Facebook Claims Reality Is Far From What's Shown In The Social Dilemma. Fans Aren't Convinced!
The viral documentary on Netflix titled The Social Dilemma caught the fancy of the fans as it raised their eyebrows by revealing how social media impacts our real lives and mental health. It accused various social media platforms for making their apps deliberately addictive. Following this, Facebook has responded to the allegation made and stated that the documentary is far from reality.
The viral documentary on Netflix titled The Social Dilemma caught the fancy of the fans as it raised their eyebrows by revealing how social media impacts our real lives and mental health. It accused various social media platforms for making their apps deliberately addictive. Following this, Facebook has responded to the allegations made and stated that the documentary is far from reality.
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Facebook, in its seven-point response, says it buries the substance in sensationalism.
"Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems", it writes.
? Wow...
¡ª Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 2, 2020
Facebook has published this official response to Netflix¡¯s ¡®The Social Dilemma¡¯ documentary https://t.co/lTjXh9tiNP pic.twitter.com/jeuATkVT7B
It also rebutted the idea that users are the product. "Facebook is funded by advertising so that it remains free for people."
Defending the algorithms, it said that Facebook's technology, "keeps the platform relevant and useful," and added, "Portraying algorithms as 'mad' may make good fodder for conspiracy documentaries, but the reality is a lot less entertaining."
Here's what people have to say about it.
There needs to be a mass, celebrity endorsed campaign for boycotting Facebook. The main draw for using it is the comparison between ourselves and others - if everyone leaves, there is no basis for comparison. No one has to feel like they¡¯re ¡®missing out¡¯.
¡ª Jessica (@welsh_feminista) October 2, 2020
Facebook:
¡ª Quintin Quarantino (@DCisChillin) October 2, 2020
This is our response to the social dilemma.
The social dilemma: pic.twitter.com/8XXksB7QVt
I deactivated for the better part of a year and when I went back in found out 100+ apps and websites were still sending Facebook my information the whole time.
¡ª Foster (@SFosterW) October 2, 2020
Check out your "Off-Facebook Activity"
Currently downloading my information so I can get the hell outta Dodge. pic.twitter.com/QTHhzWfLt6
Something very wrong with FB. It needs to have certain sections shut down. But it is refusing to do so. If it carries on like this there will be a time when the whole operation is shut down. Savvy kids today say FB is for old people.
¡ª James Morrow (@jamorro) October 3, 2020
People are seemingly not convinced!
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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