Re:Google and Facebook Have Failed Us
by unabst on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:42AM
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You've summed up the age of facebook brilliantly.
> People need to make up their own minds regarding what is true and what isn't, what's worth their time and what's bullshit, which links to click on and which to avoid.
This is exactly what everyone is doing, and exactly the problem.
> we need to spend more money on education
And this is what many agree we need.
> or just accept that some people disagree with us.
And this is exactly what many have settled for since Trump took office.
> aggressively filtering "untrustworthy" content will lead to a net benefit.
It will lead to the Nightly News. But I the people have spoken already. They prefer Facebook. They prefer making up their own minds regarding what is true and what isn't.
> People need to make up their own minds regarding what is true and what isn't, what's worth their time and what's bullshit, which links to click on and which to avoid.
This is exactly what everyone is doing, and exactly the problem.
> we need to spend more money on education
And this is what many agree we need.
> or just accept that some people disagree with us.
And this is exactly what many have settled for since Trump took office.
> aggressively filtering "untrustworthy" content will lead to a net benefit.
It will lead to the Nightly News. But I the people have spoken already. They prefer Facebook. They prefer making up their own minds regarding what is true and what isn't.