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I don't see how trust busting actually solves the problems people care about. 2+ competing Facebook's have a lot more deniability, they have less budget to pay
by LatteLazy 5y ago
I don't see how trust busting actually solves the problems people care about.
2+ competing Facebook's have a lot more deniability, they have less budget to pay for things like moderating or anti-fake-news and they have all the more incentive to engage in exactly the sort of clickbait we want to escape.
I am concerned that "we have to do something and this is something"...
- reincarnate0x14 5y agoBudget is clearly not the problem FB has with moderating and anti-fake news. They don't want to do it because it conflicts with letting their userbase exchange pointless outrage and insanity to up the mutual engagement and thus, ad revenue.
- LatteLazy 5y agoAgain though, how would 2+ mini Facebook's make that better?
- klyrs 5y agoI've long desired a separate "Events" product, like what Facebook provides, but not associated with Facebook. Messenger and Whatsapp could be separate. Groups and Ads could also be separate. Those are horizontal cuts. I'd also cut two verticals, Identities from below, and Feeds from above. Common protocols could allow smaller players to enter the field in all of these distinct markets.