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That's all very well and good for your friendly neighbourhood forum. But facebook is not a small forum, it's a massive chunk of the internet. I'm not at all con
by andrepd 6y ago
That's all very well and good for your friendly neighbourhood forum. But facebook is not a small forum, it's a massive chunk of the internet. I'm not at all confortable with gigantic tech benemoths with more power than many nation-states being able to dictate what is acceptable or not. At this point they're so big that they absolutely need democratic oversight.
They reap fabulous rewards for their scale and dominance. They should also pay the prices for that scale.
- uniqueid 6y agoI've been rolling your comment over in my mind today. Clearly you're right that FB has too much power, but I hope we find a better solution than to allow a succession of startups to approach FB's size, and then sanction them or break them up. I would prefer we alter the design of the internet/web in ways that provide more accountability (ie: built-in disincentives to shill or troll) and more control (eg: privacy, and the ability for users and groups to filter out kinds of content they dislike — ads or gore or malware or propaganda or etc...) to its users. I realize accountability and control oppose each other, but we could strengthen one in some contexts and weaken it in others. I've actually, in the past, speculated on HN about specific ways to achieve that. That said, in the short term, I agree FB should pay a price for its scale.