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Aggregation and distribution are virtues of large communities, not small ones. The sophistication of Facebok's business is what allows the creation and distrib
by whoisjuan 5y ago
Aggregation and distribution are virtues of large communities, not small ones.
The sophistication of Facebok's business is what allows the creation and distribution of content. I agree that if Facebook, Snap, Pinterest, Reddit, Nextdoor, Twitter etc, didn't exist, small communities would fill that void...
But they would do through a fragmented and siloed user experience that is hardly discoverable for the majority of the connected world.
This is the equivalent of running a taxi business vs running an airline. Sure, a taxi can fulfill several transportation needs but it could never replace what an airline does.
- bun_at_work 5y agoOnce upon a time Google Search was there to help you find those small online communities.
- sodality2 5y agoYou're moving the centralization problem to google, then.
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- Godel_unicode 5y ago> ...small communities would fill that void. For a short time, and the overwhelming majority of people would have no idea that content exists. Then some enterprising startup founder would realize that there's a huge market for those exact services, and history would slowly repeat (rhyme with?) itself. This free content, sans big tech pipedream is just that. Sorry if that makes you sad.