Well that's funny. I cannot find the picture anywhere. I even tried disabling uBlock and then was promptly reminded of why I use it.
“Dear Mark. I am writing this to inform you that I shall not comply”
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#22You're a serf on the content farm, begging your lord for a favor.
At least he knows who the lord is and in principle the lord can set things straight. A step above complaining to the void or casting a throwaway vote.
Similar situation with Saddam or Gaddafi really. I don't understand why people were so upset with them.
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#23A VIP reason to have popular alternatives to services like those provided by the likes of Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter that are not controlled by monster corporations.
A very important person reason?
Also, I think the actual problem isn't these corporations, it's ultimately the governments of the world.
Even if the major social networks allow something highly controversial to remain, sooner or later they may be required by the government to take it down. Even someone as big as Apple will have trouble standing their ground, as was shown recently.
The government and the law is what's supposed to protect people's right to information and free speech, yet they are also the ultimate source of censorship.
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#24> "Facebook is for the pleasure and benefit of the whole world, myself included, on a number of levels." Wrong. Facebook is for making money. If providing users with pleasure or benefits makes them money, then that's lucky for the users. > "Facebook has become a world-leading platform for spreading information, for debate and for social contact between persons. You have gained this position because you deserve it." A…
I don't know if I agree with the outrage at Facebook. They are out to make money. They can make more money if they avoid controversy and keep their site a place that brands like to be associated with. It results in corporate censorship for sure, but is it Facebook's responsibility to provide a censorship free platform?
I fully agree with people taking note and becoming aware that Facebook is simply a business providing them a service and not a benevolent social network uniting the world.
But until people are willing to get upset enough about issues like this to leave Facebook, they really have no incentive to change. It's a reflection on society more than on one company. Like it or not, we use Facebook because we like it, it provides a service we're happy to consume. If we're happy and the advertisers are happy why would they care about these sorts of things?
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#25I wonder what the solution to this is. From what I know about reviewing reports about content, it's basically a case of someone reporting the post, then the report being farmed to reviewers, then the reviewers can check the post and I optionally the context to either kill the post or leave it alone.
That means your post is one of hundreds this person sees that day and their guidance is likely "no genitalia, no nipples, and definitely never any naked children". So they act accordingly.
So what's the ideal path from here? Do you educate them about art? What's the line after that? Is this photo ok? What about the famous album cover? What about private party pictures? Etc. Can we even describe a reasonable line? Do we expect them to reverse image search every single photo for context? (Not many people could recognise that photo on its own) How many more people would be needed for clarification? What's the incentive to get them?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least he knows who the lord is and in principle the lord can set things straight. A step above complaining to the void or casting a throwaway vote.
Similar situation with Saddam or Gaddafi really. I don't understand why people were so upset with them.
So you are saying that Mark Zuckerberg is a dictator and no one has the freedom to leave his rule?
This is so different, if you don't like Facebook use a competitors service. If a good one doesn't exist that lines up with your moral aspirations create one. But under Saddam and Gaddafi, you don't like them, keep quiet or you might disappear, if the wrong person over hears you.
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#27Well that's funny. I cannot find the picture anywhere. I even tried disabling uBlock and then was promptly reminded of why I use it.
The picture appear numerous times in the article. If disabling uBlock still didn't let you see it, then you've got some issues with your browser.
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#28Facebook - context oblivious censorship on the other hand - reality-bubble forming curator algorithms on the other. Somehow the term "negative feedback loop" comes to mind every time Facebooks mechanisms to filter and market content is brought forth. I don't think internet search engines should try to be helpful. Guessing what the recipient would like to see removes chance for serendipity and creates and information…
Facebook hasn't been filtering their trending news for about a week now, and in that time some of the top stories have been
- A man having sex with a chicken sandwich
- A fake story about Fox News firing Ann Coulter
- A fake article about the iphone 8, claiming tim cook said Siri is going to do your chores for you.
So yeah maybe the people were kinda needed?
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#29I'm posting mostly just to make the chorus louder. This was a well-thought out, articulate criticism of Facebook's policy.
It's relevant to free-speech, art, censorship, the means of production, etc., and the fact that Facebook plays a role underscores their power, and why this matters.
It a slippery slope when policy fails to achieve an appropriate, nuanced perspective.
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#30Am I the only one getting a 404 for the image in question?
Yeah, all the images on the page look hard down for me.