[chiefalchemist]

FB was been and still is what it's always been...a mirror and a magnifier.

What's changing is the tolerance some ppl (e.g., you, me, the HN'er above your comment) have for it's mindless minutia, as well as the privacy issues.

The takeaway for me is simple: the evolution of humans - FB the Big Inc and the masses that feed its bottom line -is greatly exaggerated. Could some of the devo'ing be due to FB? I suppose. But for the most part, the signs have been there all along, FB just made it undeniable.

[psyc]

I agree it's roughly the same as it's been. I think its ubiquity has made the FB situation worse.

[chiefalchemist]

Yes. If nothing else,easier to see, and at the same time complicity / "normalization" has increased.

It's a massive collective blindspot.