Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able...
by danjac on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:27AM
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I know a lot of immigrants/expats and Facebook is pretty much the one thing they have to keep in touch with family and friends back home.
Personally I loathe the company and would be happy if some fatal DNS or other issue took it down for good or if it were legislated out of existence by the EU/US. But we also need to be aware of the value it provides other than as a bullhorn for anti-vaxxers and other nutjobs and perhaps think of how to build a safer and more ethical alternative.
Re:Facebook is an addiction treadmill most may never be able...
by danjac on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:17AM
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Sure, maybe, but building that "something else" isn't trivial, is prone to the same problems as Facebook, and even if it were not, would not appear overnight.
Personally I loathe the company and would be happy if some fatal DNS or other issue took it down for good or if it were legislated out of existence by the EU/US. But we also need to be aware of the value it provides other than as a bullhorn for anti-vaxxers and other nutjobs and perhaps think of how to build a safer and more ethical alternative.