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We need a popular, distributed Twitter where people can choose what they want and we can put this to rest.
by johndevor 6y ago
We need a popular, distributed Twitter where people can choose what they want and we can put this to rest.
- mschuster91 6y agoThere exist alternatives: the Mastodon federation network and alt-right clone gab.ai. The problem with letting people do what they want is that this was and will be abused for propaganda that sabotages elections - for example spreading lies about who is eligible to vote or that vote by mail is ripe for fraud.
- happytoexplain 6y agoMultiple platforms of this kind exist. And I'm glad they exist. But there's obviously a reason no one of them becomes mega-popular. This paradox is the biggest obstacle for the practical free speech argument (as opposed to the legal one).
- Zecar 6y agoYes, the reason is that their buddies at places like Google put their thumbs on the scale in order to prevent competition. Do you think it's an accident that Google SERPs are filled with mainstream corporations?