“It’s easier to inspire people to anger than to other emotions… Facebook realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, click on less ads. They’ll make less money.”
Whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ @60Minutes
“Two-thirds of the times that people joined an extremist group on Facebook is because of a Facebook recommendation… Facebook’s executives knew that was going on… The problem with Facebook is Facebook.”
Roger McNamee (@Moonalice) @VelshiMSNBC#Velshi
“Facebook is stuck in a feedback loop they cannot get out of. Hiding this information because they feel trapped. They need to admit they did something wrong and they need to help solve these problems. That’s what moral bankruptcy is.” @FrancesHaugen
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet just because there’s a picture with a quote next to it,” said Abraham Lincoln somewhere in the multiverse…
In this thread, we collect colloquialisms commonly misattributed on the Internet. Aphorisms often have their own lives…
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
MLK employed this resonant line in a 1958 article and 1964 speech.
American Transcendentalist Theodore Parker first formulated the metaphor about historical progress in an 1853 sermon: quoteinvestigator.com/2012/11/15/arc…
“The truth is, everybody is going to hurt you. You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
Truth is, even though the memorable sentiment resonates because it is replete with compassion and empathy and resilience and grit, Bob Marley never said it: houstonpress.com/news/the-truth…
“These Bubba the Love Sponge tapes should be distributed everywhere so every COMPASSIONATE person can hear just how Tucker Carlson REALLY thinks about women.” @JohnFugelsang@StephMillerShow
Re-upping @mmfa audio in light of Matt Gaetz’s TERRIBLE actions:
“Tucker Carlson says he has no recollection of what Matt Gaetz is talking about. Generally Gaetz appears to be saying she was 18 by the time he bought her airline tix and hotel rooms so technically the federal charges fail. Not a great look. Going to get messier.” @harrylitman 🎯
“The number of COVID deaths in the U.S. has dropped from 4380 people on the day that President Biden took office to about 700 people a day now.” @StevenBeschloss
“I inherited a nation in crisis. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic crisis since Great Depression. The worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War… After just 100 days — America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility.”
"What I object to were rules that permitted thousands of Georgia voters to be denied participation, to have their votes cast out… I will disagree with the system till it is fixed." Stacey Abrams to Ted Cruz
“The point of setting ambitious goals isn't to experience joy. It's to pursue personal growth and mastery — or to create something of value for others.” @AdamMGrant