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The world would have been a very different place had Facebook or other big companies built the internet.

• macspoofing 6y ago
  Facebook, and Twitter and Google were built by particular libertarian-types who were young and idealistic. They erred on the side of openness and really disliked regulating content. I don't mind them. The people who are taking over these companies, those people I'm afraid of because they are political and their first instinct is to push ideology and censorship.
  • tomcat27 6y ago
    Everyone talks openness but rarely commit when its really needed. I think mobile app development would have been a different experience if people had the convictions similar to their 90s parallels that made GNU, WWW or Linux foundations possible and lasting. The paper "Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech, Masnick 2019" underscores the difference.
  • beagle3 6y ago
    Facebook always has the “dumb f*cks” mentality. Google was benevolent (or at least seemed that way) until they had any competition, at which point they threw out the “don’t be evil” motto, but same guys (page, brin, Schmidt) were still at the helm. Wasn’t following twitter closely, but Dorsey is still running it - same guy. It’s the same guys, not some “nefarious guys taking over”.
    • tomcat27 6y ago
      good point!