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The problem with this "moral" expectation you want to put Facebook or any company in a social space under is that it's self-contradictory and hypocritical. I do

The problem with this "moral" expectation you want to put Facebook or any company in a social space under is that it's self-contradictory and hypocritical. I don't know any reasonable person who would want the phone company, a very centralized system, to play the role of morality police over who can use the telephone and who can't. This "Centralization = ownership of everyone's actions" view just imposes the burden of a mass of cultural expectations on companies that never agreed to any of it.

greenonions 5y ago
I don't blame ISPs for the content of the internet. I do blame Facebook for what happens on their platform though, because unlike a telephone carrier or ISP, Facebook's entire purpose is to get me to interact with content. If you got food that made you sick, do you blame the delivery service or the restaurant? If the business is ads, data, and eyeballs, you should be responsible for what is on it.
- Dracophoenix 5y ago
  >I don't blame ISPs for the content of the internet. I do blame Facebook for what happens on their platform though, because unlike a telephone carrier or ISP, Facebook's entire purpose is to get me to interact with content. Then why blame Facebook? Almost all the content on Facebook is user-generated. And don't think ISPs don't bank on getting you interact with content as though they're perfectly neutral platforms. >If you got food that made you sick, do you blame the delivery service or the restaurant? If it's a restaurant where the average joe can be a chef, then I blame particular person who cooked my meal. Not the restaurant (who only provided the facilities and menu) or the delivery service. >If the business is ads, data, and eyeballs, you should be responsible for what is on it. Only to the extent it's own ads are false. Beyond that, their is no duty for to police content in accordance with the desires of others. Information does not imply obligation.

greenonions 5y ago

I don't blame ISPs for the content of the internet. I do blame Facebook for what happens on their platform though, because unlike a telephone carrier or ISP, Facebook's entire purpose is to get me to interact with content. If you got food that made you sick, do you blame the delivery service or the restaurant? If the business is ads, data, and eyeballs, you should be responsible for what is on it.

Dracophoenix 5y ago
>I don't blame ISPs for the content of the internet. I do blame Facebook for what happens on their platform though, because unlike a telephone carrier or ISP, Facebook's entire purpose is to get me to interact with content. Then why blame Facebook? Almost all the content on Facebook is user-generated. And don't think ISPs don't bank on getting you interact with content as though they're perfectly neutral platforms. >If you got food that made you sick, do you blame the delivery service or the restaurant? If it's a restaurant where the average joe can be a chef, then I blame particular person who cooked my meal. Not the restaurant (who only provided the facilities and menu) or the delivery service. >If the business is ads, data, and eyeballs, you should be responsible for what is on it. Only to the extent it's own ads are false. Beyond that, their is no duty for to police content in accordance with the desires of others. Information does not imply obligation.