Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook’s internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being “cybersecurity threats”. Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.
I wonder what or who is behind this? Is Linux on our home computers going to be restricted?
How can we hide or disguise our operating system in our browser string (or whatever it’s called), should the need ever arise?
What is an error?
If you include errors of judgement, then anything can be called an error.
There is behind this a huge debate… normal conversation is self regulating… social and cultural forces restrain extremes.
but
as soon as you go to some non-verbal medium ( printed or digital) the social forces do not seem to operate as effectively.
Why not?
When it comes to media, we try to make up for lack of social conventions by applying censorship… Is it not possible to build normal social rules into media?
What is the difference between discussing something with a few friends in the pub, versus discussing something online with a potentially larger audience?
I am not a facebook user. I thought it was for social contacts and sharing.
Do people use it to look up information? Is that why it has become a medium for advertising?
Why would anyone use facebook to find things when you can just use google?
Am I showing how out of touch I am?
Think there are many members of that club. I never use social media but surprised just how many do not just for publishing but also research. Think that is why so much miss information exists.
I write an item publish on facebook or similar, you research find it on the internet, so it must be correct … its a modern illness
We were talking about facebook among friends.
I emphasized my anti-facebook feelings as usual.
One of the pals told, whatever does not have a picture on the facebook, that does not exist, or did not happen.
I quickly asked him about the moment of conception of his children, wether there is a picture about it on the FB? Otherwise it did not happen - how could he have them then?
Oh, that silence!!!
And we were laughing then
There are two kinds of usual behavior among people:
First: You are looking for some information. You tend to go to Google (and perhaps ChatGPT kind of service these days), YouTube (in some cases)
Second: You are on a social platform, randomly scrolling for things to see, you just don’t know what to see. You come across images, posts, links and some of them might interest you.
For a web publisher like It’s FOSS, we share our recently published content or even older but relevant content on social media platforms and email newsletter.
This way, you get to ‘discover’ articles you probably would have never looked for.
In short, social media platforms let you discover the topics of your interest (or at least what their algorithm thinks).
Exactly!
I think social media is just waste of time and energy into seeing what people are doing in their lives, where they are travelling, what they are eating…and all of that.
I use Twitter, but have followed only particular ppl/organizations. Like some tech ones, linux ones, and some Bharat related ones.
Instead of that I think we should engage more in forums like this…where we can gain actual knowledge and interact with real people.
Problem solved!