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> What's needed is some sort of "public" space on the internet that's not controlled by corporate (and increasingly advertising) interests. Perhaps the federal
by eatbitseveryday 10y ago
> What's needed is some sort of "public" space on the internet that's not controlled by corporate (and increasingly advertising) interests.
Perhaps the federal government could find a budget every year to fund a website that provides exactly this, and that those managing it are not employees of the government.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoA USFED-sponsored "public" space would likely end up US-centric and also would have to pander to opinions and whims of the USGOV. Not a good Twitter/FB/Reddit replacement for international users. The first thought I had was that maybe UN should run something like this, but still, there's an issue that affects us regardless of who is running the service - social media are heavily network-effect-dependent. Unless you're willing to literally have a law against using privately-owned social media and forcing people into government-provided services, any attempt of building such a service will likely fail simply because Twitter, FB and Reddit are already there, and regular people won't have any strong incentive to jump ship.