Comments on: Where’s my ‘dislike’ facebook button already? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-304331 Andrew Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:19:28 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-304331 I think the best practices are just the usual general rules for a debate. Be courteous, try to give your opponent's comments the most charitable interpretation you reasonably can, and use logic and reasons, rather than rhetoric and invective. I think the best practices are just the usual general rules for a debate. Be courteous, try to give your opponent’s comments the most charitable interpretation you reasonably can, and use logic and reasons, rather than rhetoric and invective.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-304330 Andrew Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-304330 I consider anything posted to a facebook profile that is visible to everyone on your friends list to be essentially public. Just because it's not accessible to everyone on earth, doesn't mean it's not in the public realm. It's sort of the same as if someone were in a social club, and made a loud proclamation that hundreds of other club members could hear. Sure, people on the street outside may be oblivious or unable to access the comments, but i don't think anyone would claim the comments were "private" in a room with hundreds of people, unless it was made explicitly so, and everyone agreed to that. As far as arguing with someone goes, i had a situation where someone on my FB friends list posted what i felt was a fairly offensive ultra-left-wing comment about Canada on CANADA DAY (comparing canada to fascist countries) and I called her out on it. I wasn't particularly offensive, i just told her that she had it pretty damned good here as a middle-class uni student who doesn't pay much tuition, that canada is a human rights leader, etc. Her response was that her status updates were private and i shouldn't go on her facebook if i didn't like her politics. Given that her status update showed up (unwanted and unasked for) in hundreds of people's newsfeeds, including my own, I responded that it wasn't private. I stand by that. We are no longer FB friends. I consider anything posted to a facebook profile that is visible to everyone on your friends list to be essentially public. Just because it’s not accessible to everyone on earth, doesn’t mean it’s not in the public realm. It’s sort of the same as if someone were in a social club, and made a loud proclamation that hundreds of other club members could hear. Sure, people on the street outside may be oblivious or unable to access the comments, but i don’t think anyone would claim the comments were “private” in a room with hundreds of people, unless it was made explicitly so, and everyone agreed to that.

As far as arguing with someone goes, i had a situation where someone on my FB friends list posted what i felt was a fairly offensive ultra-left-wing comment about Canada on CANADA DAY (comparing canada to fascist countries) and I called her out on it. I wasn’t particularly offensive, i just told her that she had it pretty damned good here as a middle-class uni student who doesn’t pay much tuition, that canada is a human rights leader, etc. Her response was that her status updates were private and i shouldn’t go on her facebook if i didn’t like her politics. Given that her status update showed up (unwanted and unasked for) in hundreds of people’s newsfeeds, including my own, I responded that it wasn’t private. I stand by that. We are no longer FB friends.

]]> By: Wikinomics» Blog Archive » Introducing Ameritocracy’s Insight on Wikinomics http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-299728 Wikinomics» Blog Archive » Introducing Ameritocracy’s Insight on Wikinomics Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:26:14 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-299728 [...] Already a couple of Wikinomics readers have used this new feature to leave some feedback (on an earlier post of mine, no [...] [...] Already a couple of Wikinomics readers have used this new feature to leave some feedback (on an earlier post of mine, no [...]

]]> By: Micah Nyatsambo http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-299460 Micah Nyatsambo Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:49:53 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-299460 Call me old fashioned but I long for the return of conversational politeness. Just because you are an anonymous person online does not give you the right to say ridiculous things without consequence. Yelp has had their share of lawsuits because of this matter. There should be parity between individuals and corporations. Call me old fashioned but I long for the return of conversational politeness. Just because you are an anonymous person online does not give you the right to say ridiculous things without consequence. Yelp has had their share of lawsuits because of this matter. There should be parity between individuals and corporations.

]]> By: Russian Expert http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-299369 Russian Expert Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:39:11 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-299369 Jeff, facebook was originally created to show yourself to the public. You have to admit to be public there. If disliked, delete your account. What is the problem? Privacy tools? It is not for facebook! :):):) Jeff, facebook was originally created to show yourself to the public. You have to admit to be public there. If disliked, delete your account. What is the problem?
Privacy tools? It is not for facebook!
:) :):)

]]> By: Trevor Yannayon http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-299012 Trevor Yannayon Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:01:57 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-299012 It is a lot harder to write a response that does not sound aggressive than when you are face to face and that person can hear your tone of voice and see your expressions. I will respond if it is very objectionable but I am very careful which battles I choose to fight. I also know my friends well enough to know how they will respond. If it is someone I have not seen in years and am not sure I sometimes leave it alone rather than start a public battle that will be on the permanent record. It is a lot harder to write a response that does not sound aggressive than when you are face to face and that person can hear your tone of voice and see your expressions.

I will respond if it is very objectionable but I am very careful which battles I choose to fight. I also know my friends well enough to know how they will respond.

If it is someone I have not seen in years and am not sure I sometimes leave it alone rather than start a public battle that will be on the permanent record.

]]> By: Web Media Daily – July 16, 2009 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/wheres-my-dislike-facebook-button-already/comment-page-1/#comment-298859 Web Media Daily – July 16, 2009 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=4273#comment-298859 [...] Where’s my ‘dislike’ facebook button already?…  Wikinomics [...]

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