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Repentance, Facebook, and Wells Fargo
Has anyone else noticed that Facebook and Wells Fargo are both essentially running the same commercial.

Both companies have been the subject of recent scandals. Facebook with data collection and publishing algorithms. Wells Fargo was just hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for securities fraud.

Both commercials point to their origin and how the companies changed the world. Then “oops, we messed up.” Followed by, “But we promise we won’t do it again.”

Apologies are easy. It’s also true in life. It’s EASY to simply say “I’m sorry.”

Actually changing is much more difficult.

In life, the sincerity is seen in true repentance and change. With Facebook and Wells Fargo, the standard is the same.

Josh Benner is the associate pastor at Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He enjoys writing about faith and culture. He lives with his wife Kari in Minnesota.
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May 15, 2018
Facebook: The social network that changed the world turns 10
Facebook profile Courtesy of Wikimedia. Circa 2005

This post is based off of a previous post entitled: Facebook 2004 and Facebook 2011. Seven year anniversary of joining the Social Network. Originally published November 16, 2011.

I can still vividly remember it.

Talking to a friend from high school on AIM, him sending me the link to some obscure site that he had mentioned to me called thefacebook. “BG has it now,” he said, telling me to register.

I was skeptical. thefacebook? What does that even mean, but I followed his prodding and created an account.

That was November 16, 2004, and it was the first day that thefacebook.com was available at Bowling Green. I fell in love with the site instantly. I thought that it was fantastic and amazing. I still have that since of wonder with the site and with the ways in which it has changed our world. (more…)
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February 4, 2014
Facebook 2004 and Facebook 2011. Seven year anniversary of joining the Social Network
Facebook profile Courtesy of Wikimedia. Circa 2005

I can still vividly remember it.

Talking to a friend from high school on AIM, him sending me the link to some obscure site that he had mentioned to me called thefacebook. “BG has it now,” he said, telling me to register.

I was skeptical. thefacebook? What does that even mean, but I followed his prodding and created an account. (more…)
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November 16, 2011
Facebook changes are good – take a deep breath and let me explain
Listening to people talk about the changes to Facebook is a lot like listening to people talk about politics; it’s a lot of angry comments from the clueless.

I have been on Facebook for nearly seven years, and about once a year, the site undergoes major changes. The changes are always (and I mean always) met with anger and criticism. The way how some people react, you would think that their lives were going to be irrevocably impacted. If people got as outraged over famine as they do to changes to Facebook, no one in this world would ever starve.
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September 21, 2011
Amber Alerts now available on Facebook
I’ve said before that I feel that people increasingly love online social networking, but don’t necessarily love Facebook. But Facebook is the best place to go to connect with friends and relatives and so we go there. With Facebook itself, people are largely growing more and more annoyed.

Well, with at least one new feature on Facebook, I would like to applaud the site today. AMBER alert notifications are now available on Faceboo. Each state has it’s own AMBER Alert Facebook page. You can simply search “Amber Alert” and the name of your state, it will bring that page up, click “like” and you’re set.

It’s that simple.

In case you are unfamiliar: an AMBER Alert is a notification that a child has been abducted locally. It is a collaborative effort with various law enforcement, transportation, broadcasting institutions, and the wireless industry, according to amberalert.gov

Part of the point is to utilize so many different types of technologies in an effort to locate the missing person as quickly as possible.

jrb

questions/comments, feel free to Tweet @bennernotes (just as soon as you login to Facebook and “like” your state’s Amber alert notification page)
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January 12, 2011