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This actually made our neighbourhood and local politics Facebook groups more tolerable (which is the only reason I still use it once a week). It was basically 2
by kredd 3y ago
This actually made our neighbourhood and local politics Facebook groups more tolerable (which is the only reason I still use it once a week). It was basically 24/7 ragebait articles being shared around anyways, since that’s the only way of gathering large-scale engagement.
- j45 3y agoEspecially the comment sections, felt like the first time people discovered trolling on internet forums.
- elemos 3y agoThe cool thing about humanity is it’s almost always someone’s first time.
- barbazoo 3y ago> local politics Facebook group I can't even imagine why someone would voluntarily participate in something like that. You must be among am exceptional group of people. :)
- whstl 3y agoI'm not Canadian (nor American), but I used a few back in the day when I had Facebook. It was actually not that bad when people used those groups for local politics only. When it becomes too partisan then it's unbearable, but moderators can squash that.
- jprete 3y agoI think that requires the moderators to be willing to do so, both in the sense that they are inclined to strongly moderate the group, and in the sense that they aren’t themselves getting an emotional high out of the ragebait.
- kredd 3y agoFastest way to get information regarding street closures, city events, infrastructure upgrades and etc. At least in my city 80% of the people in the group sound reasonable, so it’s fun Saturday morning reads. Most of the toxicity comes from larger political groups, and yeah, agreed they are absolutely trash.
- lolinder 3y agoI would assume that they don't mean "local group discussing national politics", but "local group discussing local politics". Think city councils and mayors. At least where I'm at, local politics is the only sane politics left. It helps that in my city we don't have a party system at the local level, so candidates have to run on their own platform instead of on party affiliation.
- montroser 3y agoOkay, fine, but do you really want your government to be moderating your Facebook conversations about your government?
- mitthrowaway2 3y agoThe government isn't moderating Facebook conversations about the government.