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I feel ya, but that's not why I use facebook. I unfollow friends who mostly post political stuff, even though I generally agree with them. I'm there for pictu
by wombat-man 6y ago
I feel ya, but that's not why I use facebook.
I unfollow friends who mostly post political stuff, even though I generally agree with them. I'm there for pictures, the shared calendar and the messaging. I'll check out memeorandum or NYT for news, and will sometimes read political stuff on reddit or twitter.
To me, I prefer FB as a way to stay connected with friends. I have many other ways to learn about political topics.
- elicash 6y agoI'm sensitive to this, which is why I added those questions to the end. But let me make create a random example. Oil companies will be able to advertise on Facebook and reach everybody. Environmental organizations talking about oil will not. We don't call the oil companies a political or social issue advertiser, but this disparate treatment for what we consider "social issues" is going to have real-world implications. You're not there for the ads at all -- you're there for "pictures, the shared calendar and the messaging."
- wombat-man 6y agoyes, fair enough. I suppose they had to draw the line somewhere. I'm kind of surprised they decided to take this route. I'm guessing they are trying to get ahead of future regulation by governments.
- t-writescode 6y agoYour response reminds me of Captain Beatty's speech to Montag in Fahrenheit 451: https://mediadwellers.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/beatty-speech-to-montag-excerpt.pdf https://mediadwellers.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/beatty-spe...
- wombat-man 6y agohow so?
- t-writescode 6y agoWhen you said this: > I'm there for pictures, the shared calendar and the messaging Reminded me of the aggressive and eventually enforced simplification of the world so that no one would be offended about anything ever (the latter parts of Captain Beatty's speech)