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Binkie The Clown

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28. Thus the conundrum.

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:01 AM

Oct 2021

Without moderation it is demonstrably harmful to a significant portion of the community.
With moderation, that moderation can be abused to cause harm to the community.

The fact that we both need, and cannot trust moderation is proof of just how flawed the species as a whole is.
Many of us do have the maturity to use these tools responsibly. The rest of us do not. It's that "rest of us" that will bring civilization to its knees.

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Facebook is a cyber Lord of the Flies. [View all] Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 OP

So communication should be "moderated"? brooklynite Oct 2021 #1

Well, isn't lack of moderation what turned it into such a cesspool of lies and misinformation? nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #3

You can be your own Facebook moderator, you know. MineralMan Oct 2021 #7

Gee snowybirdie Oct 2021 #2

Freinds and family know my email address. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #5

Not even close to that. Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #10

They will never acknowledge that their simple presence there makes Zucky money... ret5hd Oct 2021 #12

Agree colsohlibgal Oct 2021 #4

As to keeping up with friends and family what's wrong with using the form you like? brooklynite Oct 2021 #47

Yeah, OK Then... MineralMan Oct 2021 #6

Your presence on the platform funds the delivery of lies to other people. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #8

Does it? No. I contribute no financial support to Facebook MineralMan Oct 2021 #11

That's an illusion. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #13

Oh, for pete's sake. MineralMan Oct 2021 #22

Nobody. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #30

IOW you limit your exposure to people who largely agree with you. brooklynite Oct 2021 #48

Yup. My confirmation bias is strong. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #56

How is it that a corporate CEO can put his own wealth above the polution of the environment? Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #34

You Wrote: MineralMan Oct 2021 #54

Tell that to the following: LeftInTX Oct 2021 #20

It CAN be used responsibly, but that's not always the case. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #15

I do not accept, nor do I want, the ability to control MineralMan Oct 2021 #18

So you're OK with this? Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #24

Which community should be in charge, Binkie? MineralMan Oct 2021 #27

And therein lies the impossibility of protecting ourselves from our own freedoms. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #32

I've never Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #38

But see, the people here who claim that nobody should use it MineralMan Oct 2021 #40

"I hate X and so should you" has always been a popular OP topic. brooklynite Oct 2021 #49

Yes. You're right. MineralMan Oct 2021 #52

We are but Chimps HAB911 Oct 2021 #9

I get political robo calls. CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #14

Wouldn't you prefer that robo calls were filtered out so that you never got them in the first place? Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #17

Filtered out by whom? MineralMan Oct 2021 #21

I really think you need to have a long hard think CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #23

Exactly. MineralMan Oct 2021 #26

Thus the conundrum. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #28

Are you not also of the human species? MineralMan Oct 2021 #41

We have a good system here on DU, but it also seems to have many flaws SunImp Oct 2021 #53

My spam calls are tagged by my wireless provider... brooklynite Oct 2021 #50

More of a big box of flies. marble falls Oct 2021 #16

Facebook is also drexelkathy Oct 2021 #19

Well said. But is using FB responsibly, ofc, to keep in touch, etc., worth the price of fascism? Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #25

One of those problems that has no solution. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #31

Yes. Make Biden King, philosopher king or benevolent dictator, doesn't matter in the Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #36

Perfect description. And that is exactly what we are seeing it do, only on a national scale. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #29

I just block what I don't want to see. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #33

I like it, and I don't care what harm it does to others. So there. nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #35

If you can't see or hear it it doesn't exist. Where have you been? Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #37

Some people read the Bible for inspiration. Others read it to harm. Kaleva Oct 2021 #61

Think of how radio, film and the printed press enabled Hitler, Stalin, Mao to inflict massive harm Kaleva Oct 2021 #59

Social media may need some form of regulation Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #39

Many of the people who tell us that nobody should use Facebook MineralMan Oct 2021 #43

It's the new Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #44

Well, some of us don't mind talking back about that. MineralMan Oct 2021 #45

"Social media may need some form of regulation" brooklynite Oct 2021 #51

The problem, Dear Binkie, lies not within Facebook but within ourselves. Saboburns Oct 2021 #42

It's not just Facebook it's the whole internet SunImp Oct 2021 #46

Sitting in my (admittedly) small-view swiveled arm-chair Torchlight Oct 2021 #55

Facebook is what a person makes of it. I love it traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #57

You should really do something about that, sounds serious GusBob Oct 2021 #58

Silly! Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #60

Thank you everyone for your thougthful replies. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #62

Discouraging AnyFunctioningAdult Oct 2021 #63