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0 pointsbanads6y ago0 comments

Then who controls the code that their platforms run on, and how is FB able to conduct emotional manipulation experiments?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/every...

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root_axis6y ago· 3 in thread

If you don't want to be manipulated by Facebook then don't use it. Yes, Facebook is very popular. Anyway, don't use it.

banadsOP6y ago

I quit FB many years ago, because I'm technically and historically literate. And yet there are billions of other people who are not, and who do use it, and this strongly effects my life

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

rmtech6y ago

This is a silly argument. The service that Facebook offers is becoming so important that asking people not to use it is like asking people not to breathe, and over time it will become moreso.

root_axis6y ago

> The service that Facebook offers is becoming so important that asking people not to use it is like asking people not to breathe

Utterly absurd hyperbole. There are a billions of people in the world who do not use Facebook, comparing the use of Facebook to drawing breath is about as ridiculous as it gets.

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