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comments here are a great example of the hn bubble. killing youtube, instagram or facebook would be a massive net negative for society right now. the amount of
by kart23 4y ago
comments here are a great example of the hn bubble. killing youtube, instagram or facebook would be a massive net negative for society right now. the amount of money and people that depend on these platforms far outweigh the concerns of people complaining against corporate censorship.
- em-bee 4y agohow is that? it won't be more than a disruption. for each of these services alternatives exist, and just like mastodon has seen more users since the recent twitter upheaval, other services, existing or new, will quickly fill in any gap left by the demise of an existing service.
- kart23 4y agohttps://www.eff.org/issues/cda230 https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230 The eff articulates it better than I ever could. Those alternative services will also fail to exist without section 230.