This conversation has been had on HN a few dozen times now, so let me predict posts we'll see:
> Framing of Facebook as just the next stage in the evolution of mass media.
> Personal story about how Facebook helped someone find help or companionship in a tough time.
> Admonitions about how Facebook's benefits are not worth the societal cost.
> A call for regulation.
> A call for a free-market solution.
> A post from someone who works in marketing about how "that's where the audience is so we have to give them money".
> Personal story about eerily accurate targeting.
> Personal story about how the targeting is totally inaccurate.
> Humblebrags about how long ago one hasn't used Facebook - "I haven't used Facebook since 1914, when the Kaiser went to war."
> Pointing out that traditional media is just scared because they're being disrupted.
> Something about "Facebook" being a black mark on one's resume.
I just wish there was something we could do other than repeatedly argue about the nature/scope/cause/solution of the problem, but the US political process is pretty broken.
> Framing of Facebook as just the next stage in the evolution of mass media.
> Personal story about how Facebook helped someone find help or companionship in a tough time.
> Admonitions about how Facebook's benefits are not worth the societal cost.
> A call for regulation.
> A call for a free-market solution.
> A post from someone who works in marketing about how "that's where the audience is so we have to give them money".
> Personal story about eerily accurate targeting.
> Personal story about how the targeting is totally inaccurate.
> Humblebrags about how long ago one hasn't used Facebook - "I haven't used Facebook since 1914, when the Kaiser went to war."
> Pointing out that traditional media is just scared because they're being disrupted.
> Something about "Facebook" being a black mark on one's resume.
I just wish there was something we could do other than repeatedly argue about the nature/scope/cause/solution of the problem, but the US political process is pretty broken.