Mr. Z. and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

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“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal” Oscar Wilde

The Facebook community was hit by a mega blow this week from Zuckie and his fellas at the FB headquaters. To cut a long story short, basically what they had decreed was that from that time on they would own whatever we published on FB even if the account was deactivated.

Following a populistic (People Against the new Terms of Service) outcry echoing across the social network, M Z. decided to drop the changes.

“Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog. If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”  

Mr Z. said “trust us, we’re not doing this to profit from you, it’s so we are legally protected as we enable you to share content with other users and services.” read more here. 

What was this all about? Was that a bad joke or you guys thought we were that dumb and gullible? Do you really thought people would believe in your “good intentions”? I guess, we do in the same way we also believe in the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and the Easter bunny. Dude, next time be more EARNEST!

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