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The hyperbole of this is almost incomprehensible. The absurdity of this latest "controversy" - Zuck not wrapping some form of token and meaningless censorship a
by bedhead 6y ago
The hyperbole of this is almost incomprehensible. The absurdity of this latest "controversy" - Zuck not wrapping some form of token and meaningless censorship around a single Trump tweet - is proof that this isn't about Trump. Hell, all this did was give Trump more exposure. No, it's clear that this is about breaking Zuck for political purposes, and taking control of Facebook for a single "side." Not one person genuinely cares about this dumb Trump tweet, this is just trying to tip over Zuck once and for all and get him to be full-on Dorsey.
I left Facebook five years ago but it certainly wasn't about Zuck or Facebook. I hate to break it to you guys but at the end of the day, Facebook is just people. Get upset all you want but you're really just getting upset at other people for whatever reason. Facebook isn't the problem, human nature is.
- paulgb 6y ago> Facebook isn't the problem, human nature is. This is almost exactly the line of thinking that the story The Weapon by Fredric Brown warns against. http://www.digital-eel.com/blog/library/The_Weapon.pdf http://www.digital-eel.com/blog/library/The_Weapon.pdf
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- jay_kyburz 6y agoYes, human nature is the problem, and I think its why we developed a set of laws and values that allow us to live peacefully with each other. We need to extend these laws and values to Facebook and other social media. People should be held accountable for things they post publicly on the internet. Public posts should not be anonymous. If damage is caused as a result of your misleading communications, you should be held responsible for that damage. Yes it would destroy social media (and reshape the entire internet as we know it), but the world is burning and its because nobody knows what to believe.