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How does this relate to the linked article?
by jonas21 7y ago
How does this relate to the linked article?
- ceejayoz 7y agoFacebook's the machine?
- CompanionCuuube 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory
- wutbrodo 7y agoI don't think the parent comment misunderstand that it's an allegory, but is asking how the allegory applies. Facebook doesn't claim they want to step back from moderation "because that's how the industry works and they have to stay competitive" (as in the allegory). They're claiming that the costs of extending private control over political speech to _society_ are too high. (This obviously isn't entirely altruistic: knowing how deeply stupid most people are and how commonly public opinion is outraged by failure to meet two mutually-exclusive ends simultaneously, I wouldn't want to open that can of worms either)
- uoaei 7y agoApologists for Facebook's operational decisions, and Facebook's operational professionals themselves, are represented by the foreman.