Re: Why we really can't use Facebook for technical discussion.

[Phillip Hallam-Baker <[e-mail]>]

a person (or organization) with a hundred trolls to burn can easily find a
way to make a post in support of a violent insurrection. While we were
having this discussion, I just got a three day ban for responding to such
suggesting that the authorities would be fully justified in using lethal
force against any armed insurrectionists.



On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 2:01 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <[e-mail]>
wrote:

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> On 06/06/2021 05:17, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
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> It is time to stop this. Dean points out one of the major problems with
> Facebook - there is only one authority. Only King Zuck gets to decide who
> can and who cannot speak. His house, his rules. So it is time to make it
> our house.
>
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> As you know, it's all about algorithms that filter content and with the
> pressure from some groups to have tighter and tighter algorithms, this is
> nothing new. I remember many years ago, even the ISOC mailing list mailers
> having problems with the British town Sc*nthorpe.
>
> Get ready for a world full of false positives where you are guilty until
> proven innocent.
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>