Not even window dressing. Anything that requires this much work and motivation from users is useless. It's a hard problem—but this isn't it.https://twitter.com/clancynewyork/status/916266986149163010 …
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The real levers are: what the algorithm optimizes for, better detection of fraud (FB's Yann LeCun says let me at it), unflattening UI... 1/n
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.. totally different workforce model that acknowledges that FB is in the people business not technical so not ruled by engineers only.. 2/n
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..transparency in advertisements which I had asked for many years, and got dismissed by everyone in Facebook and a coherent philosophy.. 3/n
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.. and backbone to defend that philosophy rather than the current reactive, often smug naïveté, sensible oversight on political side ..4/n
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.. which includes protection on data collection, data use, data purchase, what kinds of data can be merged, data transparency etc., .. 5/n
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.. and exploration of alternative business models that don't incentivize all the wrong things while execs & PMs remain so naïve & smug.. 6/n
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..and for the public, ways to restore accountability, transparency and real market competition in the digital economy, especially giants 7/n
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There was always much to do inside the company—and concrete proposals. They dismissed us because they were so smug *and* yet so naïve. 8/8
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Not any dude! Fb ad manager from when I suggested ~everything Zuck just announced. He thought we were crazy then.
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A large group of us have been explaining the consequences of their decisions to Facebook and suggesting steps for years. We were dismissed.
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Folks, seriously, Facebook's ad manager from 2012 whose current "suggestions" repeat what I suggested in 2012.
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This is a huge part of the problem. Facebook doesn't listen when it matters and after damage is done, reacts a bit—mints money meanwhile.
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And dismisses all realistic warnings in real time. That FB ad manager literally thought we were wearing "tin foil hats" when he ran things.
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History of full of stories of catastrophe brought about by people who are smart only in only a narrow domain, and lack humility and remorse.
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Yes, changing to a new info milieu is a hugely challenging, complex issue. Yes, broken politics underlies it all. But WE ARE NOT HELPLESS.
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Tech giants—Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple—hugely benefited, and are in a position to do most. Time for accountability and responsibility.
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