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re: New York Times Tech Columnist: Twitter Too Powerful
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:18 pm to Gtmodawg
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:18 pm to Gtmodawg
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He ain’t wrong......but it’s the free market doing what the free market does.
This will lead to a “trust busting” effort like the one against Standard Oil. But how do you do that with social media?
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Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:18 pm to JudgeHolden
Did NYT tweet a link to the full story?
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:19 pm to Kevin Garvey
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Did NYT tweet a link to the full story?
Excellent question.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:20 pm to Bench McElroy
Who could’ve predicted Richards Dawkins was a dishonest shitbag?
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:23 pm to Kevin Garvey
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Did NYT tweet a link to the full story?
Kevin Rose (author) did.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:12 am to JudgeHolden
I read the whole article. It was similar in tone to the ACLU statement in that they were also gagging the whole time making the “social media is to powerful” argument while having to have Trump as the center of the piece. As always they got in all their jabs.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:25 am to Bench McElroy
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Richard Dawkins @ RichardDawkins
Is Twitter’s ban of Trump a worrying Free Speech issue? On reflection I think not because
(a) Trump went far beyond expression of opinion (which should be protected) to outright lies, demonstrable falsehoods. Falsehoods, moreover which were calculated to
(b) incite violence.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:31 am to JudgeHolden
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Maybe it’s fake news
The old grey bitch is certainly posturing herself outside of a conflict...
Of which her old rotten arse is certainly apart of...
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:33 am to JudgeHolden
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But how do you do that with social media?
Take away publisher status...
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:38 am to Bass Tiger
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They helped to put all the Marxist shite in motion.
Seems to me wanting the government to add more regulation to what a company can and can’t do is more Marxist than publishing newspapers.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:05 am to Celery
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Seems to me wanting the government to add more regulation to what a company can and can’t do is more Marxist than publishing newspapers.
That’s the dilemma. That and that pesky First Amendment.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:16 am to Bench McElroy
If Michael Brown's step dad standing on a car in Ferguson Missouri saying "burn this mother fricker down" isn't inciting a riot, then Trump saying "we love you we appreciate you but you need to go home" definitely isn't one either.
If Maxine Waters telling people to get in the faces of everyone that disagrees with them isn't inciting violence, then Trump didn't either.
If Schumer telling SCOTUS judges that they will "pay the price" isn't a flat out threat to democracy, then what Trump said isn't either.
Dawkins apparently doesn't have the same standards for everyone
If Maxine Waters telling people to get in the faces of everyone that disagrees with them isn't inciting violence, then Trump didn't either.
If Schumer telling SCOTUS judges that they will "pay the price" isn't a flat out threat to democracy, then what Trump said isn't either.
Dawkins apparently doesn't have the same standards for everyone
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:20 am to JudgeHolden
They’re beginning to fear what they’ve created is becoming too powerful and dangerous, and if it can silence the most powerful office in the world with a simple click, what happens when I step out of line deliberately or not...It’s cliche, but, first they came for...
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:20 am to JudgeHolden
Maybe they are bragging.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:22 am to omegaman66
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Maybe they are bragging.
Help me understand that.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:28 am to Bass Tiger
Because it's always been the Left that has warned about allowing corporations to become too big, while the Right has fought against regulations that would stop Twitter, et al, from becoming too big.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:28 am to Bench McElroy
Aaand the survey says:
This guy sucks!
This guy sucks!
This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 2:37 am
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:33 am to JudgeHolden
quote:The issue with tech in general, but especially social media, is that their value is direct result of their popularity and all-in-one experience. I use Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Linked-In, etc., because they’re so popular, offering the ability to interact with so many other people across so many different topics.
This will lead to a “trust busting” effort like the one against Standard Oil. But how do you do that with social media?
Even then, each of those provides it for a some age unique purpose, experience, and format, so I still have accounts on multiple platforms nonetheless. But if I had to have use 5 types of platforms to get the same experience out of each, then that would make diminish the experience overall. I don’t want to use 5 Twitter-type platforms, to get the experience I get in one. It would be probably make me less likely to use any of them then.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:39 am to buckeye_vol
That’s the problem.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:54 am to JudgeHolden
quote:But see I don’t really find it to be a problem, and I think that’s the same for most people, at least the vast majority of the time.
That’s the problem.
And I just don’t know if there is a solution for that small portion of it that may be the problem, and I definitely don’t think the government will fix it, but only make it worse. And this is especially the case since the government is notorious for trying to solve to the problems of/with the few, by creating problems of/for the many.
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