Facebook users in Romania see content related to street protests reviewed

Post by MrPatan » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 10:02 AM UTC

owebmaster wrote: post #269

ryandrake wrote: post #267

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Opt out. Nobody is forcing you to use Facebook. If you think it’s poison, don’t use it. The rest of the Internet is still here, trust me!

> Nobody is forcing you to use Facebook. EVERY zombie contact of mine contaminated by Facebook is forcing me to use it. This argument is a fallacy as FB is everywhere. The rest of the internet IS NOT still here as almost all content creators are hooked or moving to facebook, youtube and instagram. The only "opt out" available is to tear it down.

Post by salvar » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 10:24 AM UTC

simonh wrote: post #254

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>A couple of years back I was enthusiastic about the rise of social media for informing and coordinating citizens to fight injustice. Now that I'm older and wiser, I can tell you that no evolution or revolution can happen because of Facebook, only regression. Facebook is poison. I'll add to that. The internet is a great tool for coordinating citizens, spreading information, and fighting injustice. Having facebook , o…

Without Capitalism we wouldn’t have anything like Facebook or Twitter. These services don’t control ‘the’ flow of information, they are entirely additive to what we had before. Arguing that we have worse options for communication now is bizarre. So what is the non capitalist alternative? State controlled social media services? Really? That would be a better option in Romania right now? Facebook is far from perfect, I…

Post by icelancer » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 10:32 AM UTC

hrasyid wrote: post #212

mkempe wrote: post #200

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It's an example of manipulation. Facebook removed an important item from my "news feed."

Did they arrange it so that you didn't see that post (why would they?), or did you just miss seeing it, or is it just ranked poorly by their algorithm? Seems like there's a lot of possible explanations, it doesn't seem obvious to me that it's Facebook's fault/

Post by mschuster91 » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 10:39 AM UTC

confounded wrote: post #165

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Violence? Drag his body down the street? Attacking innocent people until everyone does what you say? Those groups get labelled terrorist. That is the difference between a first world country and a second or third. Some people may hate trump but they also know in a few years people will have the option of voting for someone else. When you change leaders by dragging them down a street you get the types of leaders who w…

> Violence? Drag his body down the street? Attacking innocent people until everyone does what you say? Those groups get labelled terrorist. Or, an ICE agent, police officer, border agent, private security guard, etc. etc.

Post by sandinmytea » Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 10:47 AM UTC

jacobr wrote: post #271

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Without Capitalism we wouldn’t have anything like Facebook or Twitter. These services don’t control ‘the’ flow of information, they are entirely additive to what we had before. Arguing that we have worse options for communication now is bizarre. So what is the non capitalist alternative? State controlled social media services? Really? That would be a better option in Romania right now? Facebook is far from perfect, I…

> So what is the non capitalist alternative? State controlled social media services? The alternative is not state controlled media, but rather anything other than an oligopoly. For several reasons it overtook IRC, personal websites, etc, but alternatives are not unthinkable.