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I don't think that will help. The problem isn't Facebook. The problem is us . People. Humans. We're too prone to addictive behaviors. We're too prone to believe what we want to believe. And at least some of us are too willing to exploit a medium to manipulate the behavior of others. A non-profit won't change any of that. People will still become addicted to it; it will still propagate fake news; and people will still…
Sure, human nature won't change. But when the incentives are aligned differently, the overall behavior of such a system could indeed affect humans differently. Right now, the goal is eyeballs glued to the page, and thus the algorithms deep down find the most clicky/sticky things to put in front of your eyes. If the goals were different, such a network might instead encourage different behaviors, like actually not usi…
Re: Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook?
#101True enough. And if it's less addictive, so people are on it less, then maybe there is less incentive for people to try to exploit it to manipulate users...