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The public is tired of being gaslighted and lied to by large corporations. The whistle-blower only brought to light what we have known previously, Facebook is
by literallyaduck 5y ago
The public is tired of being gaslighted and lied to by large corporations.
The whistle-blower only brought to light what we have known previously, Facebook is a net loss for humanity.
Letting people contect with family and long lost friends is good.
Purposefully pitting people against each other, human experimentation https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... , creating hateful echo chambers, claiming to be the source of all facts, manipulating users for engagement and ad revenue is bad.
The low effort posts could signify a loss of cultural cohesion or new accounts, but Facebook and its children fading from the public would be a gift to many addicts.
- mahathu 5y agoIn Germany, each year a committee of linguists select an "un-word of the year". "Gaslit" should be the internet unword of the decade. It has no scientific relevance and shouldn't be used when perfectly fine alternatives like "lied to" or "manipulated" exist. They just don't sound as dramatic I guess.
- 0x4d464d48 5y agoWhat's wrong with the idea of treating gaslighting as a certain kind of manipulation?
- batch12 5y agoI agree that the misuse is annoying-- and a Lot of people misuse the word. However, gaslighting has a specific meaning not quite covered by "lied to" or "manipulated".
- gnulinux 5y agoIt seems like your comment originates from a misunderstanding of what 'to gaslight' means? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting Gaslighting is a specific form of manipulation that uses intentionally false narratives.
- wellthisishn 5y ago> Letting people contect with family and long lost friends is good. Maybe it's overall good, maybe it's over the top and not super. Even if it is good, the existence of Facebook presents a block for better and healthier ways developing for them to connect.