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Re:Facebook’s algorithm isn’t surfacing one-third of Chicago... by ganfortran on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @08:37AM (#14147262)
Big business loves censorship, they go straight demands it if not offered, look at the Youtube boycott that is happening right now. They are surely not fan of FOSS or freedom of speech.
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Re:Facebook’s algorithm isn’t surfacing one-third of Chicago... by chatmasta on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:09AM (#14147419)
They love it until it causes them to lose control over distribution or user retention/acquisition. See: "native articles" and how poorly received they were by news publishers.
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Re:Facebook’s algorithm isn’t surfacing one-third of Chicago... by rm_-rf_slash on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:51AM (#14147678)
Business likes anything that helps profits, and hates anything that hurts profits.

The threat of communist takeover permeated most of the 20th century as the ultimate threat for private enterprise, but the military-industrial-complex had a wonderful time.

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