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> use of twitter is not a necessity This is arguable. Our country is changing massively, and because of the network effect[1], social media platforms condense
by TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
> use of twitter is not a necessity
This is arguable. Our country is changing massively, and because of the network effect[1], social media platforms condense to only a few winners, currently mostly Facebook and Twitter I believe. This oligopoly[2] means that a handful of sites basically run what is considered the internet for most people.
In America, we have a constitutional right to free speech. If in our country, most people speak solely on one of these sites, then why shouldn't our constitutional rights extend onto them?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly
- root_axis 9y agoIt is not arguable, it is an unequivocal fact that use of twitter is not necessary. > that a handful of sites basically run what is considered the internet for most people. That is the result of individual choices made by those people. That's like lamenting that a handful of musicians basically produce what is considered music for most people... So what?