This is good! Quitting is unlikely to hurt Facebook, and doesn't do anything to address the effects on the more vulnerable billions around the world. The solution isn't in individual protest, but in changing the structure of things for the better. Read @sivavaid's oped! https://twitter.com/sivavaid/status/977627406520520704 …
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Replying to @zeynep
I think you go too far there. Facebook is not inevitable. It rose, it can fall. Admittedly I’m biased, never having been sucked in. But respect those who want to turn their digital lives elsewhere.
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Replying to @JamesGleick
I think individual decisions to not be there are fine. I just think it won’t bring about change on the platform. For many, it is not a real choice in a meaningful way whether to be on it due to network effects and the unavoidability for certain civic functions.
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Replying to @zeynep @JamesGleick
It changed Myspace and Friendster, so I'd be curious how intractable the "civic functions" part really is.
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Unfortunately, much deeper. Myspace wasn't embedded into civic life the way Facebook is--especially in other countries. Leaving it individually is fine, but it won't fix the platform, nor will it fix the broad surveillance economy. We do not have effective market discipline here.
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