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I think the difference is that Facebook is not a community. It is a common carrier of communication. It's an indifferent platform. A small forum or chatroom you
by meowface 8y ago
I think the difference is that Facebook is not a community. It is a common carrier of communication. It's an indifferent platform. A small forum or chatroom you run is a completely different entity. A better comparison would be a 100 user forum vs. a Facebook group that you own.
Even if that Facebook group has 100 people or 100,000, it still makes sense for the owner to ban content they think doesn't fit the community, such as conspiracy theories. But it doesn't make sense for Facebook The Company to ban conspiracy theories, in my opinion, unless those specific conspiracy theory posts are shown to be likely to directly result in someone's imminent physical harm.
- beart 8y agoI understand what you are saying and agree to a point. However, Mark Zuckerberg is effectively king of Facebook. So even if Facebook is a de facto common carrier, having a single person able to make whatever decision he so chooses for the platform complicates things.
- meowface 8y agoHow do you know that for a fact? The CEO probably has the final say, but that's the case for many companies. I doubt he's coming to these decisions and conclusions by himself. I would be shocked if the past few months of his job didn't involve constant meetings with executives to discuss how to deal with this issue.