Does no one realize that this a bed that we have made ourselves? That the sea of data that the large five swim in is product of the modern deal that society has with tech, which no one forced us to make? Why is everyone happy to blame Facebook for what is fundamentally modern society's fault? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Everyone realizes that, and it's irrelevant. You know, all the Trump voters who were swayed by propaganda campaigns actually voted for Trump. All the depressed kids who get convinced to buy some product by crafty advertising actually go and buy the product.
> No one forced us
A totally useless sentiment. People weren't generated all this data with benefit of hindsight and understanding. Effectively ZERO users EVER read the terms-of-service even, let alone understand the ramifications of giving up all this personal data.
It's hard enough to get people to save enough buffer to get through predictable crises that come up. Get them to be thoughtful and responsible in the face of a system designed to hide every aspect of concern and hesitation??
Facebook is one of several actors here, but it's complete nonsense to suggest that they are just a normal, innocent player in a internet world where people just do things a certain way because of culture. Facebook actively designed things for certain results.
It's not like Facebook is solely to blame, but the situation is NOTHING like you describe. Facebook wasn't just a neutral tool like email protocol and people just used it.
