[doctorRetro]

“I think Facebook needs to shut down."

As I've spent the last few years pissing away absurd amounts of time on the platform, gotten in countless fruitless arguments, and seen the truly vile and toxic elements of my communities exposed and worn like a badge, this is an idea I've been thinking an awful lot about. After reading this article, I've never been more certain of that statement.

[hvs]

"We have met the enemy and he is us." https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Pogo_-_Earth_...

Shutting down FB will just create this problem in the next popular social media platform. This is a problem that needs to be solved, and shutting companies down won't do it.

[50656E6973]

That's like saying there's no point in putting out house fires, because there's always going to be somewhere else that catches on fire.

When a social gathering (whether its a party at a club or a riot in the streets) exceeds capacity and becomes dangerous, destructive, and out of control the police shut it down for the good of public safety.

[hvs]

That's the opposite of what I'm saying. I'm saying you need to put out the fire not just let it burn down and build a new house. Houses burn, find a way to put them out, don't just plan on creating new ones.

[50656E6973]

There comes a point when a fire gets so massive that its foolish/impossible to try and put it out, as it would just endager more lives. Human lives are more important than buildings

[darkpuma]

Some problems can only be solved one generation at a time. Maybe facebook dying and the new generation coming to age is exactly what society needs.