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The most relevant example would be the break up of NBC / ABC [1] in the early days of broadcasting. They were simply split into two companies that do exactly th
by volgo 9y ago
The most relevant example would be the break up of NBC / ABC [1] in the early days of broadcasting. They were simply split into two companies that do exactly the same thing, but were now natural competitors
We could do the same with Facebook. Force them to segregate out different demographics (maybe by continent)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Red_Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Red_Network
- jabretti 9y agoSo I could no longer be Facebook friends with my friends on different continents?
- ericflo 9y agoNo, they would be forced to allow friendships to span company-wall boundaries.
- jabretti 9y agoSo we split Facebook into multiple companies which must of necessity coordinate all their activities with each other?
- ericflo 9y agoAre e-mail providers "multiple companies which must of necessity coordinate all their activities with each other"? Sure, but when you put it that way it sounds nefarious. The underlying idea here, if I understand it correctly, is to force Facebook into defining protocols for what they do - something closer to e-mail than the current Facebook model.
- uoaei 9y agoSounds like a little creative reimagining of PubSub (hell, even RSS) would make this more than possible.
- CaptainZapp 9y agoWorks pretty well for the global phone system, doesn't it?