The existence of a formalized system tricks the brain. You start debating the questions the system itself poses, not questioning the things the system holds axiomatic.
For example: Debating the boundaries of Facebook's nudity rules when it comes to breastfeeding, or newsworthy image like that napalm image in news is misdirection. Allowing a nipple here and there is the fake debate Facebook has framed for us.
The real problem is that facebook has decided, for me all my friends, that we're all prudes. Without asking a single one of us, they just decided. They've found that we can't be trusted with the ability to scroll past hardcore porn in our timeline the same way we ignore photos of your ugly dog. Not only can we not handle that, it can't be behind an account setting, or twitter-style clickwall on every photo, or age gated over-18 accounts only. Nope. It's all too harmful of content for us unwashed masses.
It's a con. Even if Facebook doesn't mean it as such. They're constantly conning themselves too.
For example: Debating the boundaries of Facebook's nudity rules when it comes to breastfeeding, or newsworthy image like that napalm image in news is misdirection. Allowing a nipple here and there is the fake debate Facebook has framed for us.
The real problem is that facebook has decided, for me all my friends, that we're all prudes. Without asking a single one of us, they just decided. They've found that we can't be trusted with the ability to scroll past hardcore porn in our timeline the same way we ignore photos of your ugly dog. Not only can we not handle that, it can't be behind an account setting, or twitter-style clickwall on every photo, or age gated over-18 accounts only. Nope. It's all too harmful of content for us unwashed masses.
It's a con. Even if Facebook doesn't mean it as such. They're constantly conning themselves too.