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To break the Facebook and Twitter monopolies.
by romaaeterna 7y ago
To break the Facebook and Twitter monopolies.
- scarface74 7y agoSo Twitter and Facebook have monopolies? Isn’t that kind of the opposite of a monopoly?
- sasasassy 7y agoThey are different kinds of websites.
- buboard 7y agoand that s why they are "monopolies" - they each dominate a format. It's like saying IRC is a monopoly - which it is, just not owned by a central entity. It's not really going to work with people having 2 facebook-like accounts - they 'll eventually gravitate to one. What will work, is if there are viable , better open source and decentralized alternatives.
- scarface74 7y agoSo if we granular defined monopoly - HN could be defined as a monopoly. But the fact that people have LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc accounts does show that people will use more than one service. How many people are in multiple Slack groups.
- buboard 7y agoHn and reddit are the same format. And linkedin could easily merge with facebook. But facebook and twitter don’t mix > How many people are in multiple Slack groups Aren’t they using a single app?
- scarface74 7y agoAnd you expect legislators to understand that distinction?
- buboard 7y agoif they can't understand the tech, why would they be fit to legislate ?
- scarface74 7y agoAs if most legislators are elected for their ability to understand technology....
- dominotw 7y ago> Hn and reddit are the same format. No they are not. there are no sub-HNs.
- buboard 7y agoHn is very similar to r/programming r/starups etc
- diffeomorphism 7y agoNo, it is just that the word is used differently in common practice. If "literally" can now include figuratively, then "monopoly" can include oligopoly.
- buboard 7y agoBy doing something that is already possible, and has not broken their monopoly?
- romaaeterna 7y agoI didn't say it would work. I said this is what the Senators are trying to do. We'll see what the final form of the bill looks like.