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Facebook should be taken offline a week before the election.
by Yuioup 6y ago
Facebook should be taken offline a week before the election.
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoSo... I shouldn't talk to family overseas during this time or find another way to do it? Or everyone not living in the US should not have facebook before an American election? It would seem to be more prudent to disallow political ads the week before. Or make it a crime to, say, spread wrong information about voting. And so on.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> I shouldn't talk to family overseas during this time or find another way to do it? A speed bump on posts (not messages or comments) isn’t a bad idea. One month before an election, there is a fifteen-minute cooldown on posts. One week before, a one-hour cooldown. One day before, three. This lets people keep talking. But it slows the reproduction rate and gives people a shot, even if a long shot, at fact checking.
- kapuasuite 6y agoThis sounds like a lot of ridiculous limits for very little, if any, positive impact.
- Sacho 6y agoIn my country, which is a tiny part of Europe, there is an election every month. There's over 100 countries with a larger population. Some of the largest countries are so large that they would undoubtedly have elections pretty much constantly. How are you going to decide which country's elections should be throttled by Facebook?
- beagle3 6y agoYou are facebook’s product. It’s ok to say “Facebook cannot sell any products for a few days” for some reasons. Lockdowns slowed covid. Facebook limits will Possibly slow riots. Ask for your money back if you are inconvenienced.
- ako 6y agoSince when is your ability to talk to your family depending on facebook. What about email, phone calls, or a zoom call?
- GuB-42 6y agoFacebook wouldn't be so powerful if switching means of communication was so easy. It is possible, but email doesn't offer real time communication, phone calls can be expensive, and not everyone knows how or wants to use zoom. Getting the family, including both grandma and kids to switch is hard "why isn't it working like it did before?". And BTW, to Facebook, Google and everyone else. Stop messing with the fucking UI. For most of us, keeping up with redesigns is often just a minor annoyance. But to older non-technical people, it is awful.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoEvery election or just yours?
- pjc50 6y agoWhich election?
- dilap 6y agoEvery election. We can look to North Korea as an inspirational example of this innovative method of combatting fake news.
- afarviral 6y agoNo, thats still overcomplicating it. It should just be switched off for good, and best to take twitter down too, for good.