So, I know it's easy to slam FB, and I'm no fan of the company, BUT...this is a really hard problem. Whether they are just making an attempt for the sake of looking like they are making an attempt, or actually trying to solve the problem, the fact is, preventing an institution the size of a major nation government from manipulating the discourse on their platform, is difficult bordering on impossible. Like spam, we should try, but like spam, don't expect it to get solved any time soon.
> Like spam, we should try, but like spam, don't expect it to get solved any time soon.
I don't understand. To me, spam was solved decades ago by Gmail with a simple Bayesian filter. I can still read the spam I receive if I look into the spam folder, so there is no censorship or moderation taking place. I can chose what is spam or not and it reduces noise in my inbox. Why not do the same on just everything else?
I tried to make this case to an investor who hates Facebook, and their response was: "They have billions of dollars, they can fix it if they want to."
Mind you this person is savvier than most about business and technology, and he didn't quite grok the concept of difficulty solving the authentication and content moderation problem at 2B+ user scale is not solved by throwing more people at it.
