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Claiming they are not public squares is correct and says very little. When capitalism revealed its ability to create abusive monopolies, we created new laws to
by gfodor 6y ago
Claiming they are not public squares is correct and says very little.
When capitalism revealed its ability to create abusive monopolies, we created new laws to mitigate those harms.
When the whole worlds discourse flows through a few centralized social media companies, as a society we are free to imagine new legal concepts and regulations to deal with the unforeseeable consequences of these new phenomena.
- nobody9999 6y ago>When the whole worlds discourse flows through a few centralized social media companies, as a society we are free to imagine new legal concepts and regulations to deal with the unforeseeable consequences of these new phenomena. Where did I say that wasn't appropriate? I strongly believe that those big social media companies not only have too much power and influence, but that their business models are exploitative and morally repugnant. Which is why I don't use them. At all. In fact, I detailed[0] how I thought this issue should be dealt with the other day. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25688032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25688032
- gfodor 6y agoWe are in 100% agreement. I apologize for misunderstanding your comment.