That’s my kids, although Facebook is still used. But Instagram is used more.
Just as a point of information: Instagram is wholly-owned by… Facebook Inc.
Yes that’s why I said
I still think Instagram is a fair bit healthier than FB proper, since it’s more about “look at this picture of a cool thing!” and a lot less “let your family share their latest snopes clickbait with you!”
According to two sources with direct knowledge of the company’s decision-making, Facebook executives conducted a wide-ranging review of products and policies earlier this year, with the goal of eliminating any appearance of political bias. One source said high-ranking officials were briefed on a planned News Feed update that would have identified fake or hoax news stories, but disproportionately impacted right-wing news sites by downgrading or removing that content from people’s feeds. According to the source, the update was shelved and never released to the public. It’s unclear if the update had other deficiencies that caused it to be scrubbed.
“They absolutely have the tools to shut down fake news,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous citing fear of retribution from the company. The source added, “there was a lot of fear about upsetting conservatives after Trending Topics,” and that “a lot of product decisions got caught up in that.
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Oh, but I am. I am. Muhahahahaha!
Facebook (FB) is being accused of inadvertently helping Islamist extremists connect and recruit new members. A new report in The Telegraph cites research suggesting that the social media giant connected and introduced thousands of extremists through its “suggested friends” feature. One writer who spoke to CBSN says “it’s cause for concern.”
I saw this, and even someone like me who hates Facebook with the fire of a thousand suns, can’t figure how connecting people with the same “interests” could really be their fault. These people were inevitably going to find each other easier in the era of pervasive human connection, Facebook or not.
Downside of infinite, always on connectivity between humans.
I mean when you can easily make a white supremacy group on Facebook, it’s gonna happen.
It’ll notice that all these people like or follow a similar groups and start suggesting them.
Call me crazy, but the problem is probably allowing the white supremacy/racist Facebook groups. But fixing that would require moderation and probably money, so fuck all that noise.
And I’ve reported these groups to Facebook and get a response that they don’t violate any terms of service.
I thought the internal memo was that connecting people IS THE greatest good even if it results in murder or terrorism. Facebook is just pursuing Aristotle’s Eudaimonia.
Surely the US (and other?) govs are paying FB $$ to give them a regularly updated list of people matching their favorite “extremist” profile. Click here to join this group (and get on the watchlist).
That would make perfect sense.
This Visual Design Shows It’s Too Long/Boring To Read All Terms of Your Social Apps
The Russian government-linked troll group indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller in February targeted more parts of the American population than had previously been reported, documents released Thursday by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee show.
The release includes more than 3,000 Facebook and Instagram ads purchased by the troll group, known as the Internet Research Agency, between 2015 and 2017. The committee had previously released only a few dozen ads, making Thursday’s disclosure the most comprehensive insight into the trolls’ paid online activity that is publicly available.
The only real answer is to end Facebook now. Or educate the public on how just because something is on the internet it isn’t necessarily real. Nah…the public is to stupid for that.
I tried doing that for years with people who had a medical degrees and failed.
“I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me a much more selective person than someone who doesn’t believe anything.”
Zuckerberg has a real FOMO issue.
First he spent $2 billion buying Oculus at the height of their hype and before the VR market fizzled. Now he’s going to invest who knows how much into cryptocurrency.