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I think it’s rather un-ironic. The central thesis is not that the technology itself is flawed, but that it needs to be done in a way that is more adaptive to th
by intopieces 9y ago
I think it’s rather un-ironic. The central thesis is not that the technology itself is flawed, but that it needs to be done in a way that is more adaptive to the needs of humans. The best way to reach people is where they are, and people are overwhelmingly on Facebook.
- ppbutt 9y agoYounger generations are increasingly not on Facebook. They're on other various social platforms.
- saagarjha 9y agoThey might not be "on Facebook", but many of them use Facebook Messenger extensively.
- darpa_escapee 9y agoWhich is why Facebook buys them out.
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>people are overwhelmingly on Facebook Is hypercentralization not a major problem of tech at the momemt, both in terms of security and freedom of thought?
- intopieces 9y agoHypercentralization is a contributing factor (and indeed an enabler) of the main problem, which its the exploitation of attention. It is, in itself, not bad, and not in itself a problem. The same issue that this organization is fighting could also occur in an attention economy dominated by no major player.
- im3w1l 9y agoHypercentralization is an intrinsic part of it. The VC money for operating at a loss is only available because VC's dream of hypercentralization. And if they didn't have VC backing and had to turn a profit and run ads on day 1, they wouldn't be able to beat the free as in freedom platforms where attention wouldn't be exploited.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoHypercentralization is bad when it leads to data hoarding because it creates a "jackpot" of information for hackers