3 ms·
Its not social media! Social media has a lot of issues that really need to be discussed in public but technology has no morals. Facebook dot com isn't divisive
by ixtli 8y ago
Its not social media!
Social media has a lot of issues that really need to be discussed in public but technology has no morals. Facebook dot com isn't divisive: its USERS are. Before social media you didn't have a deep view into their neighbors thoughts and feelings. Now, we have a slightly deeper one and (shock and surprise!) we find out that a social taboo on discussing serious issues in casual company didn't lead to those issues being resolved, we simply ignored them while people none of us like made all the decisions for us.
- chriswarbo 8y agoYou're ignoring the fact that "Facebook dot com" isn't just used by those with a Facebook account; it is also used by Facebook-the-company and its customers (advertisers, propagandists, etc.) against those with a Facebook account (in order to extract revenue). This leads to things like "optimising for engagement", and outrage turns out to be highly engaging and easy to produce.
- ixtli 8y agoI dunno I think my comment was inclusive of the notion that facebook profits off of (i.e.: its users include) propagandists and other bad actors.