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So a bakery isn't a private company? I noticed this in the last discrimination thread and it's so weird to me...why do people think that a private business is a public business just because they serve most people?
Both are private companies.
Both have rules.
If Facebook said that gay people aren't allowed to use the site, I believe it would be discriminatory. Having rules that apply to all who use the product isn't discriminatory.
For example, if a bakery has a two week ordering period for customers, that applies for all customers. If said bakery wouldn't allow a gay person to order a cake that would be discriminatory.
Ahh, but the LBGT (or any other acronym of societys extra chromosome feelings hurt groups) got the bakery to do as told when it came time to bake a cake for a gey couple.
But facebook can do what it wants, as the aClU wont go after them.
Agenda driven lawyers and politics rule.
Another thing to remember is that FB users are not the company's customers; they are the company's product. A lot of people seem to forget that. Zuckerberg has done a fantastic job of perpetuating the illusion, though, which has made it infinitely easier for the company to service its real users.
I think you're off on this one. Users are not a product in technical terms - Facebook didn't grow users from a petri dish (or ppt or spreadsheet), price them, own the legal rights to do whatever they want with them outside of FB, etc. They are customers, no different than a Macy's customer. What is a product is the platform itself, as well as the communication modes to the users and the data from user behavior.
Ahh, but the LBGT (or any other acronym of societys extra chromosome feelings hurt groups) got the bakery to do as told when it came time to bake a cake for a gey couple.
But facebook can do what it wants, as the aClU wont go after them.
Agenda driven lawyers and politics rule.
Easy fix. Start your own nonprofit to defend your own agenda.
So a bakery isn't a private company? I noticed this in the last discrimination thread and it's so weird to me...why do people think that a private business is a public business just because they serve most people?
There is a difference between withdrawing service for identity and withdrawing it for content. If Facebook refused service to gay people, they would probably be in trouble. If the bakery asked someone to leave for standing in the store and raving, it would probably be allowed.
I think you're off on this one. Users are not a product in technical terms - Facebook didn't grow users from a petri dish (or ppt or spreadsheet), price them, own the legal rights to do whatever they want with them outside of FB, etc. They are customers, no different than a Macy's customer. What is a product is the platform itself, as well as the communication modes to the users and the data from user behavior.
I should be more clear. The information that Facebook collects about its users is the company's primary product. FB is motivated to keep its users happy so they continue to provide that information, but they are not the company's real clients.
...because they didn't like what you and your friends talked about. That's Facebook today."
-Mark Dice
Is this not true?
You know what's funny? That, right there, is a letter-perfect example of entitlement mentality.
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