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The answer has always been obvious. Facebook (and Google, etc) would rather keep the tens of billions of dollars in profit they make each year and keep growing
by mtgx 7y ago
The answer has always been obvious. Facebook (and Google, etc) would rather keep the tens of billions of dollars in profit they make each year and keep growing that number, too.
They don't have need for "cost centers" such as customer support, moderation teams, etc. Facebook doesn't even have a large enough support team for advertisers let alone anyone else that might have some real issues with their accounts, which I think should probably be illegal. You can't offer a service and then not respond to your customers issues/problems, especially if they pay for it.
There definitely needs to be more regulation in tech regarding this aspect. These companies have all the money they need to solve some of these issues, and then some. They'd rather keep that money for themselves and try to enter completely different markets so they can become an even bigger monopoly instead, though (which is yet another good reason to put restrictions on this stuff, because the goal should be to minimize the number of monopolies).
- frereubu 7y agoI vouched for this comment, because I don’t see what was so objectionable about it. It seems like a genuinely held opinion, expressed in a relatively measured tone. If you disagree, reply with your reasons rather than trying to get it removed.
- varjag 7y agoPlenty of Facebook/Google employees over here.
- kaoD 7y agoPlus he said it should be regulated. Plenty of laissez-faire folk over here too.
- icebraining 7y agoNobody tried to get that comment removed.
- altacc 7y agoDownvoting is effectively voting for a comment to removed.
- scarface74 7y agoHow so? Downvoted comments can still be seen.
- ryanlol 7y agoWhen was the comment downvoted?
- y4mi 7y agohmm, it does look like they did though. looking at @mtgx's history, almost all comments have been flagged and downvoted until they're [dead]
- icebraining 7y agoNo, the account was banned, therefore his comments are automatically dead unless vouched for. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587230
- frereubu 7y agoInteresting. I didn't realise that banned accounts could comment at all. I'll keep an eye out for that in the future before vouching - in retrospect it does seem like an account worth ignoring.