TECHNOLOGY
The Twitter/ Facebook advertising free for all

Facebook has recently updated its homepage to rival that of Twitter, another service I hadn't even heard about before this controversy, but after hearing about it I surely could not resist signing up to see what its all about... DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!! Yes you heard right, thanks to facebooks blatant ripp off of this other communication degrading service I am now aware that it exists! The important thing to note at all times is that when taken collectively these mediums of communication are transisting mass amounts of shallow narcissistic quips that bring everyone and everything into a terribly basic mode of existing... In modifying its homepage Facebook will have the adverse effect of popularizing Twitter, creating more competition which in the end is as they say good for business. The media publicity the issue has received is entirely orchestrated, they want to popularize this watered down communication so to hardwire everyone to the grid. In addition facebook will more stringently choose what appears on your "highlights" feed. Dont ask any questions about what sort of algorhytms and information is being used to process what comes up in the various news feeds, just assume that its whats most relevant and important to you! If you are someone seeking media that is outside the scope of these parameters set by facebook, then your screwed. And you longer need to bombard your sleeper friends with information that may enlighten them as if it doesnt fit their profile, they likely wont see it! Until all you will have is a bunch of exclusive cliques of people with varying perspectives seperated by digital filters...

When looked at from way back it becomes quite clear, they want as many people as possible if not everyone on it, so to recondition us for different kind of future...

Fortune advertises the big three in an attempt to bridge oppressive digital gap

Granny wants in on big bros databank too eh? You know... the one that loves clicking all those ads on the side that say "you have just won". Facebooks extremely minimalist interface ensures its a self-guiding snap for those trying to bridge the oppressive gap.

Not only will this new controversy completely disract away from facebooks meddling with their original terms of service which sucked anyway, it will also have the effect of appearing democratic when reverting to these changes, and people will send out cheers about how deomcratically the oppressive service that will be the death of us all conducts itself! The new homepage looks like the 1970's ran really fast and collided with the minimalist brick wall aestetic of the 2000's. Zuckerberg would be wise to lay off the ganja the next time he tries to be creative!

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Advertising thats 'relevant to you' is OK says Corporate whored media

Implicit in this headline is that personally relevant ads are OK. That advertisements that distributed on the basis of the psychological profile you conceded in your use of the google, facebook, etc. are less annoying then ads that are not relevant to you. A typical response is that a person would benefit by being made aware of potential services and products that they are likely to buy anyway, only this added personalized luxury would notify them of good offers they may have otherwise passed up. But is this not the plague of our contemporary world? That is, the notion of acquired needs. If you needed something, you would know immediately and would go and buy it, you would not need any coaxing, or to be reminded in a n untimely manner. There is a terrifying self-fulfilling aspect in knowing that all the information you recieve will be based on the information you inputed into their servers prior. Only being exposed to things you already like is great for someone with a contracting worldview, but for those of you who would rather nature just take its course, well FEMA has a place for you!

In many respects personal ads are a personal infringement and a more sinister marketing ploy, then shot in the dark ads that don't care who you are...

And how is 'relevance' defined? What are the protocols for determining whether or not something is relevant to you, who sets the limit on these semantic ranges . (*hint: NOT YOU!)

Addicted to ads
In addition Ad's have become so common place that without them we may find ourselves lost. In terms of web ads, to many are annoying but having a few tends to legitimate a website, the more ads, then the more important that website must be if people want to advertise on there right???