Yes. Past wasn't great. But we do have more defenses against old forms. New forms are more potent with no oversight. https://twitter.com/doki_pen/status/915546624910168066 …
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No need to mindlessly worship old information infrastructure—with all its own failings—to appreciate the current, potent & real threat.
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Yes. Ads are tip of the iceberg that we've hit, and we talk about them so much because it fits an old-world concept. https://twitter.com/HarleyComrie/status/915551650248507393 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melissa Jo Peltier
I oppose this 100%. False illusion of market power—that doesn't exist. May as well be conceived by Facebook PR dept.https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/status/915562506076266496 …
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So are you saying there’s no effective way to protest them? Just keep on liking baby pics while they put the final fork in fact-based living & possibly in democracy?
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Sorry, this is delusional thinking. There is no real market discipline over Facebook at the moment.
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Facebook has network effects and almost all the ad money. Even if 1% left it, would mean nothing and people can't really leave.
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Pretending there is market power when there is not is counter-productive, and is actually Facebook's own PR argument.
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