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>The promise of the ACCESS Act is an internet where if you don’t like a big platform’s moderation policies, if you think they’re too tolerant of abusers or too
by vsareto 5y ago
>The promise of the ACCESS Act is an internet where if you don’t like a big platform’s moderation policies, if you think they’re too tolerant of abusers or too quick to kick someone off for getting too passionate during a debate, you can leave, and still stay connected to the people who matter to you.
Use any number of other communication methods or services that brilliant humans have invented to allow us all to talk to each other within seconds?
How have we reached such technical ineptitude that we can no longer consider other options other than big tech platforms when communicating? As if folks weren't stringing wires up across countries 100+ years before so we could send beeps at each other. Now we're going to write laws so your crazy relatives can talk about their conspiratorial alternate reality because losing their friends list is such a painful burden? I think I'd swallow a bullet before being asked to work on any technical features for this act. I know that's absolutely going to suck and I can't think of a worse place to end up after dealing with the difficulty of learning CompSci and programming.
This is going to be a waste of everyone's time and resources for no good social benefit. Literally go fix a bridge with this time and money and it'll do more good for the world.
- mousepilot 5y agoStill there are folks that cannot deal with anything outside of Facebook, ie., cannot run a regular browser because they simply don't know how. We have CLEARLY reached such technical ineptitude.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoIneptitude might be the correct description assuming that one should have a certain level of tech savvy to participate online but should that really be the case? Apple not long ago ran a "what's a computer?" ad because participation in the use of computer powered tools no longer requires an understanding of how those tools work under the hood. While that might be disappointing to us geeks, for most people it's a good thing. I'm glad I can drive my truck to the National Forest without knowing anything about the correct ignition timing. Should an understanding of web browsers be a requirement to use the Facebook app?
- mousepilot 5y agoThats the point. The parent comment bemoans this because there are of course other ways to stay in touch. I'm just pointing out that for some folks Facebook is their internet. Given this, are we saying Facebook is now subject to being a utility that can't boot people off? I mean you won't get stranded with your truck because you made an off hand comment you didn't realize would offend someone right? (Heh unless you're riding in someone else's truck)