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big tech platforms don't produce any content, they just host / publish what others create

• MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
  This is sophistry. They can and do decide what is trending or suppressed, what passes and what gets deleted. They don't have to write anything to steer the public debate - there are millions of posts being written, selection suffices.
  • ausbah 6y ago
    I think my definitions of who writes content vs who publishes it was off, my bad I think everything you've said is correct until you get to the feudalism part of your analogy. the difference is you are still able to go and get information from others sources - creating your own if you have to. big social media platforms aren't the only "road" to travel down, there are alternatives
    • MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
      Respect for correcting yourself, that is a rare thing to see. > the difference is you are still able to go and get information from others sources True. If you want to stay with the road analogy, the big and fast roads will be closed to you, you have to resort to using the narrow forrest paths where your car can't drive. Those paths aren't easily found, and they are more cumbersome to use. It is qualitatively not the same. Also, at what point do you become a non-citizen? When Google & Amazon cut you off? Your payment processor stops working? CloudFlare kicks you off their network? Paypal freezes your funds? AWS won't host you anymore? FB & Twitter delete your accounts? Your political enemies pressure your employer to fire you?