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WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram are places for people to communicate without review. Facebook is a place for a corporation to decide what you see, regardless of
by parkingrift 4y ago
WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram are places for people to communicate without review.
Facebook is a place for a corporation to decide what you see, regardless of the impact on society. Maximum engagement at all costs.
I would be happy to see Facebook revert to their original feed which only showed you content from your direct friends and in reverse chronological order. Facebook is indistinguishable from opinion journalism but they’re allowed to masquerade as a social media site to avoid being treated as the news publisher they undeniably act as.
- whimsicalism 4y ago> A company with billions of users that is routinely used to destabilize democracy and spread propaganda. People criticize Whatsapp for this same thing even though it is merely messaging. Whatsapp is owned by FB. But okay, your problem is with the algorithmic feed - that is a good distinction. I will say that there seems to be substantial consumer appetite for algo feed given the success of TikTok. It also seems natural to me that they would want to maximize engagement - this is a proxy for the value that the user gets out of the platform.