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>people are overwhelmingly on Facebook Is hypercentralization not a major problem of tech at the momemt, both in terms of security and freedom of thought?
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>people are overwhelmingly on Facebook
Is hypercentralization not a major problem of tech at the momemt, both in terms of security and freedom of thought?
- intopieces 9y agoHypercentralization is a contributing factor (and indeed an enabler) of the main problem, which its the exploitation of attention. It is, in itself, not bad, and not in itself a problem. The same issue that this organization is fighting could also occur in an attention economy dominated by no major player.
- im3w1l 9y agoHypercentralization is an intrinsic part of it. The VC money for operating at a loss is only available because VC's dream of hypercentralization. And if they didn't have VC backing and had to turn a profit and run ads on day 1, they wouldn't be able to beat the free as in freedom platforms where attention wouldn't be exploited.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoHypercentralization is bad when it leads to data hoarding because it creates a "jackpot" of information for hackers