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> I wonder if they will push some politic agenda or if they will manage to stay neutral. I don't. They will, of course, push a particular agenda. In the wors
by adekok 9y ago
> I wonder if they will push some politic agenda or if they will manage to stay neutral.
I don't. They will, of course, push a particular agenda. In the worst possible way.
As we've seen with Twitter and other organizations, the ToS don't matter. Or at least, don't matter for the right people. The "bad people" get punished even if they don't violate the ToS. The "good people" don't get punished even if they do violate the ToS.
I'd be OK with even egregious ToS, if they were applied evenly. But as we've seen too often, they're not.
Whatever agenda FB and friends are peddling, it's hidden in the guise of "safety", and "fairness", and "community standards".
- golergka 9y agoThat's because the real incentive FB and Twitter have is not to avoid PR fallout - and one side of american political spectrum has an upper hand in that battle.
- hkmurakami 9y agoFor the demographic FB cares about, yes they lean left (which is what I am assuming you are getting at, and I agree with you that most of the time it's safe to just do left leaning PR). But Target openly supported bathroom access rights (left leaning) and have been met with a huge backlash from many right leaning markets which has materially impacted their bottom line with defections to Walmart and ecommerce. It's not automatic who you need to PR for.
- golergka 9y agoWhy the hell don't we just adopt individual bathroom stalls? This whole debate is so stupid I can't get behind any of the sides.
- theseatoms 9y agoCost, probably.