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> Platforms also can't fully and completely be responsible for political views expressed by user-generated content. Maybe, maybe not. But in Facebook's case, t
by nkozyra 8y ago
> Platforms also can't fully and completely be responsible for political views expressed by user-generated content.
Maybe, maybe not. But in Facebook's case, they did not hesitate to commoditize disinformation and propaganda.
While a lot of platforms are/were susceptible to this vector, we now know that Facebook knew what was happening and didn't care as long as the money came in.
Which brings us back to "maybe, maybe not." Corporations use profit (and variants) as their natural reward function. Look at FBs stock the last few months. People are speaking. We, the users, may be demanding some accountability from our platforms we previously did not.
- the_snooze 8y ago>But in Facebook's case, they did not hesitate to commoditize disinformation and propaganda. They're just in the business of making the world more open and connected (TM).
- nkozyra 8y agoIn a sense it's not inaccurate. But if you have no filter, no ethos, decisions about what's allowed and distributed are prone to malice, prone to exploit or both. Of course, Facebook has these things. But they go out the door the minute you have money to spend.
- foxhedgehog 8y agoSo true.
- Zarel 8y agoI might have missed something from the news, but what does "did not hesitate to commoditize disinformation and propaganda" mean? Did Facebook do something other than just allow users to post content, just like Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, or any other social media website?
- all2 8y agoNo. They're just a well enough known target for the latest round of hyperbole. News isn't news if it isn't bad.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoYes, actually. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18483706 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18483706