Former Facebook exec: "I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works. No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth. You are being programmed".

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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The real way Facebook is destroying society is with thier censorship and propaganda.

[–]Newzok 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well that, but it's also the structure of just about any fucking Web page. The way you're made to interact is as important as what you're interacting with.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

People who get their news or politics from Facebook are already lost.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone gets thier news from many places. Those in power try to control them all. That which they can not control they try to destroy.

Facebook was a place to share your ideas and politics with people you know. Family and friends. That information has far more weight to people than other media. You can't effectively get that anywhere else.

[–]TarBaby 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Facebook = Ministry of Truth from 1984

[–]DrPVM 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Then he needs to donate all of his ill-gotten gains to putting it right. I'll wait.