Facebook X - The Greatest Book Series Ever Created

[Omen]

The Greatest Book-Series Ever Created

In 20 years the greatest book-series ever created will be released. It will be a series that will defeat all others in history and accrue potentially TRILLIONS of dollars in revenue. It will be called:

FACEBOOK USER: ‘X’ (the ‘X’ will be replaced by whomever the book is about)

It will be ‘Reality Television’ on paper and easily sell a million copies for any one that is famous. It will include their earliest photos, comments, posts, emails, friend-lists, and even the GPS locations accompanied with the time that the User was at certain locations in their life. The book will include maps and factual statistics along with certain purchases that will coincide with key events in the user’s life.

Members of the User’s Friend-lists will have accompanying books made about them that will be included in holiday package deals as a ‘Director’s Cut’ incentive… that is unless, they are famous also; then they will be sold as entire separate books for the full amount. This will be especially powerful with relationship based add-on books which will include all of the shared photos and messages between both members.

When this concept was proposed 2-years ago, Facebook and other Social Media giants latched onto it seeing this as one of the most powerful investments in history. It will be as evolutionary as the introduction of fuel. Major corporations along with entire governments have been informed of this investment and have already begun to position themselves within the ranks of those involved. This is a silent movement within the shadows of the highest echelons that will feed off of an entire generation hooked into the newest addiction of ‘personal information made public’; for PRIVACY is dead. Reports and shown that those born before the year 2000 are considered the “LAST Generation of Privacy”.

There will be no more.

Ask yourself…

Would you give your most intimate medical information to a doctor you could not call?

Would you give your financial information to a bank with no phone number?

Would you give your child’s information to a school that would NEVER answer your calls?

Would you give your family’s information to another, to do as they choose, and you could not contact a living voice?
 

This is Facebook’s phone number: 650-543-4800

Call them for support and listen to the only calls they will accept.

1. Customer Support – Listen to what they have to say
2. Law Enforcement – Government Investment into Monitoring
3. Business Development
4. Marketing
5. Press
6. Employment
7. All other Inquiries – Press this, if you dare…

When asked, “Does FACEBOOK own your data posted on their site?” Mark Zuckerberg, the owner, said the following:

“Our philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other people they've asked us to share it with. Without this license, we couldn't help people share that information.

One of the questions about our new terms of use is whether Facebook can use this information forever. When a person shares something like a message with a friend, two copies of that information are created—one in the person's sent messages box and the other in their friend's inbox. Even if the person deactivates their account, their friend still has a copy of that message. We think this is the right way for Facebook to work, and it is consistent with how other services like email work. One of the reasons we updated our terms was to make this more clear.

In reality, we wouldn't share your information in a way you wouldn't want. The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook work. Our goal is to build great products and to communicate clearly to help people share more information in this trusted environment.”

Whew… I think what he is trying to say is ‘NO, they don’t’… er, uhm… well, I think that’s what he was trying to say…

Then I researched their Terms of Use policies for clarity. The moment you sign up for an account on Facebook, you GRANT FACEBOOK A LICENSE TO USE YOUR CONTENT. The license is IRREVOCABLE, PERPETUAL, NON-EXCULSIVE, TRANSFERABLE, FULLY PAID, WORLDWIDE (with the RIGHT to sublicense).
Facebook is constantly working on consolidating their Terms so this might change in the future.

Currently, Facebook is a little over five years old and has over 165 million users that are active. They have some of the greatest secrets and images that have ever existed. They have living and breathing archives of information on thousands that have passed away with their accounts still running. In this short time past, Facebook is more intimate with those Users than the families that have known them their entire lives. Facebook knows where they shopped, what they bought, when they were relaxed, when they cried, and the last thing posted before they passed away.

The cultural-change will be epic for this new book-series. It can potentially rival the Bible in sales; bring interests as commanding as the largest religions and shatter the foundations of faith within relationships.

It is too large to stop, too addictive for Users to quit, and too lucrative NOT to participate! It is one of those times in history in which the only pride that can be taken from it is the fact that you witnessed it within your lifetime.

Kinda’ like living through a global Nuclear War!!

(By-the-way… Would you buy a series of ebooks for $2 each based on selected members of your graduating class from High School or College? It would include all of their photos, emails, posts, along with their most current interests and relationship drama. As an add-on, it would include all of their public records through the court system including marriages, divorces, child-support and taxes!! It’s all legal and it will only cost $2 as an eBook or you can purchase the printed collectible for $10 which includes summary booklets on each of their relationship partners.)

;D

[The Muse]

There is one flaw to this whole premise. People are slowly losing their desire to READ. They want it all fed to them in nanosecond blurbs on the internet with pictures and sound. Ebooks are a desperate bid to save a dying breed.

Why would people want to read ebooks like this when they have the reality shows and lifestory movies, etc? Facebook might be huge, but I think they were short sighted in their expectations with this book idea.

The human race is becoming more and more disconnected from one another. Young people have difficulty developing genuine, close friendships in this text-based, abbreviated language world ( omg...lol) that is developing.

I think that it is going to take GREAT authors with amazing stories to pull literacy back to its roots. I have introduced my children to the amazing worlds that books offer. Books are the movies in our heads with more detail than any moving picture or television show can offer.

I have said many times that the human imagination is the most powerful force in this world. It did, after all, give birth to Facebook.

But these future offers that facebook hopes to make will be non-important. Like bulk email or the old junk mail that used to stuff the mailbox next to the road. Just because enormous amounts of information can be vomited forth for the masses, doesnt mean its good. It seems to me it would be like living on junk food which would cause you to die slowly of malnutrition and starvation....even though you were full.

It is up to authors and artists to help preserve imagination and culture. There are so many rich heritages to see and taste of in this world. So many sights, sounds and flavors, colors and textures. None of which would be found in gossip ebooks full of drivel about peoples lives.


Ok....I will get off my soap box now......

[Omen]

uh... yea... what she said!!!

punks! ;D

[The Muse]

rofl.

Omen~~ thanks for the backup....

;D

[Emerald]

I did an extensive study on the language in George Orwell's 1984 for a school project once... what he labels in the book as "Newspeak" and I can't help but compare it to "text speak."

In 1984, the government is in the process of instituting a new language to eventually replace modern english, and this language is purposely minimalist and over simplified so as to alienate complicated thought processes. By removing words that may lead to ideas such as freedom, rebellion and logical thinking, the political Party in control of Oceania in Orwell's dystopian future will have gained total control over people's minds.

"By 2050—earlier, probably—all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron—they'll exist only in Newspeak versions, not merely changed into something different, but actually contradictory of what they used to be. Even the literature of the Party will change. Even the slogans will change. How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished? The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness."

I can't be the only one who sees the parallels here. The advent of Facebook has only further perpetuated a form of Newspeak that was already there. We may not be able to sway the older from their ways, but it's easy to raise the youth in this new way of thinking. Limit their language skills through text. Encourage to divert their attention spans to a singular engine of thought, be it through Facebook or otherwise.

The reason Facebook succeeds as a book is because it doesn't even intend to be a book in the first place. Once it is successful at eliminating what a book "is" in the minds of the future generation, Facebook will become something else, and then something else after that.

[The Muse]

@ Emerald...I couldnt agree more. People are losing their ability to reason for themselves, especially to reason LOGICALLY for themselves. Its like we are creating an entire generation of mindless drones....they believe everything just because they "saw it on the internet." When sources like wikipedia are taken as gospel and weird emails are taken as truths, we should be very, very worried....

[Emerald]

Wikipedia at least has the decency to attempt to cite it's sources. The root of the problem here is the rapid deconstruction of effective communication... ironic, considering that technology has made it easier to communicate more than ever.

But where does this decline come from? I think it all goes back to what Omen said: we are no longer living in a private world. What's the point in communicating effectively with another person when I can just look up what I want to know on their facebook page? Not only that, Facebook has decided what is worth knowing and what is not. I may find the social activities of my friends to be the only information of worth on their pages, but Facebook isn't about to admit to me that the list of places they spend money at is worth more. By keeping that information for themselves, Facebook has instructed it's users on what to value and what not to value, meanwhile keeping all the real goods for themselves to sell to companies that want that consumer information.

Omen, when you asked if I would spend money on an ebook of my graduating class, my answer would be no, I wouldn't. But Google, T-Mobile and Viacom sure as hell might.

[The Muse]

What's scarey is that Emerald is probably right.....

[The Muse]

This post was from 3 years ago. It is interesting to re-read it and see what, if anything, has changed. Is this even more accurate now? Less accurate? Discuss....

[werewolf]

l'm one of the dinosaurs ready to die off.l do have a facebook account a friend badgered me into getting but l haven't updated it in three or four years and did not use it much even then.l forgot the password so l can't even get to it without creating a new one which l never bothered to do.l've never been comfortable with social media and am baffled by what most users choose to share with it.l'm so primitive l don't even own a cell phone let alone a smart one [not smart enough for one anyway.]l've never texted so l doubt l'de understand more than a bit of it.Things like Twitter leave me cold.l sometimes feel like a visiting alien looking through the window and either confused or disgusted by the view.lf not for my use of this computer l'de be almost a total luddite [no cable or satellite or Netflix.l no longer have most of the cds l used to own and can't afford new ones. l retain a few dvds but have nothing to play them on anymore.But the 'Watchers' have plenty of emails to peruse.l hope they enjoy them.l've occaissionally considered looking up people l've lost touch with on Facebook but so far have never done it.But l realize l'm part of a dwindling minority.ln age l'm already demographicly irrelevant since l'm past 49.Still, to be far l find that my own ability to focus, my patience and attention span are not what they once were.l don't read whole books as much.l can only rarely afford to buy them and the local library almost never has anything of interest. l guess l'm too picky.But when l attempt research l run out of steam a lot quicker than before. lt's frustrating.

[The Muse]

Perhaps it would be worth while to learn to use a search engine, like Google, to do research. It's ridiculously easy. You quite literally type in what you are looking for...you can even do so in the form of a question. You may find that this one thing will help you to research much more efficiently without the danger of "running out of steam" so to speak.

[werewolf]

l tend to use Bing more than google but l do research online, my main concession to the 21st century. l almost have no choice because when l got evicted from my former home in 2011 l had to sell and give away most of my books. [l was renting in what had been my family home . But my roommate lost his job and could not find a new one so we could not pay the rent.Most of what l owned went into the dumpster but l donated the books to the local library, a church thrift store even some to the prison system.]But l've noticed that my patience to research and do art is less than it used to be.lt annoys me.

[The Muse]

Patience can definitely be a limited commodity these days. As a side note...being past 49 does not make you demographically irrelevant. You are likely relevant it a lot of ways and places you have yet to discover. When doors close...new ones open. :)The good thing about living in an age of technology is that our physical age becomes more and more irrelevant as it is our minds that are what we share in the online world.

[werewolf]

Aside from a lack of patience what l feel most keenly is a difficulty to get enthusiastic about anything, including most of what l used to like. l haven't totally lost interest in those subjects or things and have nor found new ones.But retaining enough interest to really enjoy a show or song or movie or book seems to elude me these days.l get bored and frustrated far too easily and quickly. lt's part of my battle with depression.The medicine l take for that usually helps prevent the deepest episodes yet does not help restore my ability to enjoy things.lt makes writing difficult because l get hypercritical easily and bored even faster.Of course l don't stop writing because it's one of the few ways to pass the time at work. [l do night security.]But it does make it harder to settle upon anything or to finish projects.The weird schedule means l tend to sleep most of the day or try to and fail.There is only one close friend nearby and we still only see each other once every couple of weeks due to our conflicting schedules. My other best friends no longer live nearby and do not have email either. One l talk to often , the other only every few weeks.None of the three offers any creative outlet.l rarely leave my apartment as l can't afford to do much and don't have to energy or motivation to.l go to the nearest comic shop maybe once a month but that's about it.The series l used to buy were cancelled though so l don't go as often as l did.l go to movies maybe two or three times a year.lt's not the most stimulating existence but l know that's mostly my own fault.Oh well, enough moaning for today. Sorry to vent.

[The Muse]

No worries about venting.
I understand you perfectly. I have at least 3 or 4 very close friends who suffer the same affliction as you do. You have my deepest sympathy.
Depression can quite literally drain all your zest for life as well as your energy and motivation. I know the tendency with depression is the desire to "hibernate" and not leave your home. But if at all possible, try to go outside if for nothing else than to sit in the sun for a few minutes. Its a small thing, but can help in a few ways. As to the unfinished projects...they will get there eventually. You have been a rather prodigious writer thus far...even if it did take a while to get there. But take heart...it took George RR Martin 10 years to finish his 4th (or was it 5th) book. You have a great deal of work complete and its in the final processes of being brought to the world. I think it wont kill us to wait a bit on your next projects.

[werewolf]

Thanks for 'listenning'.l keep plugging away at plot ideas and research to go with it.Doubtless it will fall into place at some point.The first novel had a gestation and multiple versions over at least twenty years.The others developed faster though all but THE PROTECTOR had seeds going back decades.THE PROTECTOR took about two or three years from the initial idea.

[Omen]

I am SO stunned as to how addicted people are to Facebook.

They keep on posting no matter how many times they are warned.

They keep on posting no matter how much of themselves they are losing and giving away.

They keep on posting even though they complain about privacy and the government snooping.

They keep on posting as they watch people lose their careers and marriages over unnecessary pictures, comments, and old flames.

They keep on posting even when their children are too young to ask for them NOT to share their image or 'TAG' their face.

They post their breakfast, their lunch, their snacks, what they cook, when their home, and when their not.

They post pictures when their on a trip and their house is empty.

They post their weaknesses and vulnerabilities. They post their masks and bravado along with their secrets spoken about in the spaces between the words they chose to share.

They post themselves to the world in the false hope of sharing their lives, only to discover that they have given all that they are and more to those who will continue to profit from their data even after their death.

You relinquish your Rights and Protection after you're gone... I wonder who is in the background in your pictures? Facebook gets to do what they choose.

Intriguing Facebook phrases to ‘Google’:

Facebook is tracking what you don’t do on Facebook

Facebook Is Keeping Track Of Every Post You Write and Don’t Publish

This Is How Facebook Is Tracking Your Internet Activity

How to Defeat a Facebook Addiction

Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook

Facebook alleged to have sold information in users' private messages

What happens to Facebook accounts when someone dies

[John Reid]

I find it an interesting outlet for my creativity. I enjoy posting blogs on Golden age superheroes, or early precursors to rlsh's or original artwork. I also post my patrol logs and have developed quite a following. I read a little of what others post but avoid commenting on religious or political views as it invariably leads to arguments and who needs that.

Not sure if I am addicted to FB. It's a fun hobby but I could easily live without it.

[The Muse]

This post was from 4 YEARS AGO!! Look at the news today.
Omen.... you definitely called this one.

[John Reid]

Oh don't worry Omen. It is only a matter of time until a large solar flare hits us and fries everything with a chip. So all the "permanent" information will be gone in a flash.