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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by Bud on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:17PM (#12923894)
You're right. Telling bullies "no" does risk that other bullies will leave your site. But that risk is already there.

And Facebook is already seen as political; that ship has sailed.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by gph on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:28PM (#12924009)
>And Facebook is already seen as political; that ship has sailed.

I don't think that's true. Certainly the extremes on each side will say that. But I think everyone in the middle doesn't. I don't. Certainly not in the same way as I see Fox News/CNN/MSNBC as political.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by Bud on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:22PM (#12924492)
We're only talking about the extremes. We're talking about spurious pressure from alt-right media.
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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by dotnetisnotdead on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:57PM (#12924829)
It's funny that you don't think people marching in the streets, blocking traffic, screaming obscenities and destroying things right now aren't bullies.
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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by knowaveragejoe on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:49PM (#12925304)
I think you're inferring something here that was never explicitly stated.
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