I see this argument a lot of Hacker News and Reddit. While it's true that both websites are comprised of a large and diverse body of individuals who share differing opinions and various subjects, that doesn't mean you can't discern real trends and biases within them. I think it's quite clear from reading any of the past month's discussions on Facebook:
Yeah this is exactly it. And like I stated in sibling comment. People like me who don’t attack FB don’t defend it either. We are more interested in what we perceive as over the top hatred of FB that doesn’t make sense. Like you said, other companies get passes, but FB doesn’t.
There was a recent thread with more than one person comparing cigarettes with FB. Possibly even FB being worse than cigarettes. Something that has killed millions of people. But even in that no one defended FB. They just said FB isn’t as bad as people are making it seem.
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