Zuckerberg should consider this option for making more money
By vanny
@vandana7 (99118)
India
August 12, 2012 2:55am CST
Yes..he is making losses ..but there is a way even in these days and times. Charge people based on religious posts. If there is a religious post going on Facebook, he gets to raise a bill - if the person does not pay - he gets to ban. I wonder if misinformation would float around so easily if Zuckerberg came up with such methods. He gets the moolah if fanatics want it their way. I am sad that innocent ones got caught into the false stories floated on web. Today I am sad.
I also got blocked by a few of my muslim friends because I didnt believe in Burma massacre. My logics, Pakistan doesnt utter a thing about that, nor BBC, or Reuters ..nor do Middle eastern nations other than Turkey. Now I may have missed out somethings.. but the kiddo asked me to check google and yes there were a lot of images. None that answered my specific query though. Today's media is so unreliable..
You know what..long ago, I went to old city, which is predominantly muslim dominated area on official work. The guy who was to give the certificate was shocked that a lady had come to collect it. He charged hefty sum back then. But even that muslim guy felt obliged to pull out his big car and drop me back in safer zone. I labeled him Indian not Muslim. I have first hand experiences and I cant hate any ..any religion. I cant hate a person from another nation enough to go on war with them or kill their citizens. Hell, I cant kill my own relatives who have been bad to me - not because I dont have a gun because I feel nothing is solved. THE GREATEST SATISFACTION WILL BE WHEN THEY REALIZE AND ARE APOLOGETIC AND REPAIR THE HARM DONE. Right? Realization cant be forced..nor can love..so how can people force hate down the gullets of youngsters another generation and yet another generation..
What is past is past. We cant live on that forever and compulsions differed. Can we as a world leave our biases behind? Of course not...because there is always scope to fan it through new media. So why not use the simple way to stop misinformation floating..
Charge the person some dollars for the privilege to use religion on social websites and earn monies..simple..athiest? Nope. Just hoping prejudices that have emerged today will die..
By the way, there was another friend who used another bad word ..and he used it against a Muslim..so even he got reprimanded by me. Vandy is not biased..I hate facebook. 
It makes me feel so old. 
amd wise.
End of rant..and time for your opinion. :)
It makes me feel so old. amd wise.
End of rant..and time for your opinion. :)2 people like this
5 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
12 Aug 12
Jeez! And I understood almost nothing of another post here....
Okay, wait. Mr. Zuckenburg has already said NO to the Requests from Indian Government a few months back about censoring. Historically, FB has already got many sacked in the past, and many more will keep getting sacked if they dont realize that it is not FB but they who do the posts, they all know it and do nothing...
And many of us - from the indian peninsular regions....would never learn even to use our cellphones the rigt way... and you expect them to learn to socialize... they would say ours is the right way...
(a rant as a reply to a rant!!!)
Okay, wait. Mr. Zuckenburg has already said NO to the Requests from Indian Government a few months back about censoring. Historically, FB has already got many sacked in the past, and many more will keep getting sacked if they dont realize that it is not FB but they who do the posts, they all know it and do nothing...
And many of us - from the indian peninsular regions....would never learn even to use our cellphones the rigt way... and you expect them to learn to socialize... they would say ours is the right way...
(a rant as a reply to a rant!!!)@vandana7 (99118)
• India
12 Aug 12
Their bills would indicate where they go wrong, and Zuckenberg can be happy with his jingling bank balances. lol
But seriously, I felt bad at the posts. And yesterday's demonstrations. They never displayed similar solidarity with sikhs killed, or even Tamilians killed in Sri Lanka. So from where do they expect majority of the country to pull out sympathies and concerns?
Having said that, I just watched a movie on Serbia, Bosnia and Herzogovinia. Pretty recent compared to Hitler. It was Muslims who were massacred, and honestly, there is a reason for their fears. What we need to do is lay to rest their fears and not offer step motherly treatment to them. May be overlook a few remarks. I agree they started Godhra and what ensued is shameful. But I feel they have become like cornered cats. I wish they would try to blend. :( Some of them have been very very nice to me thesids. And when I say that, I compare with my family..and think who is really ours and who is not? Why do we feel that way? :( I am sure you wont understand this as well. lol. Just too reflective. :(
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
13 Aug 12
After scanning through the replies here, I see where you are coming from, you don't mean religious as in the peaceful posts, but the violent ones? Because by charging for religious posts that do no harm I think would be a violation of Amendment 1, freedom of speech.
I think the best approach for him to make money is when a page is deleted due to a violent nature, that one who created it pays a hefty fine. I have seen horrible pages with abuse against children, animals, and certain groups of people. These should be the ones to pay with money as well as loss their page..
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@vandana7 (99118)
• India
13 Aug 12
I agree..I amend my requisition. :) But, violent and inciteful may be? :)
Actually, loads of them, and some of them make me wonder why a person wants to share somethng so painful with his or her friends who are hanging out there to relax and not get worked up.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
13 Aug 12
There is also the pedophiles who go after children and who should be severely taken care of. I know why they are there, but as for the violent ones? Maybe to get more people on their side or something, I don't know.
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@blummus (451)
• United States
12 Aug 12
Zuckerberg doesn't have to make his money from screwing over any particular group who use his social site. He makes plenty from adverts and selling demographic information, though I do thing going public was probably the biggest mistake he could have made. The changes to FB since suck up huge amounts of processor time and give back very little in return.
As for dinging the religious zealots, no way. I am an atheist, and I can honestly say the collective dialogue would be far poorer for the lack of theological discussion and a lot less amusing without the self righteous ranting of people who are ignorant of their own tradtions and even moreso of the ones they are attacking. Even better, now and then you meet someone who has faith but is also intelligent and wise. That's always a pleasant experience, no matter what their religious background.
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@vandana7 (99118)
• India
12 Aug 12
Even better, now and then you meet someone who has faith but is also intelligent and wise.
That person would be crucified if he came amidst the junk that is floating.
Anyway the idea was to restrain the junk and not to promote it. Use facebook responsibly so to say..
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@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
13 Aug 12
I think it's not a good idea for facebook to give bill for every based on religious post. It is a private thing for everyone to post anything they want. If you don't like it, block or unfriend.
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@vandana7 (99118)
• India
13 Aug 12
Small steps, and then big miles..those religious posts, started innocuously, and I even "like"d some of them even though they were not from my religion because I agree to what I feel good in every religion. I worked in a cosmopolitan environment. We had ample people of different religions, and we worked HARMONIOUSLY. Then, suddenly, I found a lot of posts that cannot be verified to be true from reliable sources, but which can disturb the religious harmony that prevails around us. We live in the part of the world that is sensitive to religious issues. So I felt some people were deliberately spreading the matter notwithstanding the fact that another Muslim had already written in an article somewhere that it is not true. (Genocide of muslims in Burma). I am open to standing up for such inhuman things provided I do have authentic proof. I am, however, not going to react on basis of something I still dont have means to verify. Therefore, it becomes incumbent for the poster to present the source of information so that people who come there can use their judgement. Many of those who come there are young, and can easily be influenced with pictures and writings. The object seems to be to capture these people and fill their hearts with hatred and mistrust for every religion, and even against races. I mean they said Islam supports black and quote something about it said by Mohammed. Now, by implication it is other religions dont, right? So some friends would marginally move away from other friends, right? I just feel bad that such things are posted there..we dont think black, white, or any race, religion, or caste when we are there. We think of sense of humor, and thoughts. After all, its a social site, we relax out there.
@anubrataroy (444)
• India
12 Aug 12
You mare right up to an extent to make those pay who hurting others feeling by writing about some religious.
But the fact is this is never going to happen. Because once that happens Facebook will loose its popularity. The whole concept of being a popular Social Networking Site work fine only because it is free. Once it charges money may be in form of fine or so, their will be less people visiting the site. Then may be Mark Elliot Zuckerberg might end up becoming a historical character. And I don't feel he might be interested in doing so.
Hence their should be some other measures to take care of such users.
@vandana7 (99118)
• India
12 Aug 12
My friends are now deep believers of such inflammatory misinformation and are feeling cut up because I am questioning the authenticity of the news. :( Because I refuse to accept the stuff as genuine, I am being labeled "communal". :(
I just went and "unfriend" the last one..the guy didnt remove me from his list and I knew that if he couldnt be that disrespectful his other friends might be nasty with him. I knew him as intelligent and logical kid. But I dont want him to be hurt either by us or by his people. So I unfriended him. :( Feeling sad. :(
@vandana7 (99118)
• India
12 Aug 12
But if it is not contradicted, it gets imprinted in the minds..that would be so wrong if it were a wrong information.
Take for instance the Burmese muslims. Yes, it is wrong, and inhuman. If it is happening that is. If Internet is full of it, do you think UN would not deploy anybody to check it out? Especially after Serbian Muslim massacre, and especially after the cause for twin tower demolishment is being questioned by the world? Why Pakistan is not reacting, why Al Quaeda is not reacting, why Syria, Egypt, Libya, UAE, Kuwait..so many nations are not doing anything about it? Why only India should take it up? I am not saying that India should not, but it should be taken up only if it is proved that it is necessary. We need confirmation of the incident. And what can we do? Let the muslims go there and protest. Other than that what? We are definitely not going on war. If that is what is expected. They are behaving so childishly..at times I feel so frustrated.
