Once again, suppose we look at a population of people who have A. We know that, at a time of their choosing, any of them could switch to B. Would it be reasonable for us to say, “These people have made the choice to have A”? Once again: no, absolutely not.
By why is A in this case “use Facebook”? No one is making anyone use Facebook, people choose to use it, so it’s not really a default except that in some particular framing you may think of it as a default, which may be how some people think of the choice but is not how I think the choice would look to someone who was not already a committed Facebook user (the outside view is different from the inside view, and I’m taking the outside view). I feel like your entire argument is hinged on a hidden assumption about a framing that places Facebook as a default choice. That’s fine as far as it goes but I also feel it fails to address the point I’m making by picking a different frame of reference, namely one that is aiming to be more outside.
Also, as a meta note I’m establishing a new Said-specific policy for myself of only responding once to Said threads for the foreseeable future: I dislike the confrontational tone (that I perceive that) you take so I’ll only respond at most once to you in a thread to avoid getting into a back and forth I dislike. Anyone who notices me doing otherwise please feel free to remind me I said this.
By why is A in this case “use Facebook”? No one is making anyone use Facebook, people choose to use it,
Because the question is “why are people continuing to use Facebook”, not “why did they start using Facebook”. It doesn’t matter why they started. They did; this is now a brute fact. But why do they continue? And so “use Facebook” is of course the default choice, the non-action.
it’s not really a default except that in some particular framing you may think of it as a default
No, it’s a default in the obvious and straightforward way of “a person who is already using Facebook, by default, continues to use Facebook”. Switching takes effort (cognitive effort, time, etc.). Heck, it takes even knowing that you can switch, not to mention knowing what to switch to, and how. Continuing to use Facebook takes no effort and no thought.
I feel like your entire argument is hinged on a hidden assumption about a framing that places Facebook as a default choice.
It’s not hidden at all, it’s not an “assumption”, and it’s not a “framing”; it’s just how things are.
That’s fine as far as it goes but I also feel it fails to address the point I’m making by picking a different frame of reference, namely one that is aiming to be more outside.
No amount of framing changes the facts of this matter.
By why is A in this case “use Facebook”? No one is making anyone use Facebook, people choose to use it, so it’s not really a default except that in some particular framing you may think of it as a default, which may be how some people think of the choice but is not how I think the choice would look to someone who was not already a committed Facebook user (the outside view is different from the inside view, and I’m taking the outside view). I feel like your entire argument is hinged on a hidden assumption about a framing that places Facebook as a default choice. That’s fine as far as it goes but I also feel it fails to address the point I’m making by picking a different frame of reference, namely one that is aiming to be more outside.
Also, as a meta note I’m establishing a new Said-specific policy for myself of only responding once to Said threads for the foreseeable future: I dislike the confrontational tone (that I perceive that) you take so I’ll only respond at most once to you in a thread to avoid getting into a back and forth I dislike. Anyone who notices me doing otherwise please feel free to remind me I said this.
Because the question is “why are people continuing to use Facebook”, not “why did they start using Facebook”. It doesn’t matter why they started. They did; this is now a brute fact. But why do they continue? And so “use Facebook” is of course the default choice, the non-action.
No, it’s a default in the obvious and straightforward way of “a person who is already using Facebook, by default, continues to use Facebook”. Switching takes effort (cognitive effort, time, etc.). Heck, it takes even knowing that you can switch, not to mention knowing what to switch to, and how. Continuing to use Facebook takes no effort and no thought.
It’s not hidden at all, it’s not an “assumption”, and it’s not a “framing”; it’s just how things are.
No amount of framing changes the facts of this matter.