agiroth

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by agiroth 6y ago
No seriously how deep does this go? Private internet? Balkanize the world so that the only possible outcome is war? This isn't being thought through.
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by agiroth 6y ago
Yes, it is. It requires some impressive mental gymnastics to claim that on the one hand you have free speech, and on the other you have no realistic ability to exercise it. A right - especially a natural right - is only a right when it can
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by agiroth 6y ago
And yet somehow have never resorted to saying who can and cannot use their service based on their political beliefs. Keep trying.
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by agiroth 6y ago
Absolutely but the platform isn't doing the amplification, people do. This is the same thing as someone copying your chant on a street in front of a courthouse. The street isn't doing the amplifying, the people are.
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by agiroth 6y ago
> You have never had the right of free speech on someone else’s property. Wrong. You always do. They simply have free speech too.
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by agiroth 6y ago
Yes. NYT is making an editorial decision. Google publishing an app is much more akin to you making a phone call - they are the carrier, nothing else, because they control the end of line.
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by agiroth 6y ago
If there were a large, vibrant community of public squares, I'd very much agree with you; the problem is that the network effect means that there will only ever be 2-3 big ones. It's a form of natural monopoly if not monopoly-in-f
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by agiroth 6y ago
> Free speech != guaranteed access to a company providing access to a big audience If that's what were happening you'd probably have a point, but it isn't. "Not deleting" something is not the same as providing th
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by agiroth 6y ago
It's important to distinguish that "not deleting something" is NOT the same as amplifying it. Amplifying it would be pasting images and links to Parler all over the Google Play splash page and all over the Google Play website
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by agiroth 6y ago
This is uncalled for. Pointing out Twitter's political bias on a technology forum is relevant, whether you agree with the comment or not.
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by agiroth 6y ago
Additional vote for Firefox. Lately it's been less buggy for me than Chrome even.