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> The media is in attack mode against facebook. Everything from the media about them will be exaggerated and negative. So I'd take anything the news about faceb
by not_real_acct 8y ago
> The media is in attack mode against facebook. Everything from the media about them will be exaggerated and negative. So I'd take anything the news about facebook with a grain of salt.
It's shocking how heavy-handed it is. Literally every day I see some news article about how Facebook is O-V-E-R.
Meanwhile, my friends list hasn't changed one bit, and I haven't met a single person who's dumped Facebook for more than a few months. Some leave, but they always come back.
Everything about this seems like an organized attack on FB by the mainstream media.
- digitailor 8y ago5 years off FB, 4 years off InstagramFB + dating apps While living in LA and NYC, and single Has both negatively and positively impacted my life We don’t always go back, the assertion is biased and/or anecdotal and shouldn’t be publicly made This is definitely a PR offensive mixed with journalist arousal and legislator outrage. Impossible to know all the actors Read “10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now” by Jaron Lanier, especially if you’re on HN but don’t know who that is