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Even if we can't agree on whether monopolies should be allowed to censor [legal] public speech, we can probably agree that decentralization and federation (like
by WClayFerguson 6y ago
Even if we can't agree on whether monopolies should be allowed to censor [legal] public speech, we can probably agree that decentralization and federation (like some kind of social media blockchain) is the best solution.
...because there's no way any gov't can ever determine if some company is shadow-banning and manipulating feeds of the people they don't like, and if I can even get you to admit bigger government is almost always the worst solution to any problem then I've even made progress on that front as well.
- wpietri 6y agoTwitter is not a monopoly. You are the person advocating increased government intervention in social media, not me. And I definitely don't agree that adding blockchain snake oil is the best solution to any problem.
- WClayFerguson 6y agoIf you think BigTech companies (providing email, messaging, etc) should get to censor at their whim, I do wonder if you'd afford them the same level of discrimination if they were right-leaning rather than leftist.
- wpietri 6y agoGood thing I don't think that, then.
- WClayFerguson 6y agoYou were arguing "against" any controls on Twitter. Not "for" controls. Let's be clear.
- wpietri 6y agoI did not do that. You seem very eager to make straw men out of everything I say, so I think I'm done here.