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> until very recently, the controllers of these mediums (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) insisted that all ideas deserve a level playing field This is absolutely not t
by ethanbond 6y ago
> until very recently, the controllers of these mediums (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) insisted that all ideas deserve a level playing field
This is absolutely not true. You can go ahead and write a full blown, grammatically correct and even narratively interesting novel, submit it to a publisher (owner of printing presses), and they are under no obligation to print your book. Further, that publisher may decline explicitly because they don’t like your ideas.
There clearly are questions around FB/Twitter/Google/etc., but you seriously weaken your point making a claim like that.
- kortilla 6y agoThere wasn’t a single printing press. If one turned you down you just went to another. Also, “publisher” != “printing press”.
- ethanbond 6y agoYes and FB/Twitter != “the Internet” or even “social media.” They happen to just own the largest scale implementation of that medium, much like a publishing house.
- rmah 6y agoUntil very recently (as in the last 50 years or so), that's exactly what publisher meant. The people who owned the printing presses. The transition of publishers into pure selection/promotion/distribution businesses is fairly recent.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoExcept that certain things were illegal to publish, even in a country like the USA with its 1st Amendment rights. And some of the printing presses were fully utilized already, so your pamphlet about the true cost of capital concentration or QAnon wasn't about to get printed. And as for your screed against the owners of printing presses ... yep, you guessed it.