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That's why we really need some kind of non profit or maybe two "social media" sites made with the public good in mind. One could be officially government sancti
by Melatonic 2mo ago
That's why we really need some kind of non profit or maybe two "social media" sites made with the public good in mind. One could be officially government sanctioned and funded (sort of like Voice of America but internal to the US more so) and have a strict organisation verification policy for local police / government and other quasi public entities (say like transportation systems and energy companies - etc)
- inigyou 2mo agoSo HTTP and IP
- pjc50 2mo agoI think if you think that technologies which were around for decades before social media took off are equivalent to social media, then it's actually on you for missing what the difference is. See HN classics of "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame" and "you can replicate dropbox with webdav"; at some point you have to stop thinking that it's everyone else who is wrong and work out what they want which you're missing, which is convenience.
- inigyou 2mo agoYeah but you have to think about what that convenience actually is. You can't just say "twitter is convenient". Visiting someone's website is actually much easier than visiting their Twitter, so what happened?
- pjc50 2mo agoScrolling Twitter is a lot easier than visiting a thousand websites, and it auto suggests new content. In its case, the power of suggestion is used for bad, but it's important. Also, replies and retweets.
- Parodper 2mo agoWe're just reinventing moderated Usenet newsgroups.
- zoul 2mo agoThis is Mastodon, and there are instances such as https://ec.social-network.europa.eu https://ec.social-network.europa.eu.
- account42 2mo agoExactly, we don't need any more closed silos when there are open options that governments can adopt.