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Oversee and regulate in general, I'd go a step further and say once the private market discovers something like this we should have some part of the government
by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Oversee and regulate in general, I'd go a step further and say once the private market discovers something like this we should have some part of the government develop a public alternative - that would solve a lot of the issues we're seeing with social media and companies like this by making them publicly owned and controlled
I think the big issue with deplatforming is that these companies generally have a monopoly in some way, so we need a viable alternative or they need to be publicly owned
- knewter 4y agoI don't believe a government-run AOL is likely to produce more benefit than the web Cambrian explosion. This proposal would lead to government blessings making things like AOL too big to fail.
- e_i_pi_2 4y agoI'm more saying we'd let the private market do it's thing, but then once we realize there's some core needs - search, basic social media, forums, etc - then we can make a public alternative that's free to access and run by the people instead of a private company that has to prioritize profits
- knewter 4y agoI anticipated that was what you meant, and believe it would have a horrific outcome. AOL, but run like the DMV.