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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by benlivengood on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:43PM (#30185991)
If democracy can't survive Facebook then it probably was doomed already. Similarly with trying to live in civil society when there are already fellow citizens full of violence and hatred; FB might give voice to what is already there and already broken but isn't really the cause.
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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by agalunar on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:52PM (#30186118)
Although that's sort of like saying "if an ant can't survive being scorched by a magnifying glass, it was probably doomed to burn in the sun anyway".

What you're saying may be true – I've no idea. But I'm not sure we can yet dismiss the idea that social technology like Facebook, used as it is, might push us over a line we wouldn't otherwise cross.

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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by actaeon169 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:58PM (#30186198)
The trouble with democracy is, and always was, the demos
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