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> Same as newspapers do, television stations do, and every other media format do every single day. But newspapers, tv stations etc. are centralized hierarchica
by azangru 8y ago
> Same as newspapers do, television stations do, and every other media format do every single day.
But newspapers, tv stations etc. are centralized hierarchical structures that can afford to have editorial policies. They have such thing as reputation to think about. Social media, on the other hand, at least how I envision them, are open platforms for anyone to find topics that interest them and express whichever ideas they want. Social media are amorphous, are different for every user, and should not have any agenda to push. They are a delivery mechanism, not an instrument for selectively amplifying some voices and selectively suppressing others.
- threeseed 8y agoHow is social media not centralised ? Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram etc. There are only like a dozen major companies involved here and they are not just a delivery mechanism since they already filter what content gets displayed.
- azangru 8y ago> How is social media not centralised ? They may be centralized in the sense of them being specific companies or hosting their data on specific servers, but at the same time they are not centralized in the sense that they have an editorial staff that chooses which content to publish / air (as the traditioinal media are). Social media are entirely or mostly user-generated. That’s what I meant.
- mike_hearn 8y agoNewspapers don't have much reputation anymore: https://www.impress.press/news/yougov-poll.html https://www.impress.press/news/yougov-poll.html In practice reputational value doesn't seem to be sufficient to stop newspapers routinely publishing false stories and people know it. Social media is not even a publisher and thus doesn't have the same issues.