The anti Facebook wave has outlasted media hype cycles. It seems to be here to stay.
Good.
I think good things will come out of this.
Good.
I think good things will come out of this.
I think Facebooks reach is just to big to actually force it to become good. Sure, you might make it change certain practices, but at the end of the day, they would still find 'problematic' ways to develop their business.
Other, similar companies as well (did someone say Google?)
As it is, even just where we are with the HN gestalt's opinion would have been difficult to imagine two years ago. It's slow, but it's a very strong opinion change. Another couple of years and having Facebook on your resume may be a problem getting your next job, who knows.
Next to companies like Palantir, AT&T(Room641A), Equifax, and hell, even credit card processors, I've always found the ire directed at Facebook to seem... scapegoatey? I'd observe that anger against those companies was quick to fade, and has not seemed to negatively impact employees to work for them, nor created a regulatory environment wherein that work isn't supported. (selfishly us-centric here)
Hell, after the snowden revelations, did those with NSA/govt credentials have trouble getting a job? If that didn't move the needle (and I say this as someone who had been doing gov. funded research at the time, and would have liked to see a stronger response) I'm pessimistic that we'll ever see meaningful long term perceptual shifts in this respect outside of when they're driven by a media-cycle furor.
(To address the root of this comment tree, I think the fad hasn't outlasted the media cycle, I think the media cycle has realized this topic continues to drive clicks for now)
Simply, I worry a lack of privacy, and lack of accountability for corporations/govt, has largely become normalized; or at least that people are increasingly unlikely to act in this direction without heavy media pressure. I hope I'm wrong.