Re:Facebook test asks users if they're worried a friend is '...
by grawprog on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:32PM
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At a Facebook board meeting some time ago:
Alright everybody, did you all finish your copies of 1984 like we talked about at the last meeting?
OK good, so we'll go around the room here and each of you give me one idea about how we can make facebook more like 1984.
OK go
Well, in 1984, Big Brother found it effective to have citizens report on eachother's transgressions. It meant effectively, citizens were paranoid of eachother and would control their behaviour for them.
Great, I like it. Get the engineers on it pronto. I want it out by the end of the month.
Alright everybody, did you all finish your copies of 1984 like we talked about at the last meeting?
OK good, so we'll go around the room here and each of you give me one idea about how we can make facebook more like 1984.
OK go
Well, in 1984, Big Brother found it effective to have citizens report on eachother's transgressions. It meant effectively, citizens were paranoid of eachother and would control their behaviour for them.
Great, I like it. Get the engineers on it pronto. I want it out by the end of the month.