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What does "organic" even mean in this context? Of course TikTok tried to get their userbase to protest Congress if Congress was trying to regulate them. That i
by krapp 3y ago
What does "organic" even mean in this context?
Of course TikTok tried to get their userbase to protest Congress if Congress was trying to regulate them. That is entirely within their rights, and just about any American platform would have done the same, including distorting the message as much in their favor as possible. That's politics as it's meant to be played.
- xyzzy123 3y agoTo me, "organic" means people organising via messaging within the data plane of the platform, exercising their rights to free speech and political organisation. Can you name a prior instance where a social platform has added custom UX to "contact your congressman" or similar? (Bonus points if it is also about something actually untrue like "the service will be shut down").
- krapp 3y agoI don't know, I haven't been keeping track of the specific UI of every social platform to correlate design changes with instances of attempted political action. Why is it relevant?
- __derek__ 3y agoThe protests against SOPA and PIPA.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA
- xyzzy123 3y agoTRUE! Acknowledged. I have some weak arguments for why I feel that case was different but I agree you refuted my point.