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> In fact it probably siphons off the energy from a movement that needs to learn not to create value in an institution driven by profit instead of societal bett
by cabalamat 10y ago
> In fact it probably siphons off the energy from a movement that needs to learn not to create value in an institution driven by profit instead of societal betterment.
Indeed. Creating a twitter-like platform is not particularly difficult, and it is therefore feasible for group of people to chose to build one with a structure involving a degree of user control, and see if it flies.
- joshkpeterson 10y agoNah. Don't kid yourself. It may be "not particularly difficult" to write the code, but Twitter is way more than code. It's a cultural entity built with the labor of millions of people. You have to be exceptionally lucky to do something like Twitter and it's not something everyone can do.