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Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by philwelch on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:36AM (#18457559)
> It IS a new communications medium, but very unlike those before it. Its a medium that allows rapid propagation of both information and misinformation. Its sold as a family-friendly media to connect with those you love and care but ends up as a firehose of targeted ad consumption.

You could literally say the exact same things about the postal service.

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Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by pm90 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:48AM (#18457604)
> You could literally say the exact same things about the postal service.

I don't think so. Its the "rapid propagation" part that makes it different from the postal service.

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Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by edanm on Thursday November 15, 2018 @03:16AM (#18457702)
Fine. Then television. Or phones. Or email or the internet.
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