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The role of Facebook in events like the Rohingya persecutions is a lot harder to write off than opinions about US electoral results. [0] There is a good argumen
by hodgesrm 8y ago
The role of Facebook in events like the Rohingya persecutions is a lot harder to write off than opinions about US electoral results. [0] There is a good argument that Facebook--like many--failed to foresee the misuse of social networks but for business reasons then failed to act on that knowledge once it became more obvious.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...
- m0zg 8y agoThat's not an argument against FB per se. That's an argument against anything social-network-like in general, because there's nothing that makes FB uniquely suitable. If anything, because of its vast resources and investment in AI, FB is better positioned to respond to adversarial use.
- rhizome 8y ago>That's an argument against anything social-network-like in general, because there's nothing that makes FB uniquely suitable. Then why did they choose FB when there are so many other group-chat type websites out there? I mean, Friendster is still around, or LinkedIn, or...
- manfredo 8y agoProbably because it simply has the biggest userbase.
- Apocryphon 8y agoDoesn’t that provide a rationale to promote many different social media networks instead of one big one that could be used for such nefarious purposes?
- m0zg 8y agoIf they're not federated, I don't see how they are useful as "social networks". If they are federated, I don't see how having many of them would solve the problem.
- rhizome 8y agoIsn't that a quality that makes them "uniquely suitable?" I was trying to unwind GP's statement.