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Sorry to sound like I'm trying to gotcha you, but how on earth isn't Facebook a large subset of the Internet?

• aklemm 7y ago
  Of course it is, but it’s not THE Internet and we don’t want it to be. It’s also a commercial emtity while the Internet May be considered more of a public good.
  • mrmuagi 7y ago
    I see, you make the distinction based on public vs. private. The weird thing is, isn't this just giving private companies the ability to have a more lax set of standards then one we would place on a public good? This seems to just incentives public->private good conversion more, for they don't have to play by the public good playbook.
  • ShorsHammer 7y ago
    In many parts of the world it definitely is THE internet. Nearly every business on my street uses Facebook as their webpage. It's incredibly rare to see local businesses here with their own proper site.