OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

Mon Mar 22 16:14:35 UTC 2021

On 3/22/21 9:02 AM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote:
> On 3/22/21 8:00 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> most discussion in the WISP space has moved to Facebook
>
> So ... a walled garden.
>
> I have a severe problem with professional communities /requiring/ me 
> to have a Facebook, et al., account to participate in community 
> discussions.
>
> What am I supposed to do if I don't have / can't get / want to avoid 
> $WalledGardenInQuestion?  Am I forced to choose to break down and get 
> an account with $WalledGardenInQuestion XOR not participate in said 
> professional community?
>
> What happens when $WalledGardenInQuestion changes policies or 
> otherwise disagrees with something or is decides to ban the country 
> where I'm at?
>
> I think that such walled gardens are a Bad Idea™.
>
>
>
That's especially true since their moderation AI's are terrible and 
arbitrary and absolutely not up to the task. Getting put into FB jail 
for something outside of work affecting you at work is not OK. And since 
they use browser fingerprinting, etc, having two separate account while 
in FB jail looks like ban evasion to them and will get you site banned.

Mike