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Tech bros are now the gatekeepers of information for hundreds of millions of eyes (not just youtube, also google search manipulation, facebook algos, arguably o
by twofornone 5y ago
Tech bros are now the gatekeepers of information for hundreds of millions of eyes (not just youtube, also google search manipulation, facebook algos, arguably outlets like netflix...maybe not Amazon yet) and here about half of the western world is cheering on the suppression.
How can someone place so much trust in this suppression without even seeing what's being censored? Is it just a deliberate blissful ignorance? Are these people really so naive from the comforts of modern western living?
- CheezeIt 5y agoIt’s not the “bros” who are doing this.
- paulpauper 5y agoit is management doing this, not the lower level coders
- kyle_martin1 5y agoThat's like saying KGB officers are just following orders. They're complicit implementors.
- TameAntelope 5y agoWell, it's not tech bros so much as it's the people failing to know where to get their information. Tech bros gon' tech bro, why would you try to get your news from them?
- twofornone 5y agoYeah, sure, I get it, you get it, but how many people do you think realize that the programmers at google effectively gatekeep search results?
- TameAntelope 5y agoRight, but I'm thoroughly unconvinced we should step in to decide how people consume information, one way or another. The arguments that rely on, "Most people are stupid and can't figure these things out for themselves." are really just riffs on, "We should control what people think."