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Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by briandear on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:57PM (#18456956)
Exactly this! Once Facebook became a broadcast medium, their responsibility changed. They don’t need to police me taking to my friends. But when content literally can travel around the world to millions in an instant, they have a very real responsibility that can’t be shrugged off.

If they are going to take the role of curator — which they have via their newsfeed algos, then they have become something other than a friend-to-friend sharing platform and they assume the responsibilities therein.

Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by gowld on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:28AM (#18459972)
Does Facebook need to police your friends talking to their friends? And those friends talking to their friends? That's all "virality" means. People (on average) are garbage, and Facebook empowers people. If Facebook is wrong, maybe Noah and is Ark are the only ones who were right.
Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by Draiken on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:02AM (#18460290)
The problem is not that they need to police people's interactions. But they take (a big) part in deciding which interactions to display to each person and insert their interests in the middle of them.

That needs to be moderated.