Daily posts about how evil and sucky and blabla they are. Not so much. It’s annoying. We, as in HN, all know by now. Post Facebook alternatives instead.

Facebook is clearly bad. But I find that pointing at Facebook failings, it is becoming a bit too convenient for politicians and other higher-ups.

The problem of fake news has always been a problem. Manufacturing consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent didn't start with Facebook. Foreign propaganda didn't start with Facebook either.

I feel that bashing Facebook nowadays, hides a lot of more serious, nuanced and complicated political problems that need to be addressed.

For example, one among many, the “Russiagate conspiracy” was, indeed, a conspiracy: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/03/russiagate-donald-trump-muell... - but it was an extremely convenient one, and spread as truth for a long time, especially in mainstream media. Why was this happening?

In general, with Facebook, we are looking for technical solutions to political problems. The main problem with Facebook is not how it censors news, or how it regulates speech, the main problem with Facebook is that is a monopoly.

Trying to regulate speech on FB, while it keeps a monopoly position, that’s the real danger for democracy. And, of course, that’s exactly where we are headed to.