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What I don't get is how treating social media platforms as utilities will prevent resharing, liking and content promotion (either based on paid influence or org
by johnchristopher 6y ago
What I don't get is how treating social media platforms as utilities will prevent resharing, liking and content promotion (either based on paid influence or organic upvoting).
- kiba 6y agoRemove the liking and content promotion and any sort of ranking, and you will likely reduce much if not all the megaphone effects.
- johnchristopher 6y agoBut there are no incentives for current platforms to do that, not with their actual business model.
- qeternity 6y agoWhy would we treat them as utilities? A utility has roots in economic theory, and that doesn’t apply to social media.
- johnchristopher 6y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+social+media+public+utilities https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...