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> This is no different than being able to tell when someone is bullshitting just as you walk through every day life, and thinking we need to shield the poor nai
by JacobJans 9y ago
> This is no different than being able to tell when someone is bullshitting just as you walk through every day life, and thinking we need to shield the poor naive populace from harmful ideas is borderline stereotypical paternalism.
There is a huge difference.
If someone is bullshitting you in real life, you don't give them a giant microphone so they can reach millions of people. You ignore them, or politely engage in conversation with them, or maybe even try to help them see the errors of their ways.
Why should Facebook be obligated to amplify deceptive messages? I don't see a reason.
- AckSyn 9y agoThis isn't about giving people a platform but monetizing it. I'm against Facebook for this particular stance. They think people are idiots and try to shape their version of what they consider facts and truth to suit their own bias.
- wooter 9y agoof course they're entitled not to. however, they allow BS they agree with so they must accept that obvious bias will be called obvious bias.
- quoquoquo 9y ago> they allow BS they agree What BS specifically do you disagree with? Do you realize your own bias with that statement?
- wooter 9y agoyup, bias is unavoidable. human rights organizations are obviously biased and not only am okay with that, but I support it.
- quoquoquo 9y agothat makes no sense.
- peoplewindow 9y agohttp://dailycaller.com/2017/04/11/facebooks-fake-news-is-looking-more-liberal-every-day/ http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/11/facebooks-fake-news-is-loo...
- smokeyj 9y agoSo people who sell microphones should care about what's said on the microphone, otherwise they should deny the sale? That doesn't sound logical from a business perspective and would lead me to suspect an alterior motive.
- sacheendra 9y agoThis is not true. Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. People can choose to attend or not attend and listen to him. For example, Trump has spread so many falsehoods but people still attend his events.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. Yes, and the fact that they are free to buy a printing press doesn't mean that the New York Times is obligated to print their material on the Times’ press alongsode content that meets the Times’ editorial standards.
- sqeaky 9y agoThe people selling microphones get to decide that. This is Facebook's microphone to sell, the liars are free to buy another.
- kbutler 9y agoI'm neither a heavy Facebook user nor a fan of Trump, but doesn't it make you at least a little bit nervous that a many-billion-dollar company is going to start selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with? What happened to the traditional liberal distrust of big corporations? What about if Facebook decides discussion of privacy violations online is "fake news?"
- JacobJans 9y agoYou'd be hard-pressed to find a large media company that doesn't selectively curate the media they distribute. Anyone that runs a business has the responsibility to consider the ethical ramifications of their business activities, and to respond in a way that aligns with their ethical values. FYI –– Y Combinator does exactly this on Hacker News: "selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with"
- sqeaky 9y ago