Facebook Saves Lives
Brian Kelly,
Dec 25, 2008
"Not all Facebook applications allow data to be exported. But need this be a overriding reason why Facebook should be avoided?" To Brian Kelly's question I replied, semi-seriously, "Yes." Ah, writes Kelly, but I was wrong. Why? "Facebook users are coming to the aid of children who need life-saving transplants." This is a ridiculous response. You don't need Facebook to send out appeals; it is merely one more channel in a universe full of channels. And while "Facebook does not assert any ownership over your User Content" it is nonetheless a violation of Facebook's terms of service to harvest that content. There is only one context in which Facebook should not be avoided: the current one, in which there is no decent alternative.
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