throwaway84_TO

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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
A little while ago I played with the idea that if the masses were convinced that breaking up Facebook (or Google, Amazon, etc) was a good idea and that it eventually happened - the surviving BigTech "shrapnel" would be less capabl
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
Anybody give this a quick skim and can offer any insight?
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
I think that in the west, we have a different dynamic between tech and government - one that makes a huge difference. In China, it would appear that the government is deeply involved with WeChat (which itself, is deeply entrenched in everyb
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
Ah, yes, I see that now. That's a shame - quite annoying really. I don't get it. I don't really see what it is I wrote that warranted getting "flagged". I just said I wasn't keen on maintaining an account and,
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
I don't know whether one could "stop where the internet is going". I think the internet is what it is. It has its merits and it has its flaws. I'm just saying we seem to be pointing the finger at Facebook as the source o
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
Regarding "using a throwaway account", please see my response to piffey below. In short, I don't have a main - I'm usually always just a reader. I actually wholeheartedly disagree with Karma-type systems in general and t
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
That's very fair criticism, and you're right, promoting something to others based on the probability of it triggering a reaction has some pretty major downsides. Although I don't know the specifics of Facebook's algorith
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
> I am not sure what the alternative you propose is. Dig your head deeper into sand? I was trying to edit my comment earlier to purposely extend on this point, but was unable to. Would nobody agree that perhaps this problem stems from a
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
Please see my response to piffy.
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by throwaway84_TO 7y ago
I know this is a highly unpopular opinion (and hence the throwaway), but I really don't understand this idea of wanting to "break up" Facebook and the underlying motivation behind these types of statements. What exactly is it