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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by drcongo on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:56AM (#28788009)
I'm not so sure. I think real competition would just force Facebook to be even more awful - more rage, more racism, more everything that drives engagement and lets them sell ads.
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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by pixelgeek on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:00PM (#28788060)
That is an interesting topic. Does their lack of competition mean that they can push more rhetoric to get engagement or would a more reasonable competitor cause them to calm down or turn it to 11?

Ultimately can you drive engagement with reasonable articles?

Lots to think about there

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by SuoDuanDao on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:33PM (#28788620)
That would accelerate the flight from facebook. We put up with the awful aspects of it because there are no alternatives that perform the same function in a less awful way.
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