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> It's a problem when you want it to happen over the wellbeing of the users, so unless you think getting people to communicate with their friends and families i

> It's a problem when you want it to happen over the wellbeing of the users, so unless you think getting people to communicate with their friends and families is as bad as smoking, it doesn't seem to be the same thing. Facebook thinks its pretty bad: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22701445/facebook-instagram-mental-health-research-pdfs-documents https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22701445/facebook-instagr... I don't know that it is worse than cancer. Lets hope not. Strange yardstick.

bryan_w 4y ago
High level: "We know Facebook executives believe that the company has positive overall benefits for the world" And it was you that originally brought up cigarettes
- recuter 4y ago
  “We know Facebook executives believe that the company has positive overall benefits for the world, and we also know that they are meticulous students of their own data,” Newton wrote on Tuesday. “It’s hard to understand why, if the data is so positive, Facebook is often so reluctant to share it.” Please don't take things out of context. The authors really actually are claiming that Facebook knows it is harmful and knew all along - disagree with them if you want but don't rewrite their position.