Facebook going down meant more than just a social network being unavailable

Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by sandworm101 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:04AM (#28755661)

That is the US story. It has less to do with facebook and more to do with the US political system. There are plenty of countries who have very different systems that have not followed the same path in recent years. Tech companies are part of the problem but should not be made scapegoat to avoid the deeper issues within the American political system, issues that existed long before the internet was a thing.

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by blippage on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:59AM (#28756935)

UK Brit here. Countries like the UK and the US certainly have their flaws, but I'd take them before nearly everything else that's on offer.

China's system seems terrible. The whole of Africa seems like a corrupt system. The EU seems mostly woke, and I'm not sure I particularly want that. Canada seems to have bought a first class ticket on the Progressivist crazy train from what I've been hearing. What's left? Not much, by the looks of it. Singapore, maybe?

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by hardlianotion on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:47PM (#28764655)

The whole of Africa is a host of very different systems. It's rather annoying fielding this stuff that appears quite ignorant.

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by 0xcafecafe on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:36AM (#28759251)

>>The EU seems mostly woke

Can you please elaborate more on that? I thought US is going more woke and France in the EU is pushing back on wokeism.

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:28AM (#28757976)

Brazil.

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