I guess I don\u2019t understand the hue and cry over Facebook. The company is clear that it doesn\u2019t, and doesn\u2019t want to, act as an editor for the variety of things that get posted, and it\u2019s clear that given the volume of stuff they really can\u2019t do a good job at it. Meanwhile, there are sources of information that do<\/i> have editorial standards. As a consumer of information, I get to decide: do I want to get my information from sources I trust to vet and present it truthfully, or do I want to get it from anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a matter of fact, I do both. I read things on Reddit, but I approach them with much more skepticism than I do with my New York Times subscription or Richard Stallman\u2019s blog. By the same token, I subscribe to Taran\u2019s Free Jazz Hour, because of his curatorial excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, is the problem just that people have an unreasonable expectation of Facebook?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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