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>Often it was a lot of nonsense which I feel made people at Facebook less and less willing to listen to actual issues. Which points do you think were nonsense?

>Often it was a lot of nonsense which I feel made people at Facebook less and less willing to listen to actual issues. Which points do you think were nonsense? And which ones would you agree are the most valid and pressing issues?

baby 5y ago
I often felt like small things were blown out of proportion because Facebook, or bad things were attributed to facebook the same way you could have blamed any other mean of communication or broadcast. Worse, the positive impact of the platform or social networks was/is never discussed. I’m reading the comments on the Github copilot thread today and I have a feeling Github employees must have the same feeling today. They’re releasing something that is likely to change the world and people can only focus on the negative impact. Most pressing issue is the issue of propaganda or information manipulation. This is a huge problem on every platform. Today I know a lot of russians and chinese people who live abroad and are still brainwashed by the news back home, it’s half working in the US with fox news.
- pwinnski 5y ago
  "They’re releasing something that is likely to change the world," which is exactly why people are so upset about it! There doesn't seem to have been any thought whatsoever given to something that has the potential to disrupt the lives of many people. It's "half working in the US with fox news" is amazing, given that Facebook is arguably at least half of the problem. "Brainwashed" is mostly used as another word for people who seem blind to any evidence that the trust they have for [whatever] is misplaced. So I wouldn't say that Facebook has brainwashed you, but I invite you to consider how your comments might be different if you had, in fact, been brainwashed by Facebook--if at all.
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  You didn't answer the question really. > Worse, the positive impact of the platform or social networks was/is never discussed. Sounds like a good balance to Facebook's PR department.

baby 5y ago

I often felt like small things were blown out of proportion because Facebook, or bad things were attributed to facebook the same way you could have blamed any other mean of communication or broadcast. Worse, the positive impact of the platform or social networks was/is never discussed. I’m reading the comments on the Github copilot thread today and I have a feeling Github employees must have the same feeling today. They’re releasing something that is likely to change the world and people can only focus on the negative impact. Most pressing issue is the issue of propaganda or information manipulation. This is a huge problem on every platform. Today I know a lot of russians and chinese people who live abroad and are still brainwashed by the news back home, it’s half working in the US with fox news.

pwinnski 5y ago
"They’re releasing something that is likely to change the world," which is exactly why people are so upset about it! There doesn't seem to have been any thought whatsoever given to something that has the potential to disrupt the lives of many people. It's "half working in the US with fox news" is amazing, given that Facebook is arguably at least half of the problem. "Brainwashed" is mostly used as another word for people who seem blind to any evidence that the trust they have for [whatever] is misplaced. So I wouldn't say that Facebook has brainwashed you, but I invite you to consider how your comments might be different if you had, in fact, been brainwashed by Facebook--if at all.
pseudalopex 5y ago
You didn't answer the question really. > Worse, the positive impact of the platform or social networks was/is never discussed. Sounds like a good balance to Facebook's PR department.