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> when you have a monopoly over a communication medium Twitter does not have a monopoly over internet communication.

• dogma1138 7y ago
  It’s like saying that Time Warner doesn’t have a monopoly over the electromagnetic spectrum, while technically true in practice in some areas they do. Twitter is a crucial social communications platform for large enough portion of some societies to treat them as a monopoly.
  • root_axis 7y ago
    How is twitter in any way "crucial"? Just because twitter is popular does not mean it's crucial.
  • notyourwork 7y ago
    Twitter doesn't have a monopoly over communication. Whats app, facebook, gchat, skype, word press blogs, reddit, there are a slew of other communication mechanisms beyond just twitter.