Hey Karl,

Campaigns like the day we fight back aim for maximum impact and try to reach as many people as possible, that includes those on corporate networks.
I agree the solution is just don't use facebook but that's often easier said then done.
I managed to kick the Facebook habit. Though Google will be a bit harder.
While the P2PF encourage people to use free and open alternatives we don't have any kind of special policy on social media. Our presence on corporate networks is maintained by volunteers, members of our community who are also active users of those platforms. I think it's useful for orgs like the P2PF to have a presence on those networks but to a degree. Personally I prefer forums such as this mailing list which are independent and open to all.
Of course we should have a greater presence on networks that respect users privacy and are built on free software and
suggestions on how we can improve are always welcome, but it's one thing saying and another thing doing, and an active presence on any network depends on volunteers who are committed to maintaining them. It would be great to have more discussion and even a skills exchange among the community on these kinds of issues.
We are currently working on a new design for the P2PF site which will include a social network probably using buddypress. There is also an IRC channel. I'm sure there are people in our community that use IRC but just aren't aware of it. It is pretty quiet though http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Foundation_IRC_Channel

I really like the quotes.

Best

Kevin






On 7 February 2014 23:11, Karl Robillard <krobillard@san.rr.com> wrote:
On Friday, February 07, 2014 04:07:01 PM Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> Anyone in the P2P community here organising events we can promote on the
> day?
>
> Kevin


This is the first I've heard about it.

What I find amazingly strange is that groups like "The Day We Fight Back" are
entirely against government tracking of internet users, but then go out of
their way to drive traffic to the corporate social media sites like Facebook
which is probably the largest social database available for government data
mining.

For some reason, the P2P Foundation does the same.  I agree with Eben Moglen
when he says:  "The correct solution is don't do Facebook."

   Eben Moglen on Facebook, Google and Government Surveillance
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJCczbSF-B8

   Eben Moglen Fosdem 2011 Keynote
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNaIji_3xBE

  "Every time you make a link you are teaching the machine"


-Karl


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