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You are a fool if you don't think that all of Big Tech is not some form of cattle control. They control what you can see, what you can express and what do you d
by lanevorockz 5y ago
You are a fool if you don't think that all of Big Tech is not some form of cattle control. They control what you can see, what you can express and what do you do outside of the platform.
- xpe 5y agoI'm on a mission here on HN to encourage people to write clearly, with specificity, and without exaggeration. In that spirit, let me show how I would edit the comment above. Here are the parts I would modify (i.e. change X -> Y) 1. "You are a fool" -> leave it out. Think about your audience; this phrase is unlikely to persuade. 2. "Big Tech" -> Social Media (e.g. not AWS or Fastly) 3. "They control" -> "They constrain/frame" 4. "what you can see" -> "what you see first / what is recommended" 5. "control" ... "what you can express" -> "your content on their platform" 6. "control" ... "what do you do outside of the platform" -> [delete] I would also contrast multinational information / social media technologies with the underlying tools that allow governments to monitor and shape people's activity; e.g. firewalls, packet inspection, etc.