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> “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. > “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” I'm curious which filter bubble you're referring to. The HN f
by AlexandrB 5y ago
> “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
> “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
I'm curious which filter bubble you're referring to. The HN filter bubble (a lot of people don't seem to like Facebook)? The gamer filter bubble (many in that community were upset when Facebook accounts became required for Oculus)? The media filter bubble (as evidenced by this reporting)?
There seem to be a lot of different filter bubbles that think Facebook is a shit company. Maybe these don't add up to much, or maybe they do. Time will tell.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoThinking it's a shit company is one thing. Changing behavior is another. My argument is that all of the slow down in usage (i.e. Apple's iOS changes, younger demographics ditching FB and Instagram for TikTok) would all have happened even if none of this reporting happened. And, on a personal anecdotal level, I use Facebook less because the experience just has gotten so shitty and tiresome. Having lots of experience in the "usage optimization" industry, I think there is a real danger Facebook optimizes for the short term (outrage! scrolls! clicks!), but at some point many of us just get tired of outrage. Again, that trap was likely to happen even without any reporting.