How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation

Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by barbazoo on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:38PM (#26426702)

The same way you could be on Facebook and not being radicalized at all. At the end of the day it's people who chose to be misinformed, who chose to not question, not look elsewhere, not to be skeptic about how content is making them feel. Facebook just shamelessly takes advantage of people's shortcomings, for profit.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by temp8964 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:45PM (#26426792)

It's not fair to just blame Facebook though. Twitter, reddit, CNN, FoxNews, all have the same kind of behavior.

It's also not fair to just blame the media. How about the politicians? Any major political leader dare to elaborate a balanced view at all?

It seems to be deeply rooted in partisan politics.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by barbazoo on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:49PM (#26430011)

Absolutely, it's more than just Facebook but also other social platforms and "news" outlets.

And in some countries definitely the political class as well.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:46PM (#26427485)

And MSNBC. They were heavily pushing the Russia collaboration story.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by eigenket on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:42PM (#26426761)

I would agree with the statement:

> At the end of the day it's people who are more easily misinformed, who do not question, do not look elsewhere, are not skeptical about how content is making them feel

What is your reasoning for declaring that this is a matter of "choice"?

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by barbazoo on Thursday March 11, 2021 @02:42PM (#26428132)

I feel that it's a choice because it's under our control what we do. We chose to believe, we chose to hate, to judge. Believing everything FB puts in front of you in their feed is just lazy. We have to do better than that.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by aidenn0 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:42PM (#26426760)

I mean, if I walk up to random people at a bar and tell them that their mother is a whore, anybody who punches me does so of their own free will, but I'm not entirely free of culpability for the violence.

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