Have we not learned the hard way that Facebook should not be used for news? It's going to tell people what they want to hear, not what they need to hear.
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Exactly this.
It stopped being fun when it was no longer about people going on holiday, sharing family updates, etc.
All of a sudden everyone needed to show their political opinion, Facebook decided that we needed to buy other people’s junk from the neighbourhood, then decided it was right to get into bed with far right extremists and to share news from sources which sympathise with them or subtly back them up.
All those publications are fairly aligned in their views, as most news is opinion these days Facebook news will effectively push a one sided narrative purported to come from reputable sources effectively saying the same thing. If they all said night is day and water is dry then a significant number of Facebook users won’t see any other press stating the correct facts and lots if Facebook users will be going around believing in nonsense siting the uncredible sources like the guardian, channel 4 or sky news.
this will be worse than the Cambridge analytical scandal and should finally bring Facebook into national governmental regulation.
If the guardian publishes a story they must apologise for then Facebook should then have to notify each person who saw that story and ensure each person clicks to acknowledge the problem with the original story.
Anyone who depends on Facebook for factual news is an idiot. They have proved they cannot be accurate and fair.
I concur. I find it remarkable that Facecrap is still getting touted in any sort of positive way here or on any other site that should know better by now.
Becoming? LOL... I jumped ship 6+ years ago and it was an absolute s***show then. There are other and better ways of staying in touch with distant family and friends than legitimizing / justifying toxic social media corps.
You're not wrong, there are still too many lemmings in the world available for monetization. At least... if nothing else... Facebook is no longer immune to criticism among the tech literate. It wasn't that long ago that one would have been excoriated and labeled a conspiracy theorist Luddite for uttering even the slightest criticism of Facebook. Now when the topic comes up (most) FacebookPeople just start making excuses for why they're still 'on Facebook' as they blithely scroll through their news feed and avoid eye contact. It's not unlike standing outside of a hospital trying to explain to a patient smoking a cigarette why they should stop smoking cigarettes.
This is exactly why I hate it! I hate those unviewed notification dots, so it almost forces my hand. Most of the news is sensationalistic garbage too, just fanning the flames of outrage. Fortunately I just roll my eyes and move on, but it is obnoxious. I pity those who fall into these news traps...no wonder people have lost their minds.
Facebook is the worlds largest advertising company. By design everything it does is aimed at keeping you online.
Their news feed will only entrench and divide users who swim in their own echo chambers.
no doubt that politics plus social media will create civil unrest on a scale hitherto unseen in otherwise stable countries.
Their news feed will only entrench and divide users who swim in their own echo chambers.
no doubt that politics plus social media will create civil unrest on a scale hitherto unseen in otherwise stable countries.
I actually really like the Facebook News tab. Lots of different articles covering various sides of an issue, and their choice of publications, and the associated curation of said publications, results in unbiased coverage to the extent that modern news media naturally permits.
If there is something they don't want you to see, you won't see it. Not in their app. That being said, you won't see any Anti-Facebook news.
Unbiased? Remember, if you don't pay for it, you're the product. All they want is your constant attention. Like most "free" online businesses.
Disinformation gets spread by mainstream news even better than FB so unfortunately it won't matter.