Re:Facebook’s Hyperpartisan Political-Media Machine (2016)
by coffeymug on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:21PM
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Unintentionally gigantic? I really kind of thought the first order of business was to make that social media platform into a giant.
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Re:Facebook’s Hyperpartisan Political-Media Machine (2016)
by gillianlish on Sunday March 19, 2017 @06:01PM
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well fuck me sideways, i thought the purpose of technology was to enoble the human condition, lift up society, and make our civilization better for the future generations. didnt realize that corporations profit margin is the only possible good to come out of technology.
Re:Facebook’s Hyperpartisan Political-Media Machine (2016)
by Sunset on Sunday March 19, 2017 @06:21PM
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Technology does not have purpose. We use technology to our own ends.
Re:Facebook’s Hyperpartisan Political-Media Machine (2016)
by pdonis on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:05PM
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> i thought the purpose of technology was to enoble the human condition, lift up society, and make our civilization better for the future generations
The question is whether that is the purpose of Facebook. I don't think it is; I think the purpose of Facebook is to become a social media giant, as coffeymug said. Technology for Facebook is just a means to that end.