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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-10-2014, 11:15 PM
By the way, you need to watch the video. It is where the actual language in the e-mail describing "promotes idealized physical appearances" appears. I am not sure why they didn't include it in the story itself.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-11-2014, 12:20 PM
So Facebook wants to prevent children from hearing paid messages about losing weight. The logic is there for advertisements for tobacco or alcohol because of their effects. But fat kids can develop type 2 diabetes and heart conditions, which makes overeating a more serious 'eating disorder' than anorexia or bulimia. The harm for children is hearing the message of body acceptance, not of somebody promoting a healthy lifestyle to achieve weight loss.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-11-2014, 01:22 PM
Quote: (01-11-2014 01:10 PM)Consul Wrote:
It won't be long before something better, and less ridiculous, comes along to replace it.
Ditto; everyone I talk to hates Facebook. Won't be long before a more autonomous form of Facebook comes out and everyone starts dumping it like MySpace.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-11-2014, 01:46 PM
So does this mean that I can complain about every fatty touting fat acceptance on FB for "promot[ing] idealized physical appearances"?
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-11-2014, 08:59 PM
A thin woman wearing clothes for people +120lb heavier is a violation of Facebook policy and bad for children.
Yet millions of fatties wearing yogapants for people -120lb lighter and posting their photos all over Facebook is a-okay.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-11-2014, 10:00 PM
Quote: (01-11-2014 08:59 PM)StrikeBack Wrote:
A thin woman wearing clothes for people +120lb heavier is a violation of Facebook policy and bad for children.
Yet millions of fatties wearing yogapants for people -120lb lighter and posting their photos all over Facebook is a-okay.
Not only is it ok, it's "you go girl!"
In the past week I went through and deleted 90% of my "friends" on Facebook. Then I realized the only ones left were people I actually talked to...so I just closed my account instead. If anyone actually takes a second to really think about what Facebook is, no one would have an account. It's a blue pill version of a notch count, to some extent.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-14-2014, 02:41 PM
Haha.
Sounds like a strange policy. I don't know how Facebook can police minutia like this. Do they really have the resources? But if they insist, don't let it stress you. Just an opportunity for others to fill the (reality) gap. I like to call it "reality arbitrage".
It's like how they completely dropped the ball as as far as professional networks is concerned, essentially giving LinkedIn and Reid Hoffman Billions of $'s. I believe Facebook considered allowing users to set up separate professional profiles to be used for work, business and other professional reasons, but rejected the idea. Zuckerberg apparently thought that everyone would be happy to have just one profile for all purposes. You know, since being "congruent" is so important. Suuuure, people would be completely happy giving employers, employees and business associates full access to their regular Facebook account, with all the inane nonsense that filters through there...
Anyway, the above literally cost Facebook and Zuckerberg $Billions. If they are really committed to creating a virtual "nanny state" on their site policing minutia like body image issues, they will similarly pass the opportunity to others who have more liberal views.
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Facebook: Content promoting idealized body images are prohibited
01-14-2014, 03:06 PM
Incredible. Now Facebook will be responsible for actual, measurable harm, instead of just vague accusations of inciting narcissistic personality disorders.
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