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A humble question -- Had Hillary won, would this post even be on HN?
by squozzer 10y ago
A humble question --
Had Hillary won, would this post even be on HN?
- xs 10y agoProbably not. What's probably happened is that people of Facebook looked internally and realized they had the power to sway this election and didn't act on it. It's weird because we want Facebook to not sway us and let us build our own belief structure, yet in this case maybe I would want Facebook to do something, and help not spread lies and misinformation may be something everyone can get behind (except snopes).
- nix0n 10y agoYes, because it's an interesting technical and social problem. I do admit the discussion here would have a different tone if the result had gone the other way, but not necessarily a better tone as there's plenty of vitriol on both sides.
- return0 10y agoNo. And facebook does not pretend it 's not pro-Hillary (its CEO endorsed her). That doesn't mean the discussion is not warranted. In fact it's long overdue. Facebook is now a medium like the rest, it needs to be regulated like the press imho.
- emodendroket 10y ago"Regulated like the press?" What the hell does that mean?
- return0 10y agoFreedom from censorship, enforcement of defamation laws.
- emodendroket 10y agoThose things already apply to Facebook users. Facebook is actually proposing active censorship here.
- return0 10y agoYes that s what i m saying facebook has no business to censor people.
- emodendroket 10y agoOh. Well then I agree.
- dredmorbius 10y agoYes. The problem of disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, etc., spreading through any media channel eventually surfaces. This happens to be the event which finally brought it to consciousness. Your comment reminds me of the early attitudes toward AIDS, dismissing it on the grounds it was just "a gay disease". It wasn't. But it took a long time for collective (and political) consciousness to reflect that. It still hasn't in many parts of the world.