Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp...
by baby on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:50AM
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Oh yeah for sure, I am indeed biased and I recognize that. I still think that most people here fail to see how the app is used throughout the world in positive ways.
Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp...
by kelnos on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:39PM
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I don't think that's the case. Most replies I see absolutely acknowledge that FB has positive effects, just that the negative affects outweigh those positives (which is my position as well). And frankly I just don't think a current employee (who is relatively happy and in good standing) can be objective about this at all.
What's that Upton Sinclair quote? Ah, yes: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
I recognize that it might not seem fair to take this position, but understand that it's an easy one to take when I look at FB's negative effects not just on the world, but on the lives of actual people I know. It seems unlikely to me that a disinterested party could truly weigh FB's positives and negatives and think the balance is positive. But you are far from unbiased, and I hope you can at least realize that.