Facebook. Part 2: Using the System Against Itself

Facebook has mastered the art of censoring content it disagrees with. It has invested heavily in a hybrid human/AI model to review reported content, and to remove it as ‘undesirable’. This includes news stories that are deemed ‘fake’ (even if the facts are up for debate, or the story could be interpreted multiple ways).

In Part 1 of our series, we discussed how to disconnect yourself from Facebook. By this point, you should have already backed-up your Facebook content, and be ready to leave (or get banned). On the way out, let’s pit the system against itself.

As with any totalitarian system, one of the best ways to ‘fight the system’ is to use the system against itself. Overwhelm the systems of control. Confuse the people in charge of the system. Cause them to make mistakes that impact the audiences that feel ‘shielded’ from the censorship (i.e. the gullible masses). This will wake more people up to the cancer that is censorship by a mega-corporation. The oligopoly should not be in charge of your thoughts.

What’s worse, Facebook outsources most of its moderation to contractors. So, your private information, your private ideas — are being censored by anonymous third-parties:
https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/07/nyu-study-facebooks-content-moderation-efforts-are-grossly-inadequate/

Here are some tips on how to collapse the system of control on itself:

1. Report any and all content you disagree with. If it makes you feel ‘unsafe’ — report it. Report any and all content that you feel could be ‘harming the community’ (whatever that means). Sure, their algorithms will weed out some of this — but some % will get through, making it harder to censor the (what they would consider) ‘legitimate’ content (like wrongthink).
2. Report Users. Disagree with them? Report them. Sure, it’s a dick move, but it’s part of the chaos. Every report adds to the overwhelming of the system of control.
3. Purposely post what other users are likely to flag and report. We’re not suggesting anything illegal (obviously) — but items of ‘fake news’, politically charged items — things that are likely to get reported by other users. Post them. Take one for the team.

This all may seem like common sense. And it is. But things that seem obvious are often the last things we do.