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> Twitter can do what they want in terms of their platform. So can FB. Why do people find it so offensive? You're right, it's "their platform", but, a signific
by crispyambulance 6y ago
> Twitter can do what they want in terms of their platform. So can FB. Why do people find it so offensive?
You're right, it's "their platform", but, a significant fraction of all human beings are "in" this platform. That's a staggering amount of power in the hands of very few people with virtually no accountability. This is without precedent.
It becomes offensive when the same machinery used for advertising and marketing can just as easily be used by third parties (FB's actual customers) who want to spread disinformation, propaganda or exercise control in some way.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoWhat is your solution then? I don't use FB and Twitter for the same reasons. They both propagate disinformation and propaganda. Or are you more concerned about wrong propaganda and misinformation ( I apologize in advance about sounding like this, but it is actually relevant to the point here )? If we want to move past this, we need some sort of working guidance we can all agree on. In its absence, I might as well default to full free speech defense.
- crispyambulance 6y ago> What is your solution then? There is not going to be any silver-bullet solution here. If we ever resolve it, it's going to involve a lot of different approaches. I don't think anyone has a complete answer. For one thing, putting more power in the hands of users to control how their information get used is a step in the right direction. For example, it should be possible to easily identify and search-for any entity who's paying money to put something in front of our eyeballs or who is buying our data. Even better, it should be possible to strictly limit who or what gets our information.