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This is simplistic, but as short-term measures wouldn't it be prudent to turn off problematic autogeneration functions until they could be deployed reliably, wh
by samizdis 6y ago
This is simplistic, but as short-term measures wouldn't it be prudent to turn off problematic autogeneration functions until they could be deployed reliably, which is to say, worked on properly before release into the wild?
Similarly, much as I realise the imperative to earn maximum ad revenue by encouraging maximum engagement (or time on the platform), couldn't FB radically cut back its suggested content and its newsfeed inserts etc until they weren't the equivalent of leading people from the light and down into the dungeons? Newsgroups/usenet etc had all manner of dark corners, inhabited by all manner of bad agents, but they reflected the same interests as existed IRL. No one got stuff shoved in their face unless they looked for it.
I am sure that FB has the talent to do better than it is doing at the moment. Move fast and break things is a great slogan, but if what you are breaking is society, and in some cases lives, then maybe slow down a bit.
- sebastialonso 6y agoMove fast and break things is a terrible slogan. See Google for example.
- samizdis 6y agoI see your point. "... sounds like a catchy slogan" would have been nearer to what I meant.
- rafale 6y agoMove fast and break the social fabric of society.
- xiphias2 6y agoWe should have prison sentence for companies that break the law...take down the web site for 1 year and see what happens. But as these prison sentences don't exist, ,,move fast and break things'' will stay the best strategy.