Different people complain about different things. When you try to put it all together it's not going to be coherent. And yeah, people attack Facebook as a pro

Different people complain about different things. When you try to put it all together it's not going to be coherent. And yeah, people attack Facebook as a proxy for broader trends, but that's somewhat fair when you're as dominant as Facebook is. They have the power to set trends. Any form of communication will be used to spread misinformation, but this isn't email or town gossip. Facebook is actively pushing this stuff onto people as a direct result of choices they have made in designing their algorithms. Facebook has taken a problem that has always existed and actively made it much worse than it would be if Facebook didn't exist. At the very least that's worth thinking about. Is it really so crazy to think that these companies should bear some responsibility for what happens on their platforms? I know the longstanding tech world answer to this has been a resounding yes, but I don't think it's that simple. It shouldn't be okay to build a product designed to suck people in and then wash your hands of any and all consequences. I don't think breaking up Facebook (whatever that means) will do anything useful, but I do sympathize with the criticisms.