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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by dylan604 on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:26PM (#29071728)
It's not a lie. People can have a negative view of something and continue to do that something. They can also have that negative view without truly understanding why they have that view. People are actively trying to mislead polls with answers they think the poll is looking for, or just false info to skew numbers. FB is in the news with negative stories, so they repeat those when asked even without thinking about why.

If you asked someone about a teacher or some other adult trying to manipulate a kid, they'd obviously say that it is bad. Telling them FB is doing it with what posts they see, they don't respond the same way. They just don't get how an "al-go-rythym" can be so bad. They don't truly understand the ramifications of the hoovering up all of the data they do. They shrug their shoulders and say things like they are okay with it as long as it's not real money.

So, I stand by my stance saying it is only tech nerds that truly get what is going on here.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by lost-found on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:30PM (#29071770)
That’s not what you said, you said “tech nerds are really the only ones upset about anything that FB has done/is doing” which the article I provided proves that’s not accurate. Move the goalposts all you want, I don’t care, but it is certainly not only “tech nerds” that disprove of what FB is doing.
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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by dylan604 on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:50PM (#29072065)
Maybe. Wasn't my intent, but let's allow the conversation to move past that.

The mass populace is not stopping their use of FB regardless of what's in the news or what these polls say about their views of FB. From the evidence, one can only surmise that people don't truly care what FB does. Most addicts don't care what their drug dealer does as long as they can get their fix when they need it.

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