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The lack of political culture at @facebook is absolutely dreadful: news organizations are NOT political advertisers, even if they produce political content. Does anyone have some kind of degree in politics, sociology or economics over there? theverge.com/2018/6/1/17416710/facebook-political-ad-rules-news-promotion-blockedPermalink
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What's astonishing about @facebook is their naiveté on so many topics: political ads, privacy, data protection, even their communication is problematic (do you remember how long it took to Zuckerberg to address the Cambrige Analytica scandal?).
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For a "social" network, it's quite interesting to notice how NOT aware they seem to be that that they live in an actual SOCIAL world. I mean, a world composed of a huge number of people interacting in many, and very, complex ways, that we, social scientists, know a bit.Permalink
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I wonder what is the source of this naiveté: is it a lack of comprehension of the social nature of… society? Is it because they understand it but don't care? Or something else?Permalink
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That being said, their inability to properly regulate themselves calls for (strong?) regulations. In the middle run, this naiveté could threathen the company itself – even if I'm pretty convinced it already started.Permalink
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How many goes on Facebook because they have to (their friends are there, their contacts are there, their conversations are there, their events are there…), and not because they want to?Permalink
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A company whose "customers" have to use its product despite not liking it is the textbook definition of a monopoly that extracts too much rent from the customers. In other words: it's the textbook definition of a monopoly that needs to be regulated – or destroyed.Permalink
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So at the end, to answer the question of the source of their naiveté, maybe it's just: because they can afford it – for now. But it won't last.Permalink
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