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> Meta is now publicly calling people terrorists No, it is not. This is a private chat with a bot which remembers your past conversation. This is not any more

> Meta is now publicly calling people terrorists No, it is not. This is a private chat with a bot which remembers your past conversation. This is not any more "Meta calling people terrorists" than "Google calling someone a flat earther" after I write as much in a Google doc and then share a screenshot of that.

dinkledunk 4y ago
- ShamelessC 4y ago
  No, it’s not. It’s not a product, it’s a demo of research. You’ve been tricked by someone trying to rile up an internet mob. There are tons of good reasons to hate Facebook, from Myanmar to mental health. But _this_, isn’t a good reason to hate Facebook. It is a weak grasping at straws and reflects a poor understanding of the underlying tech. Happens to the best of us.
  - dinkledunk 4y ago
    edit: @dang has decided not to let me respond to any comments. Since I'm no longer able to reply, I'll just remove my comments. "You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks."
    - ShamelessC 4y ago
      > This is no different than if Meta published a website which told you all these things after clicking a few links They definitely already do that - make it trivial to find misinformation online. It has effectively ruined democracy. This has a big disclaimer on it about how it is likely to produce misinformation and shouldn’t be used in any serious contexts. Hardly the same.
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    - dang 4y ago
      You did this in multiple places—that's not cool. Since you've already been breaking the site guidelines in other comments too, I've banned the account. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with. New accounts are rate-limited by default, btw. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  I just went to Google translate, configured it to translate from English to Dutch, and typed in "Don Hopkins is a terrorist!" and it said "Don Hopkins is een terrorist!" Do you think I have grounds to get hysterical and sue google?

dinkledunk 4y ago

ShamelessC 4y ago
No, it’s not. It’s not a product, it’s a demo of research. You’ve been tricked by someone trying to rile up an internet mob. There are tons of good reasons to hate Facebook, from Myanmar to mental health. But _this_, isn’t a good reason to hate Facebook. It is a weak grasping at straws and reflects a poor understanding of the underlying tech. Happens to the best of us.
- dinkledunk 4y ago
  edit: @dang has decided not to let me respond to any comments. Since I'm no longer able to reply, I'll just remove my comments. "You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks."
  - ShamelessC 4y ago
    > This is no different than if Meta published a website which told you all these things after clicking a few links They definitely already do that - make it trivial to find misinformation online. It has effectively ruined democracy. This has a big disclaimer on it about how it is likely to produce misinformation and shouldn’t be used in any serious contexts. Hardly the same.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
    You did this in multiple places—that's not cool. Since you've already been breaking the site guidelines in other comments too, I've banned the account. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with. New accounts are rate-limited by default, btw. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
DonHopkins 4y ago
I just went to Google translate, configured it to translate from English to Dutch, and typed in "Don Hopkins is a terrorist!" and it said "Don Hopkins is een terrorist!" Do you think I have grounds to get hysterical and sue google?