So, I've been bitten by the politics bug...and I don't know how I feel about it. Part of me feels like I am cynical of everything and every idea now, but part me likes actually being involved and having opinions on these things...but I also know I could get carried away.
It somewhat started 3 weeks ago helping a fellow ward member get elect to student government at USU, then just this week their was a vote at USU to increase the athletic fee another $65 a semester. When I first heard about the fee and the arguments for it, it seemed like a no brainer, but I thought I'd look into a little more and I did and I came to disagree (along with a lot of other people) with the fee increase...specifically the amount of the increase.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I think somebody (perhaps the athletics department) became worried it wouldn't pass because a lot of unfair measures took place. They had basketball players pressuring you in the HPER to vote and vote right then (who is going to vote "no" with them looking over your shoulder). The statement on the online ballot was even biased. It basically listed reasons why to vote yes.
And lastly I'm disappointed the student fee committee didn't just handle the situation. They could negotiate a lot better...actually with a vote there is no negotiating.
Anyway, I didn't even mean to post all this stuff about the student fee increase, I was just coming here to post an article about facebook. (And I better stop, or my comments will end up being arguments of why the fee increase is good and such.) Aurora Dizon wrote this article and I think he/she (not really sure) writes for PC World, as it is on their site. The article is about the "Hypocrisy of Facebook." If people really feel this way, then I laugh. They would basically be saying "we need a constitutional right that we are entitled to have a facebook page, and that all websites be operated on the basis of political correctness." (P.S. A lot of things that fall under "political correctness" I disagree with.) People, we are not entitled to have a facebook page. If facebook wants to keep pornography off its members pages then they can. I think facebooks success has been because it is such a cleaner site than myspace. This is the reason I switched.
Anyway, I will say that I do agree it would be smart for facebook to notify people when their TOS change.
Facebook is a funny place. I laugh when people use facebooks groups to petition facebook to change "back to the old facebook." Does anyone else find this hilarious?
2 comments:
So, I'm sleep deprived and don't expect this to make much sense:
I joined FB right after a major change and everyone was having a cow (that phrase is funnier now that I life in Cache Valley) about it. I didn't care, because the new layout was the only thing I knew. And I laughed at people for caring. Then when FB changed layouts a couple of weeks ago, I got upset, and then realized I was doing what I made fun of everyone else for doing. Funny.
However, just because FB is a private company doesn't mean its users/clients can't petition for changes. Or that they shouldn't. We shouldn't EXPECT or DEMAND any changes, but just like any other company — we can ask for changes and improvements or request adjustments.
To me, starting a FB group to petition for change WITHIN FB is the same as a union of employees forming within a company or a customer utilizing options to complain about a company he or she uses. I think FB would benefit by listening to its users' complaints.
That said, it's a private company that can ultimately do what it wants. If we don't like it, no one is forcing us to use it.
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