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A Tale of Two Facebook Pages - Lesson Learned from Social Media
DIR By: Doug K
Date: October 18, 2021, 10:15 am
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We were asked once, by more than a few ECNA members & guests,
why the Erie Canal Neighbors Association didn't chose the Social
Media website Facebook as our choice for a webpage to deliver
our message.
Our best reply is simple; Facebook will NEVER be a Harbor of
Truth, until people who run Facebook can reign in those who try
to use it just to proliferate "misinformation".
Evident by the sheer fact that Facebook influences have led many
millions of American to believe that INSURRECTIONIST storming
the US Capital should be called "patriots" by more than one
group calling Facebook their "homepage".
Literally anyone can start a "social group" on the Facebook
platform, and spread all kinds of misinformation to "prove their
point", even if they are wrong, and pointless.
Many use it to make their "cause" seem like it's "honorable" but
under closer scrutiny it's easy to see that many just use it to
try and create more and more division in our country.
The ECNA wanted to insure that our members learned the TRUTH
about Canal Embankment Safety, as well as seeing what those who
would speak against the truth about Erie Canal safety were
saying, the reason for our STCC Forum Board.
And today I will present the best example I could find of the
difference between a socially responsible Facebook page, and one
that maybe isn't as prudent on being truthful, or social.
I found this About Statement on a recent page I visited on
Facebook... take a look. It shows how far some groups have to go
in order to reign in the vitriol behavior on Facebook and how
important it is to stop the spread of MISINFORMATION on the
Facebook Platform.
I have shaded the Group's name to insure their privacy, but you
may find out later in this post who they are. This group's
Facebook has well over Ten Thousand visitors who check in
regularly
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Now compare that to the Facebook Group calling themselves the
Stop the Canal Clear-cut Group... here's their about page.
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Yes, two rules: Be Kind & Courteous and Keep the Conversation on
Topic...
Nothing about truth, nothing about accuracy of information, be
nice... don't stray from what the Group's Leaders want to
discuss.
It might sound good enough, but only if the group's leaders
actually followed those rules... which they don't.
Here's a little clip of the banter going on about "Columbus" who
somehow factors in to the Erie Canal Embankment Debate.
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And what's most remarkable, the Co-Founder is the one who takes
this all "off topic" when a new MEMBER of the group tries to
correct her.
That's about par for this group though, the founders often
haggle with members who oppose their opinions, in fact more than
one has been booted out of the group as a result of
"non-compliance" with the "group thought".
It's OK to debate, be kind and courteous... hogwash.
The group leaders spend most of their time either bashing the
Canal Corporation, the NY Power Authority or whoever their
politician of choice happens to be, to ridicule that day.
This Facebook group has a STATED ENEMY, that's NYPA, and if you
join the group, you better tow the line there... unsafe
dams...it's all NYPA's "fake danger"
Never has more misinformation been spread, about a public safety
program, than what has been "shared" by members of this Facebook
Group. They openly deny the safety warnings about earthen
embankments and have created a counter argument that public
safety isn't a problem, but taking trees away will create an
environmental disaster.
Of course the Canal Corporation is saying that leaving trees is
a recipe for a breach & flood, a bigger environmental disaster
no doubt.
It's misinformation followed by, conspiracy theories and then
denial with a good helping of distraction, the recipe of a
Facebook group called Stop The Canal Clear-cut.
They must all be "Canal Patriots", just ask them...no one cares
more than they do, not even the owners of the Canal System who
are only trying to repair it...lol
Go read a bit more about what this group is saying here about
public safety, the Canal, and what they are not telling members:
HTML https://ecna.createaforum.com/perinton-canal-embankment-discussion/rufus-kendig's-ten-cents-worth!/
HTML https://ecna.createaforum.com/the-stop-the-clearcut-argument/stop-the-canal-clear-cut-group-leaders-hiding-what-they-know-about-embankment-sa/
This group's "about page" is NOT AT ALL like that first Facebook
Group's ABOUT statement I shared, and the message of NOT
spreading misinformation and malice. I bet you can't guess who
is so concerned about misinformation on their Facebook page
site, that they have a stronger message about it than either
Facebook corporate or the STCC group.
Who was the group who posted to be truthful, kind and
non-biased? Who said keep politics out of it, and religion too?
Well go and take a look folks, you waited patiently.
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Maybe that's why we never see Ms Agte write anything on the
Official NYS Canal Website on Facebook?
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How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: October 26, 2021, 7:30 am
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Facebook engineers gave extra value to emoji reactions,
including "angry," pushing more emotional and provocative
content into users’ news feeds.
Read in The Washington Post:
HTML https://apple.news/AfoD7mSqyQoSIapqfLWR2JA
or
HTML https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-algorithm-news-feed-conservatives-liberals-india/
or
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html
THAT - seems to sum up what has happened at the Agte/Maier site
for the STCC on Facebook
Lies, deception, mis-information and a lot of people led away
from the truth and reality.
You can correct much of that here -
www.eriecanalfacts.wordpress.com
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