Facebook's Final #ZUCKUP
Ever since Facebook became an indispensable aspect of our lives, there has been a growing sense of foreboding that something is not quite right, a premonition that eventually we would need to make a total break with the site. In recent weeks, however, the importance of the social network for fomenting insurrections abroad has led many of us to conclude that Facebook was on the verge of transcending its narrow commercial concerns, that it was on the brink of elevating itself into a neutral platform for social revolution. Yesterday, our hopes were finally dashed.
On March 29, Facebook callously deleted the organizing page for the Third Intifada, a call for a Palestinian popular uprising to shake off Israel's brutal occupation that had over 200,000 supporters. The Third Intifada's Twitter and Google-owned YouTube pages still exist. Facebook's act of suppression is an unforgivable #ZUCKUP, may it be the last.
The first major #ZUCKUP was the commercialization of friendship. The second disturbing #ZUCKUP was the remorseless pursuit of privacy-invasive technologies. The third #ZUCKUP, the one that will be remembered as the final nail in Facebook's coffin, is the cynical attempt to stand in the way of history by blocking the people's worldwide movement toward self-governance and democracy.
Let us now kill Facebook with this #ZUCKUP campaign. Pull your allegiance, delete your account and watch for the day that Facebook implodes spectacularly.
In committing communal Facebook suicide, we will open up the possibility of new activist innovations, improved social apps for revolt, fresh perspectives on how to turn online passion into real world action.
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dare
Quote from the source article:
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The unidentified advocates, who managed the page, initially removed comments by supporters that promoted violence, according to Facebook officials. But as the page grew to 340,000 members as of yesterday, Facebook officials said the comments had deteriorated into direct calls for violence against Israel and Jews and then the page’s managers began to participate in these calls.
“After administrators of the page received repeated warnings about posts that violated our policies, we removed the page,” said Andrew Noyes, a spokesman for Facebook.
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Nuff said. what the HELL man? I thought this was a liberal progressive site. What's with supporting "death to jews"????
dare
Quote from the source article:
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The unidentified advocates, who managed the page, initially removed comments by supporters that promoted violence, according to Facebook officials. But as the page grew to 340,000 members as of yesterday, Facebook officials said the comments had deteriorated into direct calls for violence against Israel and Jews and then the page’s managers began to participate in these calls.
“After administrators of the page received repeated warnings about posts that violated our policies, we removed the page,” said Andrew Noyes, a spokesman for Facebook.
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Nuff said. what the HELL man? I thought this was a liberal progressive site. What's with supporting "death to jews"????
Anonymous333
I suggest you think a bit, just a bit, before you post an article again.
Anonymous333
I suggest you think a bit, just a bit, before you post an article again.
thisisnotariot
You put some effort into getting diaspora back up and running, then I'll leave.
Until a good, opensource and nonprofit replacement is developed and works, no one will be leaving, I'm sorry to say.
thisisnotariot
You put some effort into getting diaspora back up and running, then I'll leave.
Until a good, opensource and nonprofit replacement is developed and works, no one will be leaving, I'm sorry to say.
Anonymous
Hi Adbusters folks,
I'm right behind the Palestinian cause and a fan of Adbusters, but I do think you have to be explaining your stance on the allegations about what was written on that Facebook page if you're saying the pulling of it is a justification for trying to annhilate Facebook. You haven't addressed it as far as I can see.
Anonymous
Hi Adbusters folks,
I'm right behind the Palestinian cause and a fan of Adbusters, but I do think you have to be explaining your stance on the allegations about what was written on that Facebook page if you're saying the pulling of it is a justification for trying to annhilate Facebook. You haven't addressed it as far as I can see.
Anonymous2011aaa
Wow, I thought adbusters was lame when they started hawking shoes from their magazine, now they want us all to leave facebook? I agree with many comments here, 1)what is adbusters still doing with a facebook account when they are the ones trying to get people to leave, 2)Not until Diaspora, 3)"and wait for the day that facebook implodes"?? Not bloody likely.
Yes facebook has problems, but it is always up to the user as to how much personal information they share on the internet.
I actually deleted my facebook account a few months ago, and do think that people should, but it is a complex issue, and the reasons need to be personally applicable, and not based on some ranty rambling.
Anonymous2011aaa
Wow, I thought adbusters was lame when they started hawking shoes from their magazine, now they want us all to leave facebook? I agree with many comments here, 1)what is adbusters still doing with a facebook account when they are the ones trying to get people to leave, 2)Not until Diaspora, 3)"and wait for the day that facebook implodes"?? Not bloody likely.
Yes facebook has problems, but it is always up to the user as to how much personal information they share on the internet.
I actually deleted my facebook account a few months ago, and do think that people should, but it is a complex issue, and the reasons need to be personally applicable, and not based on some ranty rambling.
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