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"do we really want a handful of unelected billionaires deciding what is acceptable speech" That's pretty much been newspapers in the UK for as long as I can re
by arethuza 6y ago
"do we really want a handful of unelected billionaires deciding what is acceptable speech"
That's pretty much been newspapers in the UK for as long as I can remember!
- Synaesthesia 6y agoYes but the solution is not to now hand them more power.
- vehementi 6y agoMore, or less? It's easier than ever to DIY a site on your own infrastructure and be reachable by everyone in the world
- guerrilla 6y agoCan you DIY your own domain registrar and payment processor though?
- CrazyPyroLinux 6y agoUntil they coordinate to shut you down...
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoI’m in the US, and old enough to remember the time before the Internet, and that’s what I remember. You had three or so TV networks and a handful of national magazines and newspapers. Big tech isn’t really any different from the media zeitgeist I grew up with. It’s just the last 20 years or so of everybody having a megaphone that is outside the norm.
- Zambyte 6y agoIt is very different. Everyone saw the same or very similar information on the TV. People watching the same channels would see the exact same thing. With social media, your feed is perfectly catered to you as an individual, by using as much data on you as they can get their hands on, and a nearly endless supply of content from the "megaphones" of other users. Even if you have many of the same friends as someone, and politically align with them, you probably would find scrolling through their feed to be less interesting than scrolling through your own.