1. "Is Mark Zuckerberg running for president?" is a secondary question. The primary question is: what are the politics of Facebook?
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2. As Facebook comes under increasing political criticism (Russia story, monopoly practices) it's also evolved a political self-defense.
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3. As
@max_read noted in an excellent New York Magazine piece, Facebook is developing an ideology of community.pic.twitter.com/7fLKp5xVXV
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4. Facebook's ideology of community is fraught with contradiction. Facebook itself is both product of & increases atomization, polarization
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5. My thoughts on the ideological contradictions of Facebook here: https://newrepublic.com/article/145213/facebooks-promise-community-lie …
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6. My piece is part of a larger conversation, that includes this superb
@max_read piece:http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/10/does-even-mark-zuckerberg-know-what-facebook-is.html …2 replies 15 retweets 55 likesShow this thread
7. This John Lancaster piece, alas paywalled, also essential Facebook reading: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n16/john-lanchester/you-are-the-product …
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No paywall for me.
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