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Your two statements about social media appear to contradict each other. Harassment and bad tools (i.e. viral false info) are what political parties do/abuse on
by matt_s 6y ago
Your two statements about social media appear to contradict each other.
Harassment and bad tools (i.e. viral false info) are what political parties do/abuse on social media.
I think social media shouldn't allow spreading of content beyond a couple degrees of separation, like a friend of a friend. The viral-ness would stop a lot of shenanigans but that would hurt their bottom line.
- mindvirus 6y agoThat's a good idea too. Tricky though - for example an article on HN might get read by thousands but is it "viral"? For the second, I meant I would want to carve out an exception for major politicians, because I think it's dangerous for say Twitter to decide what the President can or cannot say (that's not what I wrote, but what I meant to write!). Instead I'd rather Congress decided and Twitter enforced those laws, if any.