That’s why the impulse to growth has been so fundamental to the company, which is in many respects more like a virus than it is like a business. Grow and multiply and monetise. Why? There is no why. Because.
Money isn't an issue with you're worth 485 billion dollars. Growth is the only driver.
The company’s ambition, its ruthlessness, and its lack of a moral compass scare me. It goes back to that moment of its creation, Zuckerberg at his keyboard after a few drinks creating a website to compare people’s appearance, not for any real reason other than that he was able to do it. That’s the crucial thing about Facebook, the main thing which isn’t understood about its motivation: it does things because it can.
With a monopoly, there is no good reason not to do something.
What this means is that even more than it is in the advertising business, Facebook is in the surveillance business.
The more you know about a potential client through obvious or surreptitious means makes you money in the ad business.
Facebook could now put your identity together with the unique device identifier on your phone.
No single company claims to have PII, but together, through partnerships designed to make more money for the firms, can target each of us, individually, anywhere.
Internet companies are working in a field that is poorly understood (if understood at all) by customers and regulators.
Understanding of a technology drops as usability increases.
“Few activities cover subjects that matter to teenagers, like YouTube or Snapchat,” researchers note. “As a result, few activities encourage students to think critically about the tools they use.”
This is interesting. They're arguing that students aren't exposed to the wider open web, therefore they aren't learning skills. At the same time, by not covering apps and websites they're already engaged with decreases engagement overall. How do you bridge the gap?
His mastery of the app store remains superficial.
Mastery requires more than the ability to use something. Knowing how it works is important.
Web literacy requires understanding the difference between a web browser, a search engine, or an app, and being able to leverage each.
I'm not sure even our teachers can do this. Promoting digital literacy through the use of the Internet and defining vocabulary for discussion and application is key.
Convincing people that they need to work on their digital literacy is a different story.
Through offline, hands-on activities and roundtable discussions
Close reading of information - any information - falls under well-developed literacy skills.
Web literacy must become a fundamental part of our global education system
How is "web literacy" different that "digital literacy?" Is it a subset?