Charlie Warzel

I feel like to this idea of like the hall monitors, like you have lost is I think what he's trying to communicate here.

I feel like to this idea of like the hall monitors, like you have lost is I think what he's trying to communicate here.

Well, yes. And you know what? I'll take the blame. I agree with that completely. I've been covering this company for, you know, I don't know, more than a decade now.

Well, yes. And you know what? I'll take the blame. I agree with that completely. I've been covering this company for, you know, I don't know, more than a decade now.

Well, yes. And you know what? I'll take the blame. I agree with that completely. I've been covering this company for, you know, I don't know, more than a decade now.

And there's this classic thing that Zuckerberg especially does where he sort of rolls out something new and basically says, like, he speaks as if he has amnesia from the past or as if like, you know, a totally new paradigm has formed, right? It's like, we're getting into groups, we're getting into community building. Everyone just wants to gather with people around shared interests.

And there's this classic thing that Zuckerberg especially does where he sort of rolls out something new and basically says, like, he speaks as if he has amnesia from the past or as if like, you know, a totally new paradigm has formed, right? It's like, we're getting into groups, we're getting into community building. Everyone just wants to gather with people around shared interests.

And there's this classic thing that Zuckerberg especially does where he sort of rolls out something new and basically says, like, he speaks as if he has amnesia from the past or as if like, you know, a totally new paradigm has formed, right? It's like, we're getting into groups, we're getting into community building. Everyone just wants to gather with people around shared interests.

And then like QAnon happens and he's like, I don't know what people were, were, were doing, you know, trying to gather in these groups that were just forcing people into these groups. So what we really want to do is this, like they were all about news and prioritizing the newsfeed. I mean, when I worked at Buzzfeed in 2013, one day, literally just one day in October, uh,

And then like QAnon happens and he's like, I don't know what people were, were, were doing, you know, trying to gather in these groups that were just forcing people into these groups. So what we really want to do is this, like they were all about news and prioritizing the newsfeed. I mean, when I worked at Buzzfeed in 2013, one day, literally just one day in October, uh,

And then like QAnon happens and he's like, I don't know what people were, were, were doing, you know, trying to gather in these groups that were just forcing people into these groups. So what we really want to do is this, like they were all about news and prioritizing the newsfeed. I mean, when I worked at Buzzfeed in 2013, one day, literally just one day in October, uh,

We had 300 times the amount of referral traffic that we normally had to the entire site. And it was because someone at Facebook turned a dial and there was all this stuff because Facebook wanted to get in bed, partner with these news organizations, be a place where news, you know, reading where all this happened.

We had 300 times the amount of referral traffic that we normally had to the entire site. And it was because someone at Facebook turned a dial and there was all this stuff because Facebook wanted to get in bed, partner with these news organizations, be a place where news, you know, reading where all this happened.

We had 300 times the amount of referral traffic that we normally had to the entire site. And it was because someone at Facebook turned a dial and there was all this stuff because Facebook wanted to get in bed, partner with these news organizations, be a place where news, you know, reading where all this happened.

Then they realized, oh, your grandma is getting radicalized. It's a terrible experience for absolutely every person on the app to be inundated with political news 24-7. And they were like, this political news, it's bad. It's like, you did this. You did this. You control the website. You are making the editorial decisions.

Then they realized, oh, your grandma is getting radicalized. It's a terrible experience for absolutely every person on the app to be inundated with political news 24-7. And they were like, this political news, it's bad. It's like, you did this. You did this. You control the website. You are making the editorial decisions.

Then they realized, oh, your grandma is getting radicalized. It's a terrible experience for absolutely every person on the app to be inundated with political news 24-7. And they were like, this political news, it's bad. It's like, you did this. You did this. You control the website. You are making the editorial decisions.

And yet they sort of act like it's these gravitational forces that are pushing and pulling us into these behaviors. Facebook is the one... dictating what we see, what we do, how we act on the platform.

And yet they sort of act like it's these gravitational forces that are pushing and pulling us into these behaviors. Facebook is the one... dictating what we see, what we do, how we act on the platform.

And yet they sort of act like it's these gravitational forces that are pushing and pulling us into these behaviors. Facebook is the one... dictating what we see, what we do, how we act on the platform.