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It's a fair question whether 'public' for a person should mean ten people, or three hundred, or three million. In practical terms people can't cope with a publi
by Applejinx 4y ago
It's a fair question whether 'public' for a person should mean ten people, or three hundred, or three million. In practical terms people can't cope with a public square the size of a million. It's too big. The range of possible 'people I'm sharing my public square with' is too great to manage.
- dave333 4y agoWell how about if the millions determine which are the best tweets to show by default, but do it so that quality or novel content comes through and political snark and misinformation is hidden.
- btbuildem 4y agoThe question of scale is extremely relevant here. It's a well-known phenomenon that as organized/structured entities grow, there are certain thresholds at which they transmute - the structure itself changes to support the new level of scale. In terms of human groups, we've traditionally dealt with this by means of hierarchies (with all the built-in shortcomings). Personally, I find a homogenous mob terrifying. Being in agreement with millions of others implies that the subject of the agreement is extremely basic and common (like "we all need air to breathe").