edwardunknown

You should make them pee in a cup while solving a riddle to be absolutely sure whoever you hire has no dignity.

This thing is just a Payolla machine, I'm actually a bit insulted.

Not to worry, they'll probably begin the actual attack as soon as you get everything fixed :)

The problem with this theory is that when a person who follows the news hears a few minutes of Rush Limbaugh or reads something from naturalnews.com they realize pretty quickly that it's bullshit.

The people who fall for that stuff always seem to be uninformed about current events or get it only from warped sources. You can extrapolate that to nazis or communism or wherever but the bottom line is an uninformed populace is easy pickings for ambitious bad guys.

That's a damn fine elegy.

I admired him quite a bit after the JSTOR thing.

I think he might be suggesting you fuckers go outside

Lol at least it will confuse grandma

Phooey, Facebook is at this point just a big Lebron James charging down the court and intimidating everybody in it's way. People will leave as soon as it's convenient because they viscerally hate it.

The Onion told me so: http://www.theonion.com/articles/number-of-users-who-actuall...

It's really depressing to see the "Don't be Evil" company get down in the mud because they're afraid of some fly-by-night swindlers who nobody will remember in five years.

I'm not giving you my name and face, Google, no matter how much I used to love you.

[The onion summed it up best](http://www.theonion.com/articles/number-of-users-who-actuall...), as usual

I would just add that machines aren't the devil; Depending on where you live the douchebag level may be intolerable in the free weights area which can be a huge demotivator, machines can help blunt that a little. And no matter what any one tells you squats are great but there is a 100% chance of injury with them, it's just a question of when. The leg press machine works just fine and can prevent chronic back and neck problems.

You have no imagination, a better idea would be to sell the photos and all the data Facebook and Instagram have on you to Coke so in a couple of years when you're pumping gas a little camera recognizes your face and the gas pump says "Hi Imgabe! You like Coke! You can't fool us! Press yes to buy a Coke! Your mom's birthday is next Tuesday but since she's a diabetic would you like to buy her a Diet Coke? STOP TRYING TO HIDE YOUR FACE AND PRESS YES TO BUY YOUR DIABETIC MOM A DIET COKE IMGABE.

It's coming.

So if I repurpose a photo I found on Instagram and it becomes the next Obama "Hope" poster I have to pay the photographer and Instagram? That would be lolled out of court.

Same thing with selling people's personal pics as stock photos, it doesn't matter what the user agreement says, that ain't gonna fly in front of a judge.

It would be like putting a sticker on the back of a picture frame that says whatever you put in here now belongs to Frames incorporated, NAL but it seems to me however legally binding it claims to be it wouldn't pass the smell test in court.

More of an "ick" factor than anything, I have a dummy Facebook account (I jumped that ship years ago) that I keep just for that sort of thing but I feel dirty using it.

Not everybody thinks Facebook is creepy but their brains do, I don't think it's a good idea to stir those creepy feelings in your user's subconscious and risk having them projected at you, if you can avoid it.

I use it as a super wire service, I follow thousands of news organizations organized by lists, it's pretty cool for news junkies and journalists. I never tweet anything though, I don't see the point.

[Docpad](https://github.com/bevry/docpad) is my lover. You can not have her.

I think because the private details of your life shouldn't be a commodity and once you realize someone's made them that and you don't fight back it's a little disgusting.

I'm sure they've gone over the numbers and determined the only way to generate enough ad revenue would be to seriously annoy the users, all of whom are familiar with Adblock anyway. And why go down that road if they don't have to, there's nothing wrong with asking for contributions in order to put out a product they're proud of. Advertising in print has always been a supplemental thing, the real money came from subscriptions.

No, but it's nice to mass-PM your friends before you do it so they won't think you unfriended them. I feel much better after deleting it, bottom line is it's just a piss poor means of communication and screws up more relationships than it creates.

Until congress passes some sensible data farming legislation, that is.