Subj : Re: Meta's community note
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Jan 11 2025 12:45:00

>  MP> Neither of those are public conversations.  IIRC, both of them are also
>  MP> covered by laws that would make it illegal to evesdrop on them without a
>  MP> court order, so I think that keeps them covered -- since they cannot
>  MP> legally listen/read, they cannot be liable.

> During the Pandemic's peak, Facebook was censoring 1 on 1 chat between me and
> friend. He was trying to give me links to some "conspiracy" stuff, and the
> links wouldn't make it to my phone. Instead, I got messages that said "The
> message wasn't delivered because it conflicts with our community standards," o
> something like that. It was creepy! But my point is, that was supposed to be a
> private conversation.. but it wasn't very private with 'Markie' hovering over
> our conversation.

Do you mean they were censoring messages received via Messenger, or
messages on Facebook where you tagged each other?  If it was over
Messenger, I agree that is creepy but there is more than one way for that
to happen.  If your friend was sending you links to FB posts via Messenger,
I suspect that is where the fact check took place.

I sometimes receive links via Messenger to FB posts that Messenger is not
able to open.

> That or he's putting on a good presentation. Notice he hasn't explained the
> need for an underground bunker on his Hawaii property.

Nuclear war might be one.  A lot of people have disaster shelters.  Why do
we only question it when it is a rich person who does so?

>  MP> > If the majority of voters aren't stupid, that means that the majority o
>  MP> > socia
>  MP> > media users probably aren't stupid either, and that lack of stupidity i
>  MP> > threat to his ad revenue.

>  MP> I don't have the same faith in social media users when it comes to not
>  MP> being stupid.  IMHO, the smartest Americans are not on social media and
>  MP> therefore comparing voters to social media users is apples to oranges.

> I never thought about it like that, but I'm not sure if most voters are the
> smartest Americans.

I didn't mean that voters are the smartest ones, but I am pretty sure the
number of voters is greater-than those who vote and use social media.
Therefore, your assumption that "voters aren't stupid" = "social media
users probably are not stupid" may not be correct.  IMHO, the smartest
Americans are smart enough not to use social media, and certainly not as
a trusted source of news.


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