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General Discussion => The Speakeasy: OOG/Off-topic Discussion => Topic started by: Cmdr Baxter on 10 Aug 2011, 01:33
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So for those who haven't heard the
prima donnas DDoS griefers "legion" caffeine-deprived nerds annoying blob called Anonymous is claiming they're going to destroy Facebook (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/09/scitech/main20090336.shtml) on Guy Fawkes' Day. What do people think? Is Anonymous becoming another RABBLERABBLERABBLERABBLE group of headline-seekers? And how're you going to celebrate having no Facebook for 24 hours?
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It's my birthday. Probably will be drunk :D
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My brother reaction:
FUCK YEA no Facebook
Nice iniciative :twisted: :evil:
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I don't like facebook.
But that doesn't make an action like this anything different than the other hacks.
Oh, and Guy Fawkes was the madman who wanted to blow up the british parliament, right?
A very good source of inspiration here.
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Oh well, at least we'll still have G+. Which they can then target next year, because it's about just as bad, I bet. If anyone is truly worried atm, put a really difficult password that in no way relates to your other passwords on there and use it some time before / after.
If I were in charge of Facebook, I'd just troll them right back, take the service down for the day, place a big message saying "can't blow up what's not here" on the frontpage and watch the rage.
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I'm so glad I don't use facebook.
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Ditto. I don't use Google+ either. Putting a little effort into getting in touch with friends feels better. Like picking up a phone and actually calling someone or sending an email to their inbox. It's more proactive, Facebook made me lazy and I didn't like that.
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(http://canv.as/static/img/shop/fuckyeah.gif)
As much of an irritant they are, I do enjoy watching Anon/Lulz/Anti at "work".
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Personally, I am not a fan of chaos, anarchy, rebellion or disrupting other people's affairs and activities for the sake of laughs, chest beating or bravado of any sort.
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Personally, I am not a fan of chaos, anarchy, rebellion or disrupting other people's affairs and activities for the sake of laughs, chest beating or bravado of any sort.
I tend to agree even though I can't help but laugh about it. I can't remember the last time I logged into Facebook so I doubt it will bother me much.
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I agree with Anonymous' issues with facebook, though I'm less certain about their means of making people aware of those issues (acquiring proof of facebook sending info to goverment agencies? Far, far more worth it, in my opinion, even if far, far harder).
I will say, however, that Anonymous doing this is... well, not terribly destructive. So we won't have facebook for a day? Big whup; it's the internet equivalent of someone throwing toilet paper in your tree - you grumble and gnash your teeth for a little while, go and pull down the most of it, and move on; no lasting harm done. Should Anonymous go on to perform any actions that has permanent damage or lasting effects, that will be significantly different.
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So, they may have decided to start early; Facebook's log-in server is currently failing.
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Called it.
Personally, I fucking love this, as 'social networking' sites in general piss me off. Once, they may have been useful tools for promoting social interaction and so on, but now they've bloody replaced it. The amount of people who will rage and cry about Facebook being down counts in legions. The river of tears will be beyond delicious. People will actually be forced to *le gasp* actually contact friends and family instead of just dully stare at an LCD screen, looking for the 'like' button. Or not, maybe they'll just sit there and go to Google+. I don't care.
Now, if only they could permanently take down those damn sites, I would celebrate the day with champagne.
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On the one hand, I don't want to be cheering for a group of internet vandals any more than I would want to cheer for vandals in real life...
On the other hand, it's hard not to when they pick a target I so thoroughly loathe. Now, if I thought they were going to actually do something productive, it might be an easier decision, but as it is, it's all just sorta 'Whatever'. I won't notice either way if Facebook is down for a day, unless savages start pounding on my door, screaming for water, shelter, and canned goods.
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I have to admit that my bad side was all happy to read this and that made me laugh. Though eventually this is not like this they will change minds. Turn it ridiculous instead of destroying it for the sake of destroying it.
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I don't use Facebook, never have and never will. I'm not a huge fan of social networking, so this doesn't really affect me personally. But, I still tend to frown at displays like this because some people's lives will be disrupted by it and there are even businesses that make use of Facebook to advertise, connect and update their clientele.
I just think there are better ways to go about making statements.
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I like Facebook. It is helping me stay in touch with friends in an easier way. It's also more accessible for my not so technically inclined friends. Then again, we're not 10 years ago anymore, where having MSN was rare :P And there is merit in the doing an effort thing. Yes, it means "less friends" but you could identify the really good friends more easily. Still, I enjoy our regular meetups, and I'd like for Facebook to keep existing, because it makes organizing it so much easier.
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I like it, find it useful for keeping in touch, and use it on a daily basis. Will I cry if its down for 24 hrs? No. I've got plenty of other distractions >.>
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Called it.
Personally, I fucking love this, as 'social networking' sites in general piss me off. Once, they may have been useful tools for promoting social interaction and so on, but now they've bloody replaced it. The amount of people who will rage and cry about Facebook being down counts in legions. The river of tears will be beyond delicious. People will actually be forced to *le gasp* actually contact friends and family instead of just dully stare at an LCD screen, looking for the 'like' button. Or not, maybe they'll just sit there and go to Google+. I don't care.
Now, if only they could permanently take down those damn sites, I would celebrate the day with champagne.
THIS, fucking this.
I'm the only guy in my family below 50 who don't have facebook, twitter or any other social-replacer like this, and this is not going to change anytime soon. I'm generally annoyed with anon in general for their idiotic activities and attention-whoring but I won't cry a single tear if facebook etc. goes down in flames never to return.
Perhaps then, people will actually add me on MSN or call my number or... visit my home. Maybe.
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Called it.
Personally, I fucking love this, as 'social networking' sites in general piss me off. Once, they may have been useful tools for promoting social interaction and so on, but now they've bloody replaced it. The amount of people who will rage and cry about Facebook being down counts in legions. The river of tears will be beyond delicious. People will actually be forced to *le gasp* actually contact friends and family instead of just dully stare at an LCD screen, looking for the 'like' button. Or not, maybe they'll just sit there and go to Google+. I don't care.
Now, if only they could permanently take down those damn sites, I would celebrate the day with champagne.
THIS, fucking this.
I'm the only guy in my family below 50 who don't have facebook, twitter or any other social-replacer like this, and this is not going to change anytime soon. I'm generally annoyed with anon in general for their idiotic activities and attention-whoring but I won't cry a single tear if facebook etc. goes down in flames never to return.
Perhaps then, people will actually add me on MSN or call my number or... visit my home. Maybe.
Selective ethics ? :P
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Bloodbird, you say social-replacer, while I would call it social-enhancer. Keeping in touch with friends over a long distance can by pricy, to the point where a person has to choose their own well-being by no longer putting money into it. I think you should sit down with friends and work on a compromise if it bothers you that much. Because you're also locking them out by saying they should do things your way. That's not how friendship works, it's a mutual thing.
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Heard they got bored of waiting and in the meantime cracked open the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's website and spilled a bunch of user profiles (including passwords) onto the internet in response to BART shutting down cell phone service in their stations to prevent the phones from being used to coordinate protests over the shooting of a man by a BART police officer.
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Bloodbird, you say social-replacer, while I would call it social-enhancer. Keeping in touch with friends over a long distance can by pricy, to the point where a person has to choose their own well-being by no longer putting money into it. I think you should sit down with friends and work on a compromise if it bothers you that much. Because you're also locking them out by saying they should do things your way. That's not how friendship works, it's a mutual thing.
It was a social enhancer once upon a time. Not so any longer. There's a pile of people I've lost contact with as they don't respond to anything but facebook communications anymore. E-mail, phone texts and so on. There's nothing mutual about refusing to use a whole heap of free communication unless it's got that ridiculous f icon stamped on it. When people want to get in touch with me, there's a whole heap of options available to them. Phonecall, text, voice-mail, e-mail, IRC and even a few Instant Messagers. There's also a pile of forums, Steam and hell I have even created a Twitter account in order to keep an eye on a few interesting authors and publishers I like. If none of these are acceptable, because they need a 'wall' to vandalize, 'like' buttons and shitty Facebook games, fuck them.
Facebook hasn't 'enhanced' social endeavors for a good long while. It's eroded them.
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The domination of Facebook is unhealthy, I think. Useful as it is, I find it annoying that so many people will only use Facebook, with all the other (less evil, less vulnerable) options discarded in its favour.
I suppose I wouldn't mind quite as much if it weren't so blatantly obvious that the company wants to make itself indispensable to your life in order to take all your info and whore it to the highest bidder.