dger...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The problem with Facebook is that it's the worst bar in town and the > bouncers are horrible, but it's also the only one where you can find > everyone. > > So the question is its tactical usefulness for outreach versus its > awfulness. > > On 23 March 2018 at 09:20, Jonke Suhr <su...@fsfe.org > <mailto:su...@fsfe.org>> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > irregardless of the split in our community between privacy > pragmatists > > and privacy absolutists, I think we should take note of this step > > Mozilla has taken, as I believe FSFE still has a Facebook page (last > > active on September 21st as far as I can ascertain). > > > >> Dear global community we’ve had the opportunity to interact > with over the past several years here: > >> > >> We’re taking a break from Facebook. > >> > >> At Mozilla we champion platforms and technologies that are good > for the web and good for the people that use it. > >> We stand up for transparency and user control because they make > the web healthier for us all. > >> > >> That’s why we are pressing pause on any Facebook activity. Mark > Zuckerberg has just promised to improve Facebook’s settings and > make them more protective, which is a start! Please do that! But > we can’t help but think we’ve heard it before, so we’re still > going to wait and see what materializes before we resume spending > our ad dollars or time here. > >> > >> IN THE MEANTIME: > >> If you need support for Firefox or want to tweet at us, you can > find us here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/ > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/> > >> and https://twitter.com/mozilla > > > > (Non-tracked link to the source: > > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20180323091845/https://de-de.facebook.com/mozilla/posts/10156139176287381 > > <https://web.archive.org/web/20180323091845/https://de-de.facebook.com/mozilla/posts/10156139176287381>) > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Jonke > > _______________________________________________ > > Discussion mailing list > > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org <mailto:Discussion@lists.fsfe.org> > > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > <https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion> > > > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > > participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct > <https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct> > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org <mailto:Discussion@lists.fsfe.org> > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > <https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion> > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct > <https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net Torbay Tech Jam - 2nd Saturday of the Month at Paignton Library
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