[HN Gopher] Facebook forced troll farm content on over 40% of al...
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Facebook forced troll farm content on over 40% of all Americans
each month
Author : nobody9999
Score : 36 points
Date : 2021-09-17 19:55 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| tg180 wrote:
| I wish more people would self host their instance in the
| fediverse.
|
| Your posts can be traced back to you, your feed is chronological
| and moderation is back in your hands.
|
| Propaganda is a HUGE issue, and I'm sure anyone won't be able to
| spot every case of misinformation.
|
| But everything could be back in your hands. Nobody can _FORCE_
| content on you, you are in control of your own experience.
|
| https://joinmastodon.org
|
| https://pixelfed.org
|
| https://pleroma.social
| deeblering4 wrote:
| At this point the only shocking headline would be about facebook
| acting ethical in any way.
| goatsecxkirk wrote:
| I usually disable or just log out of my Facebook account for a
| couple months at a time. It's generally an improvement on quality
| of life when I'm logged off.
| [deleted]
| ScottMann wrote:
| It seems a day doesn't go by when another bit if negative news
| about FB comes out. We are our own worst enemy when this behavior
| is allowed.
| Nasrudith wrote:
| That is what we call "pushing an agenda". It is awfully
| tiresome. Seriously "forced" when what they describe is gaming
| of the system. It is downright disingenuous and it is goddamned
| everywhere from media conglomerates. They always do the same
| goddamn thing, treat their advertisers and politicians in power
| with kid gloves for funds and access. But when it comes to
| rivals it is suddenly knives out full Jameson demanding
| pictures of Spiderman.
|
| I don't even like Facebook as a company and never used it but I
| find myself defending because it is such obvious complete
| bullcrap.
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| I don't even know what agendaless news would look like. A
| newsfeed of press releases I guess. Point is, journalism
| starts with the premise that something objectionable is
| happening (otherwise, we could just enjoy the press releases
| and get on with life)
| [deleted]
| robbedpeter wrote:
| Something notable, not objectionable. There's overlap
| between the two, but they're not the same.
| nobody9999 wrote:
| >That is what we call "pushing an agenda". It is awfully
| tiresome. Seriously "forced" when what they describe is
| gaming of the system. It is downright disingenuous and it is
| goddamned everywhere from media conglomerates.
|
| Would you expand on this? It's not at all clear to me who you
| believe is "pushing an agenda" or who is "gaming the system."
|
| That may very well be my own reading comprehension issue, but
| I'm still a bit confused. If you'd help me out, I'd really
| appreciate it. Thanks!
| [deleted]
| perl4ever wrote:
| >It's not at all clear to me who you believe is "pushing an
| agenda" or who is "gaming the system."
|
| I can't answer for the other commenter, but presumably
| media companies. Gaming the system meaning lobbying the
| government indirectly.
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