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Scroll down to the bottom of page, you'll see "Facebook © 2019"
Probably just re-using a footer component which wasn't updated yet
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#13Build a more personalized news experience? Hide publishers you're not interested in? Don't people from facebook see this'd increase the already existing polarization and information bubbles?
> Don't people from facebook see this'd increase the already existing polarization and information bubbles?
Facebook isn't optimizing for the preservation of democratic norms or decrease of polarization; they're optimizing for eyeballs, time, and attention (which obviously translates to money).
To answer your question, they may not see it because they don't care, and if they do see it, they still don't care as that's not their KPI.
(Disclaimer: I'm not talking about specific employees but rather the company as an organization)
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#14Just in time for the official launch of https://upstract.com later this week.
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#17Build a more personalized news experience? Hide publishers you're not interested in? Don't people from facebook see this'd increase the already existing polarization and information bubbles?
Literally the first thought which popped in my head.
Agreed - first thought that popped into my head. Second thought: Wait, don't I do that already? I mean - there are certain news sources that I explicitly avoid (or at least, don't trust at all). Others that I check all the time and trust a lot. Then there's a slew in between that I check periodically and somewhat trust.
As much as my knee jerk reaction is against this, I also am asking myself: how's it really different from my own behavior? (and should I re-evaluate my own behavior).
Edit: Spelling/grammar.
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#18Wow that landing page has an animated marquee sort of banner (a bunch of company logos sliding across horizontally), and instead of using CSS transforms, they've done it with a 23mb gif.
Really curious as to why.
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#19And of course I'm greeted by a non-compliant GDPR popup.
Interesting. I didn't even get a popup.
I checked the local storage for the site and they have stored exactly 0 bytes. Given FBs reputation, I'm quite surprised!
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#20Wow that landing page has an animated marquee sort of banner (a bunch of company logos sliding across horizontally), and instead of using CSS transforms, they've done it with a 23mb gif. Really curious as to why.
Haha, it's janky and cropping parts of some logotypes too. Totally against the otherwise smooth animations and style in the rest of the page. It looks bolted on and I wouldn't be surprised it was a late decision to showcase some publishers and added by non web devs...