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This was absolutely unknown to probably at least 90% of the people who use facebook. People on HN largely don't use facebook from what I can tell because they'v
by colinmhayes 5y ago
This was absolutely unknown to probably at least 90% of the people who use facebook. People on HN largely don't use facebook from what I can tell because they've seen all this stuff that facebook does.
- ryandrake 5y agoYea, I like to think of my [becoming elderly] parents. They didn't know any of this stuff. I've tried to explain the harms of social media to them but it's tough to do that without deep-diving into algorithm tech-talk, and without the recently divulged evidence you sound like a raving conspiracy theorist. Now, it's being explained in plain language in front of Congress, and on "60 Minutes" which targets their generation directly, and, although I haven't talked to them since, I guarantee they get it now. Remember how long it took to mainstream the idea that cigarettes were bad for you? "We all knew it" for a long time, but it didn't become genuine shared cultural knowledge until long after it was well known.