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For a while, I thought decentralization could help with this problem. If people just published websites and there were no central social media, you can better c
by mempko 7y ago
For a while, I thought decentralization could help with this problem. If people just published websites and there were no central social media, you can better control what content is seen and not seen. But then Google came around and aggregated these websites and made them searchable and now has it's own algorithm for maximum engagement.
Sasha's idea of delaying the spread of information via a timer is very interesting. It can get people a chance to second guess their posts and also give a chance for something in-between to publish or not. If every retweet was delayed then the network spread slows down a lot which might have really interesting consequences.
But ultimately I believe the problem we have is we have chosen the mall over the public park.
- t-writescode 7y agoAn important question is how would it even be possible to have a public park without government intervention? You have to buy and maintain your own server and pay for uptime. That all costs a continued stream of knowledge and money and it’s very hard. Maybe not for you and I, but for many other people.
- mempko 7y agoInteresting idea, a publicly funded social media site. That would allow the public to have input in how the software works.