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Stephen Downes

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Facebook's original business plan was based on creating public spaces for individuals to connect. This worked out poorly, because it facilitated things like online harassment, the creation of hate groups and fake news. Now it is pivoting in such a way as to move toward a more private social network, "one which focuses on closed spaces, like groups or messaging, rather than the public News Feed." This, argues the author, would be worse. But I don't know. What's the alternative - make social networks impossible altogether?

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