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https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.
Seems like the Senator was asking if they would commit to preventing secondary accounts used by adolescents. Which is hard but far from impossible.
https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.
Seems like the Senator was asking if they would commit to preventing secondary accounts used by adolescents. Which is hard but far from impossible.
Instead of "blasting" how about regulating it? Social media has proven time and again they are unwilling to do the right thing. They perform human experimentation and must be regulated for public safety. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... It is an on going activity.
Ban algorithmic content curation. If a product is going to have a "featured" section or "watch next" or whatever, that should have to come from a human editor who can be held accountable for their choices. This would force huge changes in a lot of services, but ultimately I think we've learned that engagement algorithms drive toxic feedback loops and echo chambers that their creators are not proud of. This outcome in inherent to any function that maximizes engagement, so we just have to stop.
Ban one-bit reactions; ie. no like buttons that get people addicted to the high of "crowd approval." Just allow comments.
Ban ad-targeting based on any protected class (age, race, gender).
Make those requirements kick in for any app with greater than $10M ARR or 50,000 DAU.
https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.
To what degree should companies be responsible for goods which, without structured or disciplined use leads to harm, especially when the good in question has an apparently reasonable use case?
You mean like alcohol? companies can definitely get in trouble if they overserve or serve minors.
https://twitter.com/morroweric/status/1443628623576109065 > Sen. Blumenthal asks Facebook "Will you commit to ending Finsta?" > Facebook's safety chief has to explain that Finsta is slang for a fake account. Sigh.
All else being equal people vote for candidates like them and older people turn out to vote at a much higher rate than young people. If you want you representatives to actually understand the world they are tasked with leading or want them to at least have consider how their decisions will personally affect them a decade in the future, you need to vote and convince your peers to vote. It is especially important to vote in primaries due to the US's two party system.
I'm wondering what kids historically said about glamour magazines.
Instead of "blasting" how about regulating it? Social media has proven time and again they are unwilling to do the right thing. They perform human experimentation and must be regulated for public safety. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... It is an on going activity.
Instead of "blasting" how about regulating it? Social media has proven time and again they are unwilling to do the right thing. They perform human experimentation and must be regulated for public safety. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... It is an on going activity.
How do you suppose that happens? First you need fact finding, which happens in the background, and soundboarding, which is what this is. It looks like a circus, because it, in part, sort of is. The Senate is gauging to what degree the public cares about this. If prioritizing this issue will bring them votes when they go to campaign on it.