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That's absolute nonsense. Social media platforms are PRIVATE forums. Public discourse is getting up on your soap box and speaking directly to people, or engagi
by MisterBastahrd 4y ago
That's absolute nonsense.
Social media platforms are PRIVATE forums. Public discourse is getting up on your soap box and speaking directly to people, or engaging city council meetings and various public boards, or talking to your representatives and communicating with various leaders via mail and email.
THAT is what public discourse is, and absolutely none of it is affected due to decisions by Facebook or Twitter or Tiktok.
You are conflating being seen with being public. They aren't remotely the same.
- smsm42 4y agoPrivate forums, but with the government having the power to exclude anybody they dislike from 90% of these forums. That's not the way public discourse should be held in a democracy.