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What “broad and sustained” opposition? You’re off in fantasy land. And again, the fact that these changes long predate the political issues you’re talking about
by emodendroket 5y ago
What “broad and sustained” opposition? You’re off in fantasy land. And again, the fact that these changes long predate the political issues you’re talking about suggests your theory is wrong.
- ddingus 5y agoNumber of proponents is far less than opponents. Changes to favor big media are unpopular. Changes to hide dislike data, which further underscores the favoring of big media, are unpopular. There are other things, and I see no need to detail them. This is all about both suppressing dissent and the support for it. Unless you have a super compelling alternative...
- emodendroket 5y agoI think the simple answer is just that platforms have been concerned a long time that their user bases are too mean.