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Eh, hard to grok why you think Twitter is not evil like Facebook. Have we learned nothing about the public/private partnership between the social media companie
by pnf 4y ago
Eh, hard to grok why you think Twitter is not evil like Facebook. Have we learned nothing about the public/private partnership between the social media companies and the surveillance state? Twitter management is littered with "former" government officials. For all we know, Mudge himself and his whistle are moves in an ongoing internecine fight over who calls the shots at a valuable tool of social control. We were recently treated to a completely astroturfed whistleblower at Facebook. Fool me once...
Caveat emptor and Cui bono.
- Lio 4y agoI believe he didn't say they weren't evil like Facebook, just that they weren't as evil as Facebook. That "as" is important nuance. Personally I think that's fair when looking at Facebook's history[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook
- pnf 4y agoThat sort of hairsplitting doesn't make much sense to me. It's like saying one gangster isn't as bad as another because one has a shorter wrap sheet. It's a difference that doesn't make a difference. They are evil in the same way, as media institutions of a accelerating surveillance and propaganda regime. Facebook is older and has been at it longer, but Twitter is no slouch when it comes to being a front organization for the secret police state. Twitter is another co-opted tech company whose libertarian minded leadership has long been gelded by institutional power. Assume the management of these companies is seeded with government allies at a minimum, incentivizing, cajoling, sabotaging, or threatening the public leadership of the company, as need be.