Ask HN: Why do I have this weird feeling that noone working at FB posts on HN?

Re:Ask HN: Why do I have this weird feeling that noone worki... by thrashh on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:17PM (#29419114)

I don’t know about everyone else but in my eyes, FB is more of a concern because they are much more massive and are more strongly viewed by the voting public.

Privacy, algorithmization of feeds, etc. are important to me but I’m much more afraid of opinions being seeded now, which get turned into votes, which determines the people we elect, which in turns determines the type of policies we enact, which then plays out in 5-20 years, when I’m still alive and also the people who come after me.

For example, we have to deal with the TSA now because of a series of many unfortunate events that transpired since WW1. You can’t go back and undo certain mistakes.

Facebook is unfortunately where a lot of people seem to get their news and that is scary. Primary sources should be people’s news sources.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do I have this weird feeling that noone worki... by taeric on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:57PM (#29419748)

But... I'm not sure why tik tok can't do the same things? It is almost certainly being used by the same organizations for recruitment and general reach.

If not, why not?

I get a general fear of social media. And I am not trying to give anyone a pass. I don't see a distinction, though.

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