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Facebook is planning to rebrand with a new name
The tech giant wants to be known for more than social media’s ills.
www.theverge.com
Problem solved?
No. The direction of FB has always been at the behest of the customers: advertisers, research institutions, governments. The problem is that FB devs always wanted to show off their can-do attitude and abilities, and they made a product that is socially destructive and psychologically harmful. Also, the devs only ever gave a shit about users as far as ROI was concerned.Do you really think the corporate culture at Facebook would change without Zuckerberg?
No. The time to steer Facebook into a less malicious enterprise, or at least make it harmless, was years ago, Facebook has already become yet another soulless money-oriented automata much like every other company that has a douchebag leader or one that had a leader too weak to handle growth and impose his own values. Everyone inside Facebook is steering the boat like those AIs you see in youtube that are built around a couple of simple parameters to drive around a 2D track or jump over obstacles: more money is good, do action that brings more money. Reduced money? BAD!!!Do you really think the corporate culture at Facebook would change without Zuckerberg?
The problem isn't facebook, it is the idiots that use it.
another fucking retarded take from Norton. You should really donate your body to science and put your kids up for adoption so the medical community can figure out why you're such a retardThe problem isn't facebook, it is the idiots that use it.
The problem isn't facebook, it is the idiots that use it.
another fucking retarded take from Norton. You should really donate your body to science and put your kids up for adoption so the medical community can figure out why you're such a retard
Well, he's got a point tho. The people on FB are the ones that keep posting the insipid bullshit, antivaxx shit, pro trumpy propaganda. They are the ones that blindly and mindlessly share "MY MOM SENT ME THIS SHE GOT FROM HER COUSIN ABOUT THE NEW ABORTION LAWS" posts and shit.another fucking retarded take from Norton. You should really donate your body to science and put your kids up for adoption so the medical community can figure out why you're such a retard
I mean...
...I kinda...
...agree with norton.
Are people to blame when others take advantage of them?
There is an argument to be made that given the known “evil” of Facebook that people should stop using their services.
Legally no, but I can certainly question decisions that made them an easier target. Although I'm not seeing the connection between people posting on Facebook.
What are those evils?
Here's the thing... I don't have a facebook (even before I was eligable for an account before they were available to everyone). Not my thing.
My GF has an account. She doesn't get nearly any of the filth you guys talk about. She doesn't engage with idiots on facebook, so it doesn't send her that shit. She doesn't "Like" anything or Dislike anything. She doesn't tell the idiots how dumb and racist they are.
So her feed is 49%:
Pictures of other people's kids.
Weird Consumer Products
Animal Videos
Another 50% is marketplace stuff.
That leaves just 1% of the crap.