Chronological Feeds Won’t “Fix” Social Media
The Facebook Files saga took an unexpected turn last week as Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager responsible for providing the WSJ a treasure trove of leaked internal documents, made her public unveiling as the Facebook whistleblower.
In what is still difficult to wrap my mind around, in the span of just two days, Haugen went from having her first public interview on 60 Minutes to sitting down for a three-hour hearing in front of Congress. Haugen went so far as to unveil something of a “public oversight of social media” agenda. Based on the well-orchestered PR aspect of it all, if you told me that she was next running for Congress, I wouldn’t think you were crazy. We seem to be experiencing something of a renaissance for the corporate whistleblower. There is a story to be told here, but that won’t be the subject of this essay. Instead, the supposed “fixes” that Haugen suggested Congress could apply to Facebook caught my attention.
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