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Something about this just feels really "off" to me. This is a "whistleblower" who is blowing the whistle on facebook not doing enough to control how you think.
by thepasswordis 5y ago
Something about this just feels really "off" to me.
This is a "whistleblower" who is blowing the whistle on facebook not doing enough to control how you think.
I don't want facebook or twitter or reddit or anybody else deciding what it's okay for me to talk about or think about. I gather that this woman does, but the framing that she is just "whistleblowing" is absurd to me.
It's also extremely weird to me that she's now testifying in front of congress like 2 days after her "whistleblowing".
- Rapzid 5y agoSeems like the point is that Facebook already "controls" how people think, and that their incentives are miss-aligned in a way that this is leading to public harm. EDIT: Or at least miss-aligned so that they are perpetuating the harm-causing aspects of the system and not addressing them(if they can even be addressed at all).
- papito 5y agoFacebook already controls what you think about. Just clicking on some Republican politician's profile will hurl you into the world of anti-vaxxers and sedition trutherism.
- thepasswordis 5y agoOkay I want to test this. Which politician's profile should I click on to start seeing what you're talking about? I started out by clicking on Marjorie Tayler Green, Matt Gaetz, and Ron Desantis (I think these are some of the most inflammatory at least). SO far I am still just seeing...ads for baby stuff, pictures of my friends going on vacation, and a foodies group in my city talking about where to get the best tacos or coffee. Maybe that stuff could be coded right wing? For the food and travel, nobody is wearing any masks or doing any quarantining or anything at this point? Is that what you're talking about? That's what my feed looks like all the time.