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> You might not like an article in the Economist, and you will not know who wrote it. The Economist not publishing author names is a minor detail in the grand
by afavour 3y ago
> You might not like an article in the Economist, and you will not know who wrote it.
The Economist not publishing author names is a minor detail in the grand scheme of things. The point is that The Economist is in full control of what it publishes and is accountable for it. If I don't like the Economist I won't read it.
> You might not like a tweet and you can block the user or stop using twitter entirely.
IMO Twitter is a bad example here. It's very easy to give up on Twitter. But people use Facebook for a huge range of things, not just for getting news. And blocking individual accounts is a constant exercise in whack-a-mole, one I engage in frequently. New accounts always pop up.
- shiroiuma 3y agoPersonally, I've found that it's best to simply not use Facebook at all as a social media site, and to only use it as a chat app. So basically, I can keep a list of friends there, and I can chat with them through Messenger (the video chat, in particular, works quite well IME and is great for keeping in touch with family across continents), but I steadfastly ignore the "social media" stuff: I don't post anything on the "wall", I don't look at other people's postings, I certainly don't follow any political groups, etc. So I don't have to worry about things like blocking anyone's account, because the only accounts I'm exposed to are the ones in my friends list.