The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong

Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by chuckee on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:11PM (#28788255)

Core issue for some. For others, the centralization of power is more worrisome. Would it be an improvement if, instead of chasing profits, Facebook used their power to instead suppress your favored political movement?

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by pixelgeek on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:16PM (#28788339)

I don't think chasing profits is necessarily a problem. Profits over everything else is. When your moral compass has to be thrown out to continue to push engagement then you have a problem.

And which political movement is it that you think is being suppressed?

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by Loughla on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:50PM (#28788901)

I read that more as a theoretical - how would you feel if your political leanings were suddenly suppressed everywhere facebook touches?

I don't think there's a win here for facebook as it currently stands. They can't let unfettered bullshit keep happening, and they can't truly moderate without becoming arbiters of some truth they've decided.

When they are the largest company in this space, and they apply their moral compass, I guess you're just assuming that moral compass points to where you want to go?

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by pixelgeek on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:19PM (#28789401)

> I read that more as a theoretical

I only ever see it being offered as a 'theoretical' by conservatives who think they are being 'shadow banned' or 'cancelled'.

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by chuckee on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:49PM (#28792553)

The implication being that because only conservatives complain about it, concentration of power is nothing to worry about?

Do only conservatives worry about the consolidation of traditional media [1], too? Or is that something others, besides conservatives, also worry about, and is therefore a legitimate concern, unlike the consolidation of social networks?

What about the other way around - if only liberals complain about something, and not conservatives, do you also use that to dismiss the concerns?

[1] https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own...

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