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I think people who are so concerned about Facebook policies and practices are way too invested in it, and should focus on spending less time on it. It's just a

by Pigo 10y ago

I think people who are so concerned about Facebook policies and practices are way too invested in it, and should focus on spending less time on it. It's just a platform for showing grandma pictures of the kids, providing ex's a means to stalk you, and check out the latest virtue signaling. Anyone using it as a primary news source is doing everything else wrong too. I don't expect Facebook to start restructuring just because people are still looking for a scapegoat.

herbst 10y ago
Exactly. Lets assume the onion is suddenly the main news source for a majority even thought they are open about beeing fake. Where is the problem? If people choose to live in their bubble its their choice.
- pg314 10y ago
  It becomes a problem if these people following the onion would affect the outcome of an election. Even a democratically elected leader can be a problem (e.g. Mussolini was democratically elected). To function a democracy requires citizens to be well-informed and critical.
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  - herbst 10y ago
    Half of the U.S. didnt even vote, the majority did not vote for Trump ether. Hitler was democratically elected too btw (at least in austria), but that means nothing because people actually wanted him. I dont see how facebook is to blame here, there are obviously other things going wrong.
bonaldi 10y ago
The set of citizens concerned by this stuff is not the same set as those taken in by fake news on Facebook. So the concerned types spending less time on Facebook won't solve anything. And I think the Arab Spring shows your dismissive characterisation of Facebook is way, way off the mark. You're right that people using it as a primary news source are doing everything else wrong too. They apparently are, including voting for ill-suited demagogues and regressive causes. That is the problem to be addressed.

by Pigo 10y ago

herbst 10y ago

Exactly. Lets assume the onion is suddenly the main news source for a majority even thought they are open about beeing fake. Where is the problem? If people choose to live in their bubble its their choice.

pg314 10y ago
It becomes a problem if these people following the onion would affect the outcome of an election. Even a democratically elected leader can be a problem (e.g. Mussolini was democratically elected). To function a democracy requires citizens to be well-informed and critical.
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- herbst 10y ago
  Half of the U.S. didnt even vote, the majority did not vote for Trump ether. Hitler was democratically elected too btw (at least in austria), but that means nothing because people actually wanted him. I dont see how facebook is to blame here, there are obviously other things going wrong.

bonaldi 10y ago

The set of citizens concerned by this stuff is not the same set as those taken in by fake news on Facebook. So the concerned types spending less time on Facebook won't solve anything. And I think the Arab Spring shows your dismissive characterisation of Facebook is way, way off the mark. You're right that people using it as a primary news source are doing everything else wrong too. They apparently are, including voting for ill-suited demagogues and regressive causes. That is the problem to be addressed.