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Social media sites always end up turning toxic. The problem is that they give a voice to all the mindless idiots of society. These people should never be give
by mozumder 10y ago
Social media sites always end up turning toxic. The problem is that they give a voice to all the mindless idiots of society.
These people should never be given a voice. There is no justification for that. Voices should always be edited and filtered by higher powers.
The common opinion is worth nothing, since we already know what it is, so why repeat it?
- jerluc 10y agoI think the ultimate issue specifically with Facebook is not that you shouldn't give people voices online, but rather that when the voices form small, tight-knit echo chambers with zero outside challenge, the outcome can be disastrous. I believe this is why the author calls it a "walled wonderland".
- intoverflow2 10y agoTo me this is actually an argument against extensive moderation mozumder is suggesting. Echo chamber is still an echo chamber even if you like the sound of the echoes.
- pmyjavec 10y agoChill
- stale2002 10y agoWhoa bro, send your authoritarianism elsewhere please. The people with power who try to screw over society for their own benefit always go with the same argument. I know best, so please give me all the power so I can use it to enrich myself.
- matt4077 10y agoYou could make an argument that the elites of the past didn't do the worst job. The media was surprisingly independent (i. e.Watergate), and even the candidates for President were – for the most part – quite respectable even when they were decided on in smoke-filled back rooms. I know it's fundamentally undemocratic. But pragmatically it wasn't the worst. Another example would be the trust people (used to) have in the Supreme Court. For most of the 20th century, it was the most rigorous intellectual and moral institution, even though it's the least democratic.