Re: Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incri...
by PragmaticPulp on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:10PM
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> EDIT: And now the OP has edited their post but still stands by their claim that this is a nothingburger, without evidence this time
There was more to my post than the one-line quote that I removed. I also acknowledged the error and thank a commenter for pointing it out below.
Re: Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incri...
by isabelc on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:08PM
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From HN guidelines:
>Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article?"
Re: Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incri...
by aardvarkr on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:10PM
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Because at the time it was the top comment making speculative claims and taking quotes WILDLY out of context. Accusing the author of trumping up an issue when the OP is quoting the rebuttal from the company is not just misleading but harmful misinformation and should be rightfully called out
> Facebook issued a lengthy statement from director of policy communications Lena Pietsch titled "Missing Facts from Tonight's 60 Minutes Segment."
> She pointed to Facebook's investment to monitor for harmful content; disputed the way Facebook's own research on teenagers' mental health has been reported; and rejected the claim that the social network has furthered political polarization.
How can you say "If there was a story here, I feel like they’re working hard on overplaying their hand at the risk of losing the audience once the initial frenzy wears off." when you have clearly demonstrated that you didn't bother to read the story in the first place and just like to cherrypick quotes out of context to prove a point?
EDIT: And now the OP has edited their post but still stands by their claim that this is a nothingburger, without evidence this time. For context, the OP originally quoted "She pointed to Facebook's investment to monitor for harmful content" out of context as evidence of something good that facebook did but this article is trying to trump up into something bad.