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what other thing is there that is equivalent to online services publishing user-generated content?
by PaulDavisThe1st 1y ago
what other thing is there that is equivalent to online services publishing user-generated content?
- dlivingston 1y agoA library, record store, or craft markets are the only physical analogues I can think of.
- pessimizer 1y agoThe online publishing of unedited user-generated content to the open internet may not be a business model that works.
- unaindz 1y agoNot everything has to be a business model
- kjkjadksj 1y agoYour local telephone pole
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoThe people who installed that pole do not actually want you to post things on it.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoShouldn’t have chosen a material so amenable to staples at eye level then with no removal mechanism save for the work of the elements.
- skeeter2020 1y agothe editorial section of the newspaper?
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoAll curated by the newspaper itself. The whole point of Sec 230 is that the host does not need to curate.
- 9rx 1y agoThere is no direct equivalent. The closest social analog is the coffeeshop/bar, but that doesn't quite fit technically. The closer technical fits don't align socially.
- hattmall 1y agoLiterally anywhere with a flyer stuck on the wall. Or graffiti. Is the railroad liable for graffiti spray painted on trains? (Actually asking)
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoIn all these cases, the person who adds "content" does so without permission from the owner of the thing to which it is added.