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I don't think the problem is software necessarily, it's scale. Software allows for scale but it's not the underlying cause. Google is responsible for the cont

I don't think the problem is software necessarily, it's scale. Software allows for scale but it's not the underlying cause. Google is responsible for the content of maybe hundreds of millions of people; if even a small fraction of them have issues that's overwhelming. At that scale it's impossible for you to be anything other than nothing to them.

wpietri 10y ago
> At that scale it's impossible for you to be anything other than nothing to them. Even if that's the case, it is not impossible. It's just a choice that they made about how to structure things. The US government has hundreds of millions of citizens, but each one of those persons has rights, responsibilities, and privileges. The Catholic Church has hundreds of millions of members, but each one can have a personal relationship with a priest. If Google is really indifferent to what people have entrusted to them, that's a choice.
- wvenable 10y ago
  Except neither of those things is "free".
  - wpietri 10y ago
    All three need to pay the bills, but none of them charges for most of the services offered, so I'd say they are similarly free.
    - wvenable 10y ago
      The government collects taxes, the church collects tithe, Google collects ad impressions...
      - wpietri 10y ago
        Yes, that's exactly my point.