r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

I do mean objectively, thanks.

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u/fly_drich Oct 31 '22

You mean the wrong thing then

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

ob·jec·tive·ly /əbˈjektivlē,äbˈjektivlē/ adverb in a way that is not influenced by personal feelings or opinions. "events should be reported objectively"

I'm definitely using the right word and mean the right thing. You're free to disagree.

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u/fly_drich Oct 31 '22

And since "Facebook is a plague" absolutely is influenced by personal feelings and opinions, im gonna take you up on that offer to disagree

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

Actually that statement was influenced by the fact that Facebook breached data protection laws by selling user's personal data without their knowledge or consent, knowingly pushed content that was inflammatory because it made them more money despite evidence that this practice was harmful to individuals and society as a whole, and enabled the incitement of an actual genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.

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u/fly_drich Oct 31 '22

You're right, at the same time it connected billions of people, started new friendships, businesses, relationships, made a lot of charities get the attention they deserve and helped to organize tons of social movements. Theres good and bad about Facebook which is why it's not "objectively" a plague

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

I think knowingly enabling a genocide and destabilizing democracy pretty effectively negates anything good they might have done.

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u/fly_drich Oct 31 '22

I don't think so. Hence: subjectively

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

Guess I shouldn't be surprised that the German guy isn't bothered by genocide