Is it really the fault of the platform? I despise Facebook, and do not use it, but the root of the problem, IMO, is that people are dumb. We'll never change that - some people are always going to be dumb. Humans have been doing dumb things in large numbers for a long time - witch hunts, public stonings, The Crusades...Facebook just virtualizes their presence. Blaming Facebook for the 2016 election is my favorite form of misdirected ire. The real problems lied in people manipulating people. That could have been done with billboards, TV ads, newsletters, or phone calls just as easily. We're still learning how to deal with the ability to communicate with one another instantly over large distances, as a species. I do think we're in a valley right now, where stupidity reigns over all, but believe that will change eventually.