I’ve written a lot about Facebook over the years.
Good stuff.
Bad stuff.
Questionable stuff.
But the reality is that for all the shit it gets thrown in its direction … for all the talk of it losing its relevance … it’s still super popular and influential.
But as we have all read recently, it has been susceptible to communicating false news.
False news that has enabled bad things to happen … either because it encouraged people to react to things that didn’t require a reaction or encouraging people to believe that everything was OK when everything was absolutely not OK.
To be fair to Facebook, they have openly stated they don’t want this to happen and are taking steps to stop it.
Of course people say it’s too little too late but the fact is, when you have over a billion users, it’s bloody hard to manage all that content and data. But that said, sometimes things happen that are so obviously #FalseNews you have to wonder how the hell they let it happen at all.
Stuff like this …
Come on Facebook … what the hell were you thinking letting this happen?
While anyone who knows me will think it’s bollocks, the fact is even I don’t believe it and I’m as delusional as they come.
For your own sake, you need to understand that while people are willing to accept mistakes, when you let something as stupid as this occur, you’ll find their patience is very thin.
You can thank me later Mr Z, preferably with a cheque for $10,000,000.