Posted on 04/06/2011 1:23:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It's a fairly typical day when Facebook has managed to spark the ire of man--including members of Congress, left and right--over its ever-evolving user privacy policies. Still, the company has managed to avoid pushing user patience to the point where people can't maintain at least a base level of friendship. No significant block of the population has been moved to walk away from the site, much less take to the streets in protest.
But now, fueled by yesterday's news that Facebook will host an online townhall meeting for the President, the company may be courting such a revolt by agitating a segment renowned for mobilizing and voicing their collective anger: modern conservative activists.
It's the latest in a growing far right versus Facebook battle that began when the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin recently reported that the social media giant was in talks to offer millions to former Obama White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to run its communications operation. The prospect of the move immediately raised eyebrows on the right, exemplified in comments to a post by Mike Riggs on the conservative website the Daily Caller--which also pointed out that Facebook had already hired a number of Obama administration alumni.
"Crackbook would become much less addictive for conservative patriots" if the company hired Gibbs, opined one commenter. Another wrote, "More and more I might end up yanking my profile from facebook as each day goes by."
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my wife and kids do facebook..i on occasion reply and tell friends it’s me and not her
i avoid politics..it’s not the place for that...just state who who you are and be nice and chat with family and pals or old pals..really good for renewing old relationships
but no arguing or pontificating much...saying something coming from me no doubt
my ultralib watermelon cuz in San Fran can’t help me himself
we just ignore him
why does the left own most net infrastructure content control...youthfulness is the biggest reason
Ditto here. MONTHS ago...
I like it. Rightbook.
I’m not so much angry as pointing and laughing. I mean, unless they’re hiring him specifically because he’s an Obama alum and he has that access, there are better people, even better Democrats, to run your communications shop than Bobby Gibbs.
YOu cant yank anything from fb. it is all archived and of course researchable and sellable.
You can delete things but they just archive.
That includes chats and messages. ALL IS ARCHIVED.
You can edit your settings so that only people you want to contact you can see your profile.
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