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I honestly don't see why it matters, those platforms will become echo-chambers of people that don't want to nor are going to listen to your voice anyways. It is
by kls 6y ago
I honestly don't see why it matters, those platforms will become echo-chambers of people that don't want to nor are going to listen to your voice anyways. It is the equivalent of shouting in the dark, everyone thinks everyone else is listening to them, when the reality is everyone is just talking past each other thinking they are getting their point across. That is the problem, in the current environment no one wants to understand, they want to make their point. If those systems alienate a reasonably sized voice they will platform on another system and become an echo-chamber for the other side and that's the real problem is everyone thinks they are the majority opinion because they live in their echo-chamber.
- mindslight 6y agoYou said "I honestly don't see why it matters", and then went on to describe why it matters... The resulting echo chambers are dominated by extreme views. If you want to belong, then you accept the orthodoxy or at least don't speak up when you do disagree - there is no room for nuance. This is a recipe for increasing polarization, inability to engage with reasonable points by the "other side", and a lack of worthwhile discussion of how to actually approach societal problems.
- kls 6y agoMy point was why does it matter what platforms do, no one is listening to each other anyways, those alienated will platform somewhere else where there are receptive ears that like the echo. Even if we force the platforms to accept free speech in the same way the US Government is bound to it, no one is listening anyways so why does it matter.