In Bangladesh, the majority of e-commerce now happens on Facebook
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#2Power is ability to make people do what you want. It can be measured in money. Facebook has lots of it, like it or not.
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#3We must put an end to gatekeeping behavior.
The free market has its flaws but having your market (or your entire economy!) regulated by a large corporation really is the worst of both worlds.
Re: In Bangladesh, the majority of e-commerce now happens on Facebook
#4Power is ability to make people do what you want. It can be measured in money. Facebook has lots of it, like it or not.
The article falsifies your assumption about Facebook’s strategy and tactics in Bangladesh:
> The wording was intended to circumvent a Facebook algorithm that, to prevent wildlife trafficking, automatically takes down posts with “buy” or “sell” in the description.
Re: In Bangladesh, the majority of e-commerce now happens on Facebook
#5We must put an end to gatekeeping behavior. The free market has its flaws but having your market (or your entire economy!) regulated by a large corporation really is the worst of both worlds.
Facebook is the only opportunity at being market participants these people have, with its incredible low barrier to entry.
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#6Power is ability to make people do what you want. It can be measured in money. Facebook has lots of it, like it or not.
The article falsifies your assumption about Facebook’s strategy and tactics in Bangladesh: > The wording was intended to circumvent a Facebook algorithm that, to prevent wildlife trafficking, automatically takes down posts with “buy” or “sell” in the description.
That's because Facebook obviously does not care. They remove the "buy" or "sell" posts due to laws, not because they themselves have issues with wildlife trafficking.
If FB did care, they'd not have a problem shutting it down until you have to go into really obscure code to pass by their systems, at which point it gets useless, because that code isn't known by the other side.
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#7In a way it's definitely fascinating to see how enterprising people have taken advantage of available resources to set up business ventures
But I can't deny it's all a little concerning. The stuff about exploiting animals, insecurities (the fairness cream stuff), skirting government regulations (wonder what led to the credit card restrictions) etc. Then again, I can't pretend to know about the life of a Bangladeshi so though I may silently judge, I admit it is borne of ignorance
I'm unaware of the local startup scene but I hope in a similar vein to Flipkart in India, someone starts a way for these people to move away from the controlling influence of Facebook and sell on more regulated spaces
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#8I think that this is extremely bad to rely on large corporation lik FB to control the economy.
But,i also think that it is not the mistake of people because they are forced to sell like this by society.
Imagine selling items to people on Unknown Social Media Platform in Bangladesh. Is it possible? No, because people are not using it. FB is popular for selling because, society uses it more than other platforms in Bangladesh.
So,some other third party E-Mart company(other than FB) probably of their country should notice it and solve the platform. Government's help can also be of great use.
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#9We must put an end to gatekeeping behavior. The free market has its flaws but having your market (or your entire economy!) regulated by a large corporation really is the worst of both worlds.
The word 'regulation' implies some sort of rather severe punishment if you disregard it. Technically speaking I don't think there is a law (or regulation, either) on the books on my country so minor that I couldn't theoretically get arrested or have all my assets taken away from me if I absolutely, publicly, and persistently refuse to follow it. Even practically speaking, I'm not sure how far disobediance can be pushed. Not far, I suspect, on an individual level.
Facebook doesn't have anywhere near the power of a regulator. Not even the same conversation. No link at all. If the best deal isn't on Facebook people will go elsewhere.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article falsifies your assumption about Facebook’s strategy and tactics in Bangladesh: > The wording was intended to circumvent a Facebook algorithm that, to prevent wildlife trafficking, automatically takes down posts with “buy” or “sell” in the description.
That's because Facebook obviously does not care. They remove the "buy" or "sell" posts due to laws, not because they themselves have issues with wildlife trafficking. If FB did care, they'd not have a problem shutting it down until you have to go into really obscure code to pass by their systems, at which point it gets useless, because that code isn't known by the other side.
> That's because Facebook obviously does not care.
I seem to lack the ability to see what you find obvious. Perhaps we differ in what counts as supporting evidence or maybe our starting assumptions are drastically different.