cul wrote:The same rehashed "progress is backward and makes us dumber argument".
Would it be wrong for an oncologist to oppose the progress of a tumor? Or perhaps the progress in the design of a self-propelled gas chamber in Chile? Bloodflower justified his opposition by pointing people to twitter's privacy policy and if you don't care that is fine. That said,
your rehashed* counter-argument against his has no justification:
cul wrote:Twitter is actually the only decent social 2.0 bogallo thanks to it's easy way to get rid of spam annoyance and irrelevant "John Doe is know single" updates" because with twitter, you only follows what interests you.
Twitter could fart out gold bullion to its users everyday and you still wouldn't have anything to put forward that counters bloodflower's opposition to it.
cul wrote:Now if you don't want to get data mined you have to stop using: Google, your cellphone, your credit cards, etc.
Google -- yes indeed, you will get "datamined" every time you use their products. So we've established that, if one is opposed to data mining, they should probably take some care when using said products. This is of little concern though, since there are many alternatives to spread your data around with.
Cellphone -- at this level if your concern is law enforcement, I think you will find that simply having a battery in your phone is enough to get yourself "datamined", lol. If it's something more serious, like negotiating a international bid for example, using a cellphone is down right silly. Here's a spoiler: the national security agencies of the world have already cracked all utilised encryption schemes. Want a work around? PM me and I'll hook you up.
Credit card -- there are ways around this one of course, if you are indeed in Switzerland you should know of a few.
So again, where is the progress you speak of and more importantly, towards what? You acknowledge the active data mining all around you but then lash out at those opposing it without reason. It's an amusing sight to behold and so very repetitive. Not that I care about the datamining of the populace -- unless I want to compete with twitter in this lucrative market -- I just thought I’d point out that your position is unattainable from what you have put forward.
* Because a correct argument, when put forward more than once, becomes less correct, lol.
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