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Maybe expectations are changing, but I consider a Facebook page almost akin to a public forum now for better or for worse.
by palidanx 13y ago
Maybe expectations are changing, but I consider a Facebook page almost akin to a public forum now for better or for worse.
- wiml 13y agoIt feels kind of like a public forum, but it really, really isn't. Facebook owns it, and has complete say over how you use it. It's "private property", despite being open to the public --- there are very few public spaces online (probably because it's really hard to monetize public space). To a lesser extent, the congressman owns his FB page. You're a guest. You shouldn't let yourself be fooled into thinking you have any kind of rights on Facebook. It's obviously a kinda shitty thing for the congressman to do (unless you were being really disruptive in the comments somehow), but other than getting the attention of a bunch ofhis other constituents I don't see what you can do to make him think it's worth listening to you.
- palidanx 13y agoYea I was thinking if my comments were 'troll like', but upon reflection I just disagreed with some of his posts. You are right that at the end of the day it is 'his' Facebook page and he can do what he wants. I guess the tradeoff of having a perfectly curated page is disappointing some of your constituents.