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> Social media makes democracy stronger because people can communicate more. There's little to say beyond that. Except when the platform censors one side of th
by collyw 7y ago
> Social media makes democracy stronger because people can communicate more. There's little to say beyond that.
Except when the platform censors one side of the debate. Reminds me of The Joe Rogan podcast with Tim Pool and Twitter execs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTXqrS9l5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTXqrS9l5E
- thu2111 7y agoYes, if social media displaces other forms of communication that were previously uncensored. Don't get me wrong. I think Twitter's turn from "free speech makes us stronger" to censorious partisan prop is terrible, but, it could only be making people weaker if Twitter had completely replaced other forms of communication of the same scale that were less biased. I don't think that's really true. Before Twitter there were blogs, TV, radio, newspapers etc. All still exist and doing fine. Twitter and other sites have been additive.