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by jhbadger 563 days ago
But except for the Arab Spring of 2011 none of these events had anything whatsoever to do with social media. It is just absurd to see Facebook try to associate themselves with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It reminds me of the 1990s ad campaign Apple used to have about "thinking different" featuring people like Einstein, Martin Luther King, and Gandhi, none of whom obviously used Apple's products.
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"But except for the Arab Spring of 2011 none of these events had anything whatsoever to do with social media"

There is an argument I saw made in a documentary that the Arab Spring also had nothing to do with social media.

I watched the arab spring from online, and I am certain that tech companies were actively involved in fomenting the various rebellions. Unfortunately, evidence has been lost to censorship overtime. The internet is much more malleable than people want to believe
Why does it matter to you?

Unless you received assurances otherwise, trying different things every week seems like the default expectation for a big company.

Do not social media cause the Rohingya genocide?
LOL. Bill Burr on Conan discussing Steve Jobs self promoting: "Jesus, Ghandi, me."