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> they would prevent posts from spreading to tens of thousands/ millions of people without being vetted. Mainstream media outlets like the NYTimes or the Washi
by paganel 6y ago
> they would prevent posts from spreading to tens of thousands/ millions of people without being vetted.
Mainstream media outlets like the NYTimes or the Washington Post have become too one-sided (I think that if Trump were to say a common-sense thing like "the Earth is round" they'd certainly find something to argue about, like "it's not actually round, round! it's an ellipsoid! Trump is lying!"), at this point applying your (in other contexts) perfectly reasonable suggestion will only alienate half of the electorate.
- pjc50 6y agoThe non-roundness of the Earth is a constant headache to cartographers, but the place which mandates errors is of course China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_dat... (I believe they mostly end up being horizontal rather than vertical)