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Why? They are private companies at the end of the day - just use something else if you don't like how they operate.
by ar_lan 6y ago
Why? They are private companies at the end of the day - just use something else if you don't like how they operate.
- Guest42 6y agoI think when a company becomes a major communication platform for over a billion users and purchases competitors they are no longer “just a private company” and it isn’t practical to “just use something else”
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoBullshit. It's really very simple: you just use something else. If that doesn't work for you because you really really need access to the userbase of Facebook, well, that just shows that they've done a really good job building what people want because that's where the people are. It isn't like people can't be on multiple social networks, there's no natural monopoly here.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoYet look at the complete suppression of any Trump-related social media group since the 6th. It should be a perfect example of the outsized political influence that these massive multinational corporations have. Network effects make it extremely difficult to just move somewhere else.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago> Yet look at the complete suppression of any Trump-related social media group since the 6th. You have a right to say what you want, but nobody is forced to help you spread that speech. Parler still found a way didn't it? Huh, it's almost like there are a whole lot of competitors for any given internet service that people could turn to. > It should be a perfect example of the outsized political influence that these massive multinational corporations have. They hardly need to censor their platforms for that, they have billions of dollars at their disposal. > Network effects make it extremely difficult to just move somewhere else. Facebook built that network, why do you have a right to tell them who can and cannot use it? If you don't like it, don't use it, and recommend that others don't use it either. If that's too big a sacrifice to you, then you've made your priorities clear. You talk a big game, but when push comes to shove if you aren't willing to inconvenience yourself even a little bit then I don't know why you expect anyone in a position to change things to care.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago"nobody is forced to help you" "Huh, it's almost like" "why do you have a right" "If that's too big a sacrifice to you" "You talk a big game, but when push comes to shove" "I don't know why you expect anyone in a position to change things to care." These are non-productive, confrontational choices of language that make me choose not to respond to you. Please rethink how you discuss contentious issues.
- Bakary 6y agoThe reverse logic could work here just as well. People have the power to regulate Facebook, ergo it will get regulated. If Facebook doesn't like it, they can always stay in other markets.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoA fair assessment. If we decide as a society that this sort of platform should be regulated, then Facebook has to deal with that. Of course, there will be precedent then for government regulation of places like HN too.
- ar_lan 6y agoI mean, the internet is wide open. Get your fellow socialists to congregate to your own little hole, if you need to. Facebook is not the end-all-be-all of communication. I can't even think of the last time I used it - yet I'm still able to talk to people just fine.