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But ... why? You can read political and tech news anywhere why read it on Facebook? The only thing I want to see on Facebook are the things I can't see elsewher

by tgb 9y ago

But ... why? You can read political and tech news anywhere why read it on Facebook? The only thing I want to see on Facebook are the things I can't see elsewhere which are: personal updates and local events.

hossbeast 9y ago
Because Facebook is uniquely positioned to show you news that aligns with your views (or is opposed to your views- is there an option for that?)
- wils124 9y ago
  Uniquely? Do you really have a hard time finding news sources that align with your views? This has been a solved problem since the invention of the newspaper.
  - hossbeast 9y ago
    Facebook knows alot more about your views than the New York times does.
- therein 9y ago
  How is that a good thing for where you get your news? It is one of those things where it is probably better that you are getting an objective (not crafted for you) selection of the contemporary news instead of one that's filtered for you.
  - mwilliaams 9y ago
    That's exactly the problem with politics in today's society. So many people are getting their information from places like Facebook, and much (most?) of this information is biased and/or less than factual. This causes people to develop more extreme, more polarized viewpoints than they would otherwise have.
kovrik 9y ago
Because FB collects so much data about everyone and it would be nice to have personalized news, events, articles in your feed. Instead of using websites that show the same thing for everyone. But they use all that data to show me pictures of crappy food, kids, drunk parties and stupid FB game ads.
- whatshisface 9y ago
  FB doesn't optimize for enriching you, or even for agreeing with you - it's optimized for engaging you. If a barely-lucid rant comming out of a political faction you hate will mindworm you, that's what they'll show you.
  - brlewis 9y ago
    Apparently their optimization strategy failed to engage in this instance.
- Sangermaine 9y ago
  >Instead of using websites that show the same thing for everyone. But that's a good thing. It sounds like you WANT to be ensconced in a political bubble. People splitting off into echo chambers is a major source of the problems we see today.
s0rce 9y ago
Yah, the only thing I really like on facebook is pictures of friends hiking and backpacking trips. Some of the hiking groups also have great content and relatively recent info on trail conditions that is hard to find elsewhere.
enraged_camel 9y ago
>>The only thing I want to see on Facebook are the things I can't see elsewhere which are: personal updates and local events. You can only get personal updates on Facebook? What a strange thing to say.
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- chuckkir 9y ago
  I think it's fairly accurate. If you have a couple dozen (or 100) friends scattered around the world, it's a lot easier to see pictures of their kids or new kitchen on a Social Media platform than to try to call them every day.
  - enraged_camel 9y ago
    Why do you feel like you need to see pictures of their kids and new kitchen if they are scattered all over the world? Does it make you feel like you care about them?
    - mac01021 9y ago
      I can't legitimately care about 20 people living in 20 different parts of the world?
      - enraged_camel 9y ago
        That's not what I meant. Here's what I'm getting at: if you really cared about someone, you wouldn't settle for the bare minimum of passively consuming their uploaded photos and status updates. I posit that Facebook is popular among people with scattered friends and relatives because it makes them feel like they care. However, in my opinion, truly caring about someone warrants more than just maintaining an awareness of what is going on in their lives by consuming their content on your news feed and occasionally clicking 'Like' or posting a comment.
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by tgb 9y ago

hossbeast 9y ago

Because Facebook is uniquely positioned to show you news that aligns with your views (or is opposed to your views- is there an option for that?)

wils124 9y ago
Uniquely? Do you really have a hard time finding news sources that align with your views? This has been a solved problem since the invention of the newspaper.
- hossbeast 9y ago
  Facebook knows alot more about your views than the New York times does.
therein 9y ago
How is that a good thing for where you get your news? It is one of those things where it is probably better that you are getting an objective (not crafted for you) selection of the contemporary news instead of one that's filtered for you.
- mwilliaams 9y ago
  That's exactly the problem with politics in today's society. So many people are getting their information from places like Facebook, and much (most?) of this information is biased and/or less than factual. This causes people to develop more extreme, more polarized viewpoints than they would otherwise have.

kovrik 9y ago

Because FB collects so much data about everyone and it would be nice to have personalized news, events, articles in your feed. Instead of using websites that show the same thing for everyone. But they use all that data to show me pictures of crappy food, kids, drunk parties and stupid FB game ads.

whatshisface 9y ago
FB doesn't optimize for enriching you, or even for agreeing with you - it's optimized for engaging you. If a barely-lucid rant comming out of a political faction you hate will mindworm you, that's what they'll show you.
- brlewis 9y ago
  Apparently their optimization strategy failed to engage in this instance.
Sangermaine 9y ago
>Instead of using websites that show the same thing for everyone. But that's a good thing. It sounds like you WANT to be ensconced in a political bubble. People splitting off into echo chambers is a major source of the problems we see today.

s0rce 9y ago

Yah, the only thing I really like on facebook is pictures of friends hiking and backpacking trips. Some of the hiking groups also have great content and relatively recent info on trail conditions that is hard to find elsewhere.

enraged_camel 9y ago

>>The only thing I want to see on Facebook are the things I can't see elsewhere which are: personal updates and local events. You can only get personal updates on Facebook? What a strange thing to say.

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chuckkir 9y ago
I think it's fairly accurate. If you have a couple dozen (or 100) friends scattered around the world, it's a lot easier to see pictures of their kids or new kitchen on a Social Media platform than to try to call them every day.
- enraged_camel 9y ago
  Why do you feel like you need to see pictures of their kids and new kitchen if they are scattered all over the world? Does it make you feel like you care about them?
  - mac01021 9y ago
    I can't legitimately care about 20 people living in 20 different parts of the world?
    - enraged_camel 9y ago
      That's not what I meant. Here's what I'm getting at: if you really cared about someone, you wouldn't settle for the bare minimum of passively consuming their uploaded photos and status updates. I posit that Facebook is popular among people with scattered friends and relatives because it makes them feel like they care. However, in my opinion, truly caring about someone warrants more than just maintaining an awareness of what is going on in their lives by consuming their content on your news feed and occasionally clicking 'Like' or posting a comment.
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