Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds
by unclebucknasty on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:38AM
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>Still your comment seems rather cynical.
Your first paragraph points out the damage FB has done to society.
Your second paragraph appears to give them a pass because social media is "new" and has also done some good.
Your third paragraph tacitly gives FB credit for the things they could do right if they chose to.
Perhaps you're not cynical enough?
Yet, relative to the age of humanity or even modern society, they are still a new modality to humanity's interaction. One that facilitates also a lot of good that's happening in the world.
There is still a ton they could do right if they chose to, to make that environment for communication a healthier one. Could they find willingness to reroot their design choices in a wider tradition of social psychology, for instance?