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In what way did your life get worse because of Facebook?
by DantesKite 5y ago
In what way did your life get worse because of Facebook?
- ahevia 5y agoI no longer speak to several family members because they were radicalized thanks to information & groups that Facebook fed to them. Is it FB’s fault that they fell for it? No. Is it FB’s fault for recommending them very obvious QAnon groups? Yes. Especially since Facebook was aware of the misinformation on its platform: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-documents-misinformation-failed-to-act/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-documents-misinformati... Or you can ask the victims of the genocide enabled by Facebook: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo... I’m glad it seemingly hasn’t effected you, but doesn’t mean others don’t feel that impact.
- tmule 5y agoSomewhat tangential: It’s a reflection of how weak family ties in the west are. Politics almost never rends families apart in the rest of the world.
- werber 5y agoIt curates the presentation of people in your life to maximize their profit, not your happiness. Actual problems aside, that’s not a friend I want