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The real problem is that no company is qualified to be the moral arbiter of all society. All such attempts are doomed to fail as the only success will be the f

• amanaplanacanal 5y ago
  They don't have to be the moral arbiter of all society, just moderate their own users. The problem is that they want all society to become their users. They are biting off more than they can chew, to the detriment of civil society.
  • krapp 5y ago
    >The problem is that they want all society to become their users. That's not a problem. Even if all society became Instagram users, Instagram couldn't act as the moral arbiters of all society, they can still only moderate their own users on their own platform. Substitute that with any platform, including Facebook and its billions of followers. Facebook isn't society. Facebook hasn't replaced or supplanted governments, doesn't control the media, doesn't burn books or dissidents, doesn't censor any of the countless alternative means of communication that exist. No matter how big Facebook gets, Facebook can only control Facebook.
    • 13years 5y ago
      Even Facebook itself doesn't have this viewpoint. They are openly acknowledging they want to influence behavior in the real world outside of the mere use of just the Facebook app.
      • krapp 5y ago
        I don't know what specifically you're referring to. A lot of companies make bold claims about wanting to "change the world" and whatnot. I'm not aware of any public Facebook policy where they acknowledge wanting to take over all governments, control all thought and communication, and act as the sole arbiters of truth and morality for society.