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Competition makes it harder for malicious actors to manipulate everyone's content, but lets not pretend that companies don't know how to create the illusion of

by bloaf 6y ago

Competition makes it harder for malicious actors to manipulate everyone's content, but lets not pretend that companies don't know how to create the illusion of competition [1,2] We already have the problem of people creating too many filter-bubbles in their online lives. A fragmented social media environment will not usher in an age where everyone gets exposed to a more diverse set of ideas, we'll just get FoxNewsBook and MSNBCBook, or ChristianTube and MuslimTube, or whatever other social groups happen to be the most defining. Moderated communities are basically the HOA neighborhoods of the internet. There is nothing wrong with liking the high property values, but competition alone does not prevent their abuses [3]. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/expresident/all-the-porn-sites-are-owned-by-the-same-company https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/expresident/all-the-por... [2] https://www.foodbeast.com/news/pepsi-boycott-kendall/ https://www.foodbeast.com/news/pepsi-boycott-kendall/ [3] https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/homeowners-associations-black-americans-discriminaiton-2020-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/homeowners-...

rootusrootus 6y ago
Sure, but the goal isn't to prevent people from crafting their own filter bubbles, it's to prevent someone else from controlling bubbles not their own.
kiba 6y ago
Competition makes it harder for malicious actors to manipulate everyone's content, but lets not pretend that companies don't know how to create the illusion of competition [1,2] In real life, you get to choose the people to be friend with or associate with, and we all have number of circles with interests that doesn't necessary overlap the same circles. That's pretty much the same thing that I have on the internet when using certain social media. It's great since you don't have spammers, and you don't have to deal with racists or people who just turn up the temperature of a room. Maybe that's the way it should be. It's also much more difficult to spread vitriolic meme since it has to infiltrate the various disparate communities. Moderated communities are basically the HOA neighborhoods of the internet. There is nothing wrong with liking the high property values, but competition alone does not prevent their abuses [3]. OK. Pretty much any places that aren't garbage have moderation of some sort. If nothing else to keep out spam. And a community isn't a HOA, which you are basically stuck with if you live in them.

by bloaf 6y ago

rootusrootus 6y ago

Sure, but the goal isn't to prevent people from crafting their own filter bubbles, it's to prevent someone else from controlling bubbles not their own.

kiba 6y ago

Competition makes it harder for malicious actors to manipulate everyone's content, but lets not pretend that companies don't know how to create the illusion of competition [1,2] In real life, you get to choose the people to be friend with or associate with, and we all have number of circles with interests that doesn't necessary overlap the same circles. That's pretty much the same thing that I have on the internet when using certain social media. It's great since you don't have spammers, and you don't have to deal with racists or people who just turn up the temperature of a room. Maybe that's the way it should be. It's also much more difficult to spread vitriolic meme since it has to infiltrate the various disparate communities. Moderated communities are basically the HOA neighborhoods of the internet. There is nothing wrong with liking the high property values, but competition alone does not prevent their abuses [3]. OK. Pretty much any places that aren't garbage have moderation of some sort. If nothing else to keep out spam. And a community isn't a HOA, which you are basically stuck with if you live in them.