The medium is the message as the saying goes, the technology we interact with shapes what kinds of interaction we have. Blaming 'people' makes no sense because 'people' cannot be changed, unless we genetically reengineer humanity to be more accommodating to Facebook's algorithms, which they would probably prefer compared to having to actually fix the problems of their platform
>"At some point the onus is, and should be in any meaningful democracy, on the individual"
Viewing systems issues that are macro at scale through an individualized lens is great for dodging responsibility and Facebook's bottom line but it makes about as much sense as thinking that dealing with climage change will be achieved by everyone voluntarily shopping greener on amazon rather than creating systems that are, collectively and at a mechanism level oriented towards social good
>"At some point the onus is, and should be in any meaningful democracy, on the individual"
Viewing systems issues that are macro at scale through an individualized lens is great for dodging responsibility and Facebook's bottom line but it makes about as much sense as thinking that dealing with climage change will be achieved by everyone voluntarily shopping greener on amazon rather than creating systems that are, collectively and at a mechanism level oriented towards social good