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It doesn't matter. You can argue that "people shouldn't fall prey to groupthink" and I'd agree with you. But they do. We're talking about a group of 2.6 billion
by mikenew 6y ago
It doesn't matter. You can argue that "people shouldn't fall prey to groupthink" and I'd agree with you. But they do. We're talking about a group of 2.6 billion people, not an individual. On average, people are a product of their environment. And the environment, in this case, is a bad one. It promotes all the wrong things and the incentives are in all the wrong places.
- kmlx 6y agothe "environment" is in fact our society. you assume the cause is facebook, when in fact facebook is the effect of a sick society. but, facebook does help in bringing to light our abysmal failure in building society.
- Joeri 6y agoIt is a circle. Society influences facebook, facebook feeds back into society. For example, I’m convinced facebook’s amplification of pro-brexit and pro-trump messages in those campaigns was instrumental in their victory. No facebook, no president trump. I’ve also seen how facebook turned my sister into an anti-vaxxer. In essence you can look at facebook as a platform for information warfare. It tends to amplify lies, and some forces are more able to exploit that.
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- kukx 6y agoIt is your sister. You probably talk to her. Try convincing her. If you fail, is the Facebook to be blamed? I do not think so.
- hellisothers 6y agoYes. Because what is one voice (even family) vs the 100s of voices and constant reaffirmation of lies and misinformation.
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