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When they're so big that no competition can challenge them. My personal opinion is that Facebook should be broken up, but social media remain unregulated, sinc

• root_axis 7y ago
  > When they're so big that no competition can challenge them. This is pretty vague though. It also raises questions about why we don't limit the political proclivities of other types of companies that also deal in political speech (cable news, broadcast news, talk radio, public radio). I also disagree with the idea that access to Facebook and similar platforms is fundamentally important; it's well known by now that these systems are engineered to be addictive and that heavy use of social media is associated with poor mental health, if anything we should make ad based social media platforms illegal altogether. > My personal opinion is that Facebook should be broken up Why? I am not opposed to the idea but I just don't see how it would improve the situation at all.
• chroma 7y ago
  > When they're so big that no competition can challenge them. That's what people said about MySpace before Facebook. It's also what people said about IBM, Microsoft, AOL, Nokia, and Kodak. Big companies have a hard time changing direction. They also tend to be more risk averse, causing them to coast on their brand and network effects. Eventually they're usurped by smaller companies that take more risks and innovate better.