Howard Dean's view of Facebook

[Blecht]

Link to tweet

Text:

Facebook needs to be shut down. They are a clear and parent Danger to the United States and to people all over the world ( Rohingya, Jews, African Americans, US soldiers, women all over the world).

He replied to himself to correct: parent --> present

[cyclonefence]

1. I know a lot of people depend on FB for family and friends and even for political discussion

but how in hell anyone could retain a FB account after what they did in 2016 and continue to do now is beyond me. I think it's a patriotic duty to get off FB and find some other way to interact with family and friends.

[KPN]

4. THIS

[Dream Girl]

5. Yep!

[Maven]

11. They don't depend on it

Not really.

There are plenty of other ways to keep in touch with loved ones electronically that don't involve participating in Zuckerberg's right wing social engineering platform.

[JI7]

14. I don't understand why Facebook is needed for that

I never had Facebook do maybe im missing something.

[Yeehah]

16. There are alternatives to Facebook

Some people react like it's the only communication platform in the universe.

[we can do it]

28. I know, it's ridiculous.

[we can do it]

27. Lazy people depend on it.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[KPN]

3. We need to hear more politicians saying this. Facebook

was a neat idea that has gone bad. I agree with Howard Dean. It’s benefits fall way too far short of it’s costs to a stable, balanced and equitable for all society. Shut it down.

[SharonClark]

6. Many non-profits and small businesses use Facebook instead of maintaining a more costly web page.

What should they use instead of Facebook?

[Blecht]

7. I hear Stormtrooper had pretty good deals in their classified section

And the Völkischer Beobachter before that.

[gristy]

8. google offers a service. I'm sure many others do too.

google how to make a website for free

[we can do it]

29. Anything.

[msongs]

9. twitter is as bad or worse nt

[rockfordfile]

10. I agree

[Maven]

12. He's absolutely right. nt

[JustGene]

13. Break it up-keep the parts seperate

This was done to AT&T more than once.
Monopolies are bad, we (should) know this by now.

[JI7]

18. How would that work with something like Facebook ? The problem with facebook is them letting

violent scumbag use it to carry out violent acts and not doing anything to stop it.

It's not really an issue of competition or prices.

[JustGene]

21. Seperate the functions

and force competition by dividing control.
This is software, not too hard to do.
I would wager they already have a plan for this.
Why else invite regulation?
This would kill the co. if done on it's own.(investors)
Not so if forced.
As a whole where is the competition?
I don't see it, It should be there.
Prices and value are different words for the same thing.(wrongly)

FB may be a new form of monopoly, but can be dealt with.

*sorry about the rant, I hate FB

[JI7]

22. I still don't understand how that would work. Would it be more than one company ?

There was myspace . And people can create their own websites.

Again, the problem doesn't seem to be one of competition .

[JustGene]

23. More is better

The key is financial competition not technical.
I can't see any viable competition there.
Some monopolies happen naturally, this looks like one.
Stuck between fiduciary and social responsibility.
The importance of the function of a business is also important.
At&T went from luxury to utility.
Ford went fom curiosity to (almost) necessity.

[JI7]

25. But you haven't said how you would break it up . Like how would that even work ?

[JustGene]

26. FB is

an interface for:
News
Messaging
Sharing
Advertising
Seperate companies doesn't mean they can't still function.
When they say it's too hard this is baloney.
One Co. as network
one as adverts
one as news aggregator
one as whatever
regulate the ownership & interaction
As I said they likely have a plan for this, make em do it
Nobody loses any work or value.
Just a bit of profit at the top.

[KatyaR]

15. I wouldn't miss it.

The nonprofit I work for would, but not me.

[crickets]

17. Now if only someone would say the same about Fox News. nt

[DFW]

19. I was going to say

If "parent" wasn't corrected to "present," then it wasn't really Howard. He knows English, and never deliberately posts anything in Republicanese.

[kentuck]

20. If only liberals leave Facebook and surrender it to the right-wing voices?

Would that be better?

I doubt that many Trump supporters would give it up?

[Captain Stern]

24. He said that in a tweet....on Twitter.

Seems maybe self awareness isn't a thing any more.