Mark Zuckerberg wants to democratize Facebook — here’s what happened when he tried

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to run Facebook on his own anymore. In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, he told Recode he was “fundamentally uncomfortable” making some policy decisions. Later, he outlined an idea for an independent Facebook “supreme court” that could review decisions about community standards. And in his giant manifesto last year, he called for a “large-scale democratic process” for running Facebook. “We are committed to always doing better, even if that involves building a worldwide voting system to give you more voice and control,” he promised. Zuckerberg has long talked about Facebook as a new kind of nation, and his comments have played into a larger debate over how to give users a stake in the platforms they populate. But it’s worth remembering that years ago, Facebook did try to become a democracy — and nobody showed up. -- More...