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Facebook has blocked me for
not following “community standards” because I wondered in a comment whether one
of its users was mentally retarded. That person whose IQ looked suspect has a name
which is an odd mix of North Indian Brahmin and South Indian Roman Catholic.
When he/she (the name is male and the profile pic is female) got me blocked for
wondering facetiously about his/her IQ, I checked his/her profile and saw that
he/she was an Indian living abroad having studied at Copenhagen International
School and Imperial College of London. He/she is apparently very nationalistic.
Strangely, he/she reminded me of Anjum/Aftab, the hijra character in Arundhati
Roy’s novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness though they have nothing
in common.
What I don’t
understand, however, is why Facebook bothers to block anyone just because he
wonders about the IQ of one of its users. Facebook’s own IQ is highly suspect.
It is just a swindling medium. I don’t really care whether it exists or not. I
wander into its domain just for the heck of it. Like an atheist entering a
temple dedicated to the eleventh incarnation of Vishnu.
Facebook is
one of the most unethical websites. It shares your information with third parties
without your permission. The privacy settings revert to unsafe mode after you
redesign it each time. Facebook ads contain malware that creep into your
personal life maliciously. Experts say that Facebook gets your real friends making
you vulnerable unknowingly. There are too many scammers and fraudsters there
whom Facebook never cares to block.
Frances Haugen
of Cambridge Analytic is one of the many whistleblowers who drew the attention
of the world to the multifarious frauds perpetrated by Facebook. She said in no
uncertain terms that Facebook lied to the public, investors, advertisers,
journalists and governments. Facebook is mere shit in other words. You enter
there at your own risk. I enter there knowing that I am stepping into a riled
cesspool. I don’t care whether an Indian nationalist wheelwright living in
Copenhagen or London gets me blocked in that cesspool.
Facebook is
replete with hate speech, misinformation, and celebrations of violence. With
350 million Indians using Facebook, India is the company’s largest market.
Mark
Zuckerberg’s integrity has been questioned again and again in the international
media. Just Google his name with the word ‘integrity’ added to it and you will
be amazed to see the results. This mammoth fraud is blocking people for calling
another fraud’s IQ into question without even bothering to find out the details
of what exactly happened. I am not even given a chance to explain! Come on,
Sucker-berg!
Hari om
ReplyDeleteI have nothing to do with the booke of phisogs... but recently was semiblocked from Instagram (fb owned) for having a "suspect URL"... say what??!!! Stick to blogging I say &*> YAM xx
Just after I posted this, the message came thst it was a mistake. I was unblocked. Quite funny.
DeleteJust read your comment above, looks like Facebook is reading your blog posts! I do visit Fb whenever I want to share a new blog post -- have been thinking about the visibility cloak I sometimes like to don because I do enjoy the connectivity. Hmmm... to be or not to be on SM is the question.
DeleteSM can be a nuisance. But it has its delights too. I learn a lot of things from SM before they appear in the mass media.
DeleteIt has certain merits too and that's why people still stick to it.
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