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What if the rule was that aggregators could not also be advertising platforms? If you’re both linking to stuff and selling attention, it creates tons of pervers
by earthboundkid 6y ago
What if the rule was that aggregators could not also be advertising platforms? If you’re both linking to stuff and selling attention, it creates tons of perverse incentives, whereas if you’re just creating content and selling ads, the incentives were better aligned. Notice that the 20th century saw a big shift to centerist media because that’s where the money was, and now we’re seeing the opposite.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThat rule sounds more geared towards punishing "felony interference with a business model" and gatekeeping than anything else. Content is fundamentally valueable because it gets attention in the first place regardless of who pays for it!
- earthboundkid 6y agoHow can the government pass a law that is a felony?