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0 pointswu-ikkyu8y ago0 comments

>Facebook has zero real power over your life

>ALL THEY DO IS HOST YOUR FRIENDS' PHOTOS.

These two obviously false statements completely undermine your otherwise valid point about personal responsibility.

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Power is very different from influence. Facebook does a great job of encouraging people to choose to visit, but they have no power to force anyone to do so. The second comment is hyperbolic for sure, I used that device to try and swing the conversation closer to the other side where I think it needs to be.

wu-ikkyuOP8y ago

>Power is very different from influence

Influence is a function of power, it's in the very definition of the word:

1. the ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially as a faculty or quality.

2. the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events.

Does FB not have the ability to influence behavior?

Even if you choose not to visit FB (I don't), that doesn't mean FB has no influence over your life, especially when many/most of your friends and billions of others are plugged into it. Unless you live on Mars.

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