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> Ideally, laws would be written such that the only thing that could fill that gap would be real life social interaction. I would love to hear a proposal aroun
by Calvin02 3y ago
> Ideally, laws would be written such that the only thing that could fill that gap would be real life social interaction.
I would love to hear a proposal around this. As an immigrant in the US, “social media” is my connection not only to people back home but also to my friends from junior high, high school, and college.
> Social media is, ipso facto, a bad thing.
It would be great if you could define what is social media.
Are chat threads social media? What about iMessage groups? What about various online? What about Digg / Reddit / 4chan?
- infotainment 3y agoGreat point, the distinction between what is and isn't social media is absolutely quite grey. There are definitely people who would be better than me at defining it in a legal way, but my general take would be start asking questions like: * Is there algorithmically driven engagement / content discovery? * What is the size of the community? * Is there anonymous interaction? Chat threads in general are, I believe, acceptable, as they chiefly involve small groups of people who know each other. Digg / Reddit / 4Chan / Twitter / Instagram would all be banned, as they facilitate interaction between large groups of people who don't know each other.