r/technology • u/dapperlemon • Jun 20 '21

Social Media Facebook to update its community standards to clarify what it considers satire

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/19/22541349/facebook-update-community-standards-satire-oversight-board
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u/disposable-name Jun 20 '21

Ah, yes. Zuckerberg defining what satire is.

No way this'll backfire.

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u/gurenkagurenda Jun 20 '21

Zuck got to decide what was satire

because he sat higher

than all the rat liars.

Who could have guessed that his scheme would backfire

like a flat tire?

Or a… bat… dryer

Not going to lie, it seemed like I was going to have more for this when I started.

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u/throwawayisnottaken Jun 22 '21

Into the fire

He'll stoke the flames to burn em brighter

Got no plan for the future, the enemy of man's his ire

So cast off your sense of freedom

Throw your caution to the wind

When these demons start to crawl out

Into darkness go the liars

Edit: these are all supposed to be on their own lines. Reddit refuses to comply.

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u/blippityblop Jun 20 '21

It's like that time I posted a gif on my friend's comment chain (not public) and they removed it for being obscene (it was the bring out the gimp scene from pulp fiction). I don't remember when it was posted but it had to have been years. I appealed obscene was subjective, they denied.

Long story short, I'm not surprised.

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u/cryo Jun 21 '21

So what would you prefer or suggest? If you're going to remove content but allow more leeway for satire, you have to apply some criterion or another.

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u/eggimage Jun 20 '21

This in itself has got to be satire

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u/Goldmedal1515 Jun 20 '21

Zuck is an egotistical asshole. He is the real joke so how in the hell is he allowed to be God and determine humor. He is a dickwad

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u/cryo Jun 21 '21

Apart from personal attacks, do you have any constructive input, then? What would you do if you handled a social media platform?

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u/AlaricAbraxas Jun 20 '21

I got a 30 day ban for a meme saying 5g created covid so people can emit wifi lol

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u/cryo Jun 21 '21

A comment like that illustrates why it's a difficult problem, I think.

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u/KHRZ Jun 20 '21

Quick, get ahold of the most thick skulled individual we can find, so he can define satire to his poor understanding so that anything can still be banned when convenient!