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metroid composite 10/20/18 10:43:58 AM #188:	So...policy question time. Facebook had some bad data where it inflated video views by up to 900%, and basically told print media that millennials only watch video. (As a milenial on GameFAQs, a pure text forum, I find this funny, but ok). https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45901287 The story itself isn't that interesting, but the fallout is concerning. Basically lots of writing and editing teams lost their job because of this pronouncement. Basically every big news media company fired writers and editors en masse. My instinct feels like there should be some level of regulation in place that stops so many people from losing their job because one idiot at Facebook fucked up their maith, but I'm really struggling to think of what would be appropriate in this case. One suggestion I've seen is that anti-trust laws should be applied to Facebook and it should be broken into smaller companies, but I'm not actually sure how that would work. Would you split Facebook into multiple competing social media platforms? Cause people would just pick one--It's not like Myspace didn't exist before Facebook, just everyone wants to be on the same platform as all their friends. Obviously they're getting sued over this, but one programmer at Facebook having bad math or bad code is something that's just plain going to happen. There's no regulation you can make of "Facebook isn't allowed to make mistakes"--like...they will make mistakes; need to deal with it. I could maybe see making Facebook a public utility so that they're not driven by profit, but that is a pretty drastic step. (And would likely cause somewhat of an exodus of users. I'm sure there's lots of people who have no qualms giving all their personal data to Facebook, but would not trust the federal government with the same information. Also, would FOIA requests now be applicable to Facebook user data?) Seems like a mess; I don't have an easy answer. --- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision <cite>metroid composite posted [p:910848086] in leftist po... [t:76976711]...</cite> <quote>So...policy question time. Facebook had some bad data where it inflated video views by up to 900%, and basically told print media that millennials only watch video. (As a milenial on GameFAQs, a pure text forum, I find this funny, but ok). https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45901287 The story itself isn't that interesting, but the fallout is concerning. Basically lots of writing and editing teams lost their job because of this pronouncement. Basically every big news media company fired writers and editors en masse. My instinct feels like there should be some level of regulation in place that stops so many people from losing their job because one idiot at Facebook fucked up their maith, but I'm really struggling to think of what would be appropriate in this case. One suggestion I've seen is that anti-trust laws should be applied to Facebook and it should be broken into smaller companies, but I'm not actually sure how that would work. Would you split Facebook into multiple competing social media platforms? Cause people would just pick one--It's not like Myspace didn't exist before Facebook, just everyone wants to be on the same platform as all their friends. Obviously they're getting sued over this, but one programmer at Facebook having bad math or bad code is something that's just plain going to happen. There's no regulation you can make of "Facebook isn't allowed to make mistakes"--like...they will make mistakes; need to deal with it. I could maybe see making Facebook a public utility so that they're not driven by profit, but that is a pretty drastic step. (And would likely cause somewhat of an exodus of users. I'm sure there's lots of people who have no qualms giving all their personal data to Facebook, but would not trust the federal government with the same information. Also, would FOIA requests now be applicable to Facebook user data?) Seems like a mess; I don't have an easy answer. --- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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