The Demise of Facebook means the return Of The Electric Speakeasy
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:54 pm
I don't know about you... but this was one of the most terrifying images I've seen since 9/11/2001.
This meant one of two things - Either this is Congresses first step in taking over Facebook, or this is Facebook's step towards taking over Congress.
Either way, it's bad news for people who use Facebook to practice free speech. Most would believe that Mr. Zukerberg was being called on the carpet for the mishandling of using his service, selling access users information to companies like " Cambridge Analytica" and may have paved the way for rogue elements to hijack this election...
... but what I saw was that our little boy Pinnochio was proving to what a lot of us already suspected - that these grumpy old men and women that we keep sending to Washington D.C. to protect our interests are so ignorant and obtuse. And they mask that ignorance with arrogance.
It's so clear that the men and women who were "grilling" him that they had no idea what he actually does but they are clearly intimidated by him. He was obviously in control of that room, not the Chairperson who was running that hearing.
And it's inevitable that Mr. Zukerberg is in the process of controlling the way we consume news, what we think of the events around us, and the inevitable act of rewriting history to create a narrative that suits their needs, not ours.
And I've been seeing more and more news stories about how peoples accounts are being deleted because they violated community guidelines. Facebook groups and pages are getting shut down, YouTube accounts are getting deleted with all the content.... many people are finding their social media accounts erased.
No most of these people have their stuff deleted for obvious reasons, for posting spam, porn, racist content. OK, understood.
But what about the people who have their content for reasons they don't understand? What about the few people who had material that is similar to what I have on The Metaphysical Connection and The Fedora Chronicles? There are people who have websites that debate conspiracy theories that have been cleared out. There are people who have anti-Hillary and anti-Trump sites taken down or pages and groups that throw their support for Third Candidates? If they haven't been targeted, will they be next?
Now people are looking for new platforms, alternatives to Facebook. There are a lot of people who see what's happening and how it's going to be getting worse. They are going to start censoring the crap out of social media, and/or social media is going to start demanding that you submit to their GroupThink.
Here's what I see happening, Facebook is going to go the way of "MySpace." People are already leaving in droves. People are leaving Facebook and might not have anywhere to go...
Well, to all of you. Welcome back and welcome home.
This meant one of two things - Either this is Congresses first step in taking over Facebook, or this is Facebook's step towards taking over Congress.
Either way, it's bad news for people who use Facebook to practice free speech. Most would believe that Mr. Zukerberg was being called on the carpet for the mishandling of using his service, selling access users information to companies like " Cambridge Analytica" and may have paved the way for rogue elements to hijack this election...
... but what I saw was that our little boy Pinnochio was proving to what a lot of us already suspected - that these grumpy old men and women that we keep sending to Washington D.C. to protect our interests are so ignorant and obtuse. And they mask that ignorance with arrogance.
It's so clear that the men and women who were "grilling" him that they had no idea what he actually does but they are clearly intimidated by him. He was obviously in control of that room, not the Chairperson who was running that hearing.
And it's inevitable that Mr. Zukerberg is in the process of controlling the way we consume news, what we think of the events around us, and the inevitable act of rewriting history to create a narrative that suits their needs, not ours.
And I've been seeing more and more news stories about how peoples accounts are being deleted because they violated community guidelines. Facebook groups and pages are getting shut down, YouTube accounts are getting deleted with all the content.... many people are finding their social media accounts erased.
No most of these people have their stuff deleted for obvious reasons, for posting spam, porn, racist content. OK, understood.
But what about the people who have their content for reasons they don't understand? What about the few people who had material that is similar to what I have on The Metaphysical Connection and The Fedora Chronicles? There are people who have websites that debate conspiracy theories that have been cleared out. There are people who have anti-Hillary and anti-Trump sites taken down or pages and groups that throw their support for Third Candidates? If they haven't been targeted, will they be next?
Now people are looking for new platforms, alternatives to Facebook. There are a lot of people who see what's happening and how it's going to be getting worse. They are going to start censoring the crap out of social media, and/or social media is going to start demanding that you submit to their GroupThink.
Here's what I see happening, Facebook is going to go the way of "MySpace." People are already leaving in droves. People are leaving Facebook and might not have anywhere to go...
Well, to all of you. Welcome back and welcome home.