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Facebook's actions (or inactions) are going to be felt widely. Unless something is done.

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Nov 06, 2019
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Broadway and Trinity Church by J.W. Hill, 1830 (public domain - New York Public Library)

Facebook's recent stand on political advertising and free speech have placed it in the cross hairs of the media. Not to mention their decade-plus-long drumbeat of:

  • destroying trust

  • apologizing without really meaning it

  • steamrolling opposition

  • lifting product user interfaces from competitors instead of innovating

  • playing fast and loose with user data

  • gradually and almost entirely removing organic reach for brands

  • poor judgement in selecting News partners

  • insisting it's the responsibility of journalists to police lies in political ads

  • giving itself a special, unregulated power over elections

  • and much more

All of which have given me second (and third and seventeenth) thoughts about remaining on the platform.

The challenges are multiple: being a solo practitioner, Facebook provides a connection to others — it is my water cooler; I also belong to and administer a number of groups that provide services to me and o…

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