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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by EpicEng on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @10:57AM (#16483787)
>society will be forced to shift in a more liberal direction and stop judging people

Really? This hasn't been my experience at all. FB can be just as toxic as e.g. a youtube comment section, and what I see more often than not is people self selecting based on who agrees with them nearly 100% of the time.

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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by whatshisface on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:01AM (#16483814)
Right, but the theory (which I'm arguing against, see above), is that if economic rewards are grafted on to the social side then people will become more open so that they can become more economically successful. Youtube comments and today's FB aren't economic - there are few incentives against bubbling yourself beyond personal gratification.
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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by EpicEng on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @12:12PM (#16484586)
Sorry, poor wording on my part. I didn't mean to imply you were supporting that theory, I had never heard it before and was just shocked that _anyone_ believes it.
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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by space_fountain on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @10:59AM (#16483797)
Ops point seems to be exactly that that is the most likely outcome rather than the nicer sounding alternative.
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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by EpicEng on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @12:12PM (#16484576)
Sure, I didn't mean to imply that OP was buying into it, I'm just a bit shocked that _anyone_ believes that.
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