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Elessar Zappa

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39. Social media may need some form of regulation

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:51 AM

Oct 2021

but it will have to stand up to our first amendment. Any type of forced moderation would likely be overturned by the courts. I use FB and have no problems. People who see bullshit want to see bullshit.

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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