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As somebody who left Facebook several months ago and has been skeptical about its public utility for longer, I honestly wonder if this problem is simply too lar
by biophysboy 8y ago
As somebody who left Facebook several months ago and has been skeptical about its public utility for longer, I honestly wonder if this problem is simply too large.
Even if they have some super duper fake news detection mechanism, surely it will generate false positives due to the sheer volume of political ads?
CNN is claiming neglect. They are probably right. But I think FB is overwhelmed too. Especially now that they have news vultures like Vice dunking on them post-Cambridge Analytica.
- ilovecaching 8y agoThe media is in direct competition with Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Of course they'll dunk on them every chance they get.
- pimmen 8y ago> CNN is claiming neglect. They are probably right. But I think FB is overwhelmed too. Especially now that they have news vultures like Vice dunking on them post-Cambridge Analytica. Who would've thought making billions of dollars mean overwhelming amounts of work to stay professional?
- 908087 8y ago> But I think FB is overwhelmed too. Especially now that they have news vultures like Vice dunking on them post-Cambridge Analytica. Would you prefer everyone just let it slide instead, to avoid "overwhelming" Facebook?
- biophysboy 8y agoNo way. By "overwhelmed", I mean to say that I think Facebook dug themselves into a hole, and now they're kicking themselves for it. They grew too big too fast. Turns out "connecting the world" was a bad idea.
- 908087 8y agoCan the center of a black hole dig itself out?
- EpicEng 8y ago>I think FB is overwhelmed Then perhaps they should stay out of political advertising.
- biophysboy 8y agoI agree.