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Last paragraph seems to speak without speaking. > We built these platforms. We can build better ones. But only if we're willing to abandon the economic models
by mouse_ 1y ago
Last paragraph seems to speak without speaking.
> We built these platforms. We can build better ones. But only if we're willing to abandon the economic models that made the current ones inevitable. Until we change those incentives, every attempt to fix social media will become part of the problem it’s trying to solve. We’ll keep wondering why we can’t just put our phones down, not realizing that billion-dollar companies have spent a decade making sure we can’t.
> The solution isn't another app. It's changing the rules of the game entirely.
In direct language, what exactly is the author suggesting we do here?
- jfengel 1y agoHe's not. Anything he has in mind is socially unacceptable and he knows it. We'd all love to rebuild economics from the ground up. But as soon as you try you realize that everyone has a different idea and they can't agree on anything.
- mouse_ 1y agoAnd then there's also https://preview.redd.it/hv628lvgpdva1.jpg?width=1574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43a8f92812487e96b86f64263236ba43898fdb19 https://preview.redd.it/hv628lvgpdva1.jpg?width=1574&format=... Which I'm pretty sure is an unsolved problem?
- DeathRay2K 1y agoThe author doesn’t suggest it, but the implicit solution is public funding for social goods. That could be through a robust grant process, providing funding for social media that is not supported other ways. Alternately, it could be through a UBI, giving people basic cash flow that could be allocated to paid social media platforms rather than everyone relying on ad-supported social media.
- fullshark 1y agoGovernment regulation / laws
- jay_kyburz 1y agoAnd whats more, there is only one law you need to change. You simply need to remove common carrier exemptions from hosts so that if false or misleading information is delivered to a user from a platform, that platform can be sued for damages. Its the rule that newspapers and TV need to live by, social media should play by the same rules. The platforms then simply need to protect themselves my making sure they accurately identify users posting on their networks, so they can pass the cost of any lost lawsuit onto the original poster.
- Nasrudith 1y agoGoddamn it, that misinformation is like a fucking weed.