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I wonder if they have internal studies on how or if social contagion works. I mean they sure have the raw data from 2 decades and the competence to chew that data into results. These new decisions might very well be based on such studies.
Any disgruntled Meta employees in here who might know anything? :)
Zuck scrambling to be a bootlicker for the incoming administration.
Trump has been pro gay marriage 100 percent of his presidency, as per the 60 minutes interview he did just a few days after being elected in ‘16. The previous President can’t say the same. Why didn’t these huge bootlicking efforts of removing profile icons happen in 2017-2020 during his first term?
I’m not disagreeing that could be what’s happening here to some degree but I’m also not 100 percent convinced that Trump is going to take notice of a small UI/profile customization change in an app he almost certainly doesn’t use with any regularity himself.
Just making it clear that it wasn't about freedom of expression or speech. True freedom of speech would mean keeping these even if it made other people uncomfortable.
I agree with you, but true free speech also gives Facebook the right to choose its own themes. I'd vote with my feet on this one, but I already abandoned Facebook years ago.
Oh I know, it's just that they said they're removing moderation for "free speech" and then remove one of the ways you can express themselves. Just hypocritical.
For sure. Any social media company that says they're pro free speech is just posturing at best. They have full dictator control of their systems.
Facebook's free speech, not yours.
Yes. I don't have any guaranteed speech rights on Facebook.
It begins. Fascism requires enemies within and without.