jstalin

In the name of anti-racism, engage in racism. Got it.

If only they would downrank sites that exist purely to defame: ripoffreport, stdreport, blacklistreport, etc.

It’s a legal method of quoting terms of art.

> And was there a breach of a the Terms of Service by companies taking all this data and using it for non-academic purposes? Yes there was.

There's a legal concept of 'waiver' meaning that even if something is prohibited in a contract, but the parties don't enforce that part, then that part is later not enforceable. Facebook was fully aware of this behavior, chose not to enforce the ToS, and therefore it waived that clause. Therefore no breach.

This is fun to watch. The most evil company I can think of is being exposed for its core purpose. Are people going to realize what a monster Facebook is?

Who remembers how the Obama campaign's social media analytics and strategy were breathlessly praised?

Exactly this. This is not a one-off. This is exactly what Facebook exists to do.

"Social justice" is the opposite of justice.

Unions.

Ford.

Just stay in daylight saving time, don't go back.

The only redeeming quality of moving to Arizona has been the lack of daylight saving time.

I've learned through lots of experience that political ideals that are held for national issues go out the window when it comes to local issues. This goes for both sides of the political spectrum.