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> we all knew exactly how bad it could get. You were very smart then, congratulations. Back in 2006 there was no mention anywhere of "fake news", "bias bubble
by Voloskaya 6y ago
> we all knew exactly how bad it could get.
You were very smart then, congratulations.
Back in 2006 there was no mention anywhere of "fake news", "bias bubbles" and such because there was almost no news sharing in Facebook, and your feed was not curated to only show you what you were most likely to like.
There was no political advertising on Facebook for a long time, and even no ads at all until like 2007 or 2008.
User tracking was almost non existent as well until 2010 or so.
So sure, there was already some concern about privacy back then, it was mostly about people voluntarily over-sharing thins they shouldn't, not about being tracked and manipulated against your wish.
- marcodave 6y agoAs I like to say, Facebook should have stayed within the area of Universities and schools; A platform born in Harvard, by well-fed white male US Americans, for use and consumption by their peers, was not meant to be used by billions of regular people. At some point in the documentary, I was expecting someone in front of the question: "what is the real problem here?", to answer: "people are horrible"