Facebook has repeatedly faced criticism for removing posts that were said to violate its community standards. Now, they are forced to reconsider what is deemed "appropriate and "inappropriate" before removing posts.
According to an article written at Daily Mail, Facebook removed a video post about breast cancer awareness and people thought it was unjust and an insensitive decision. Because of that, Facebook is receiving more negative feedbacks and is now reconsidering about to change about what they believe is appropriate and not, and will allow certain posts, even if it violates its community standards as long as they are deemed newsworthy.
But thinking about it in a third party's perspective, one could say it was an honest mistake. The internet community is a very harsh world and sometimes people's view on what is "appropriate" and "inappropriate" is hard to pinpoint.
Thankfully, there are people who wants to make the internet world a better place or somehow pleasant. It is the main reason why people decided to make this list called the internet etiquette or "netiquette". There is no solid information about who first wrote this list, but there are many sites that showcase the "netiquette" rules. Though the maybe the same, some differ because some of the rules listed are based on the author's experience. A good example of the list of netiquette is found at uticaod.com.
Back to Facebook, with so many users posting illegal and inappropriate things by the minute, whether it's under human or computer supervision, a mistake is bound to happen. This is a valid point that the public should consider. Also, there will always be posts that may seem harmless to a group of individuals, but may seem to be harmful and offensive to you or to your community. It really is a matter of perspective.
Another point to reconsider is if it is a good idea for Facebook to be less strict in choosing what posts are to be removed and not removed. Aside from the fact that people will take advantage of this, we must also consider the users who will be viewing these posts. Supposedly a young child sees a post of something that is too "mature" for his/her age, how will one consider that? Some may say it's the parents' lack of supervision to blame for that. But one must also consider that it is impossible and unhealthy for a child to be with his parents 24/7.
And lastly, both Facebook and the users must be aware of what they are doing. The internet is a public place. Once something is thrown in that web, that piece of information cannot be taken back or reversed. It will always be there floating in the sea of information.
Well, these are the few things that the public must know about netiquette to better understand the latest controversy surrounding Facebook's policies on what posts should be acceptable and unacceptable. Hope this article has given the readers a new perspective on the issue.
