til manipulating information streams to get your favored candidate elected is putting your country over your personal interestshttps://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/905573584550092800 …
facebook can do whatever it wants, I just think it's laughable for some bluecheck lib to present it as a moral imperative
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especially since such a change if it had been made would have benefited his chosen candidate
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The fact that blocking weaponized bullshit favors one candidate isn't FB's problem. Running on weaponized bullshit is the candidate's choice
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Moreover, no person or media company is under any obligation to make the world easier for campaigns that decide to go this route.
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They are, however, obliged to manage conflicts between their short term and long term interests. And that's where FB has fucked up royally.
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the fact that the other side is buttmad over "weaponized bullshit" isn't their problem either
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facebook is an advertising platform that happens to provide a social network
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their ultimate goal is to maximize viewership and thus probably view this in terms of alienating users
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versus towing the line of prog causes that are popular in the media
End of conversation
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