I’m so tired of Facebook’s irresponsible behavior. I sold my FB stock even though I still believe it’ll go up, I just can’t participate in their bullshit.
Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
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Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#12Thanks but I’d rather decide what’s misinformation for myself.
My thoughts exactly. I can't believe anyone is advocating for censorship regardless of the accuracy of the content.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#13I’m not spending time reading a salon article, but I’m willing to bet money that their definition of “repeat misinformer” is total bullshit.
Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN.
Edit: you've unfortunately been breaking the site guidelines so often that I think we need to ban this account. If you don't want to be banned on HN, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you've read the guidelines and genuinely want to use the site as intended.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#14Thanks but I’d rather decide what’s misinformation for myself.
Me too, but most people can't be trusted to decide for themselves and are lead to believe crazy shit only because it brings ad revenue in the best case, because of interests of bad actors in the worst.
Where to draw the line is the point of the discussion, because the democracy of the viral nonsense is causing more damage than a straight up dictatorship, IMO.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#15lol - "repeat misinformers" Ministry of Truth indeed. Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning, not as a flipping implementation guide.
Please don't post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN, even when something feels Orwellian. It doesn't help.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#16And who determines what is “misinformation”?
For content displayed on the facebook.com website, Facebook makes this determination.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#17Thanks but I’d rather decide what’s misinformation for myself.
Me too, but most people can't be trusted to decide for themselves and are lead to believe crazy shit only because it brings ad revenue in the best case, because of interests of bad actors in the worst. Where to draw the line is the point of the discussion, because the democracy of the viral nonsense is causing more damage than a straight up dictatorship, IMO.
It's supremely arrogant to believe that you can decide for yourself, but "most people can't be trusted to decide for themselves".
Let people make their own decisions.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#18Thanks but I’d rather decide what’s misinformation for myself.
Me too, but most people can't be trusted to decide for themselves and are lead to believe crazy shit only because it brings ad revenue in the best case, because of interests of bad actors in the worst. Where to draw the line is the point of the discussion, because the democracy of the viral nonsense is causing more damage than a straight up dictatorship, IMO.
This view, though probably correct, is incompatible with democracy. We can't have rule by the people if the people aren't capable of ruling themselves. I still believe democracy is the best way forward, but it depends on critical thinking and there seems to be a decline in that area recently.
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#19And who determines what is “misinformation”?
Who will guard the guards?
Well, in the West we came up with these nice concepts of the separation of power, checks and balances, democracy.
But as neither nationalization of a large tech company such as Facebook nor giving it a monopoly over information seems desirable, why don’t we just agree that it should stay out of this completely.
Re: Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't
#20What happened to the wisdom of "don't believe what you read on the internet"? There used to be a general skepticism that existed alongside the internet when I was a kid. I think people still remember this for the most part and the war on 'misinformation' is essentially a battle of opinions and ideas, no facts.