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Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Sun December 04, 2022 11:04 pm
Looks Like a Cat
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BurtReynolds wrote:
"The experts" are back with a new one.
That's probably right. Only can grow for so long without continuously ramping up the drama.
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Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Fri December 09, 2022 4:34 am
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:41 am Posts: 5562
I use Untrack me, so this is functionally how I use a Twitter extension, but I get the sense this is not how the average Twitter or Tweetdeck user experiences the app.
Did anyone ever define "Shadow banning" as you are able to submit a message but it doesn't actually post anywhere in the service other than the Twitter team?
Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Sat December 10, 2022 4:42 pm
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am Posts: 21745
BurtReynolds wrote:
Yeah he doesn't get it either.
Is there an example of a person or company that ran a social media company of significant size, and didn’t at some point come around to suppressing content, behaviors, or people in order to protect their own financial selves? I genuinely don’t see how there could be. I don’t think such a thing would ever happen organically.
Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Sat December 10, 2022 4:45 pm
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39542 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Yeah he doesn't get it either.
Is there an example of a person or company that ran a social media company of significant size, and didn’t at some point come around to suppressing content, behaviors, or people in order to protect their own financial selves? I genuinely don’t see how there could be. I don’t think such a thing would ever happen organically.
Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Sat December 10, 2022 5:03 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm Posts: 14139
BurtReynolds wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Yeah he doesn't get it either.
Is there an example of a person or company that ran a social media company of significant size, and didn’t at some point come around to suppressing content, behaviors, or people in order to protect their own financial selves? I genuinely don’t see how there could be. I don’t think such a thing would ever happen organically.
Totally? no.
I get that this falls under the "Ok, yes, it's happening but it's a good thing" stage, but McP makes a fair point that brand management and fiduciary duties for publicly traded multinationals are probably indistinguishable from censorship in the overwhelming majority of cases.
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Post subject: Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
Posted: Sat December 10, 2022 5:29 pm
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39542 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
I trust Musk as far as I can throw him, but obviously there is a difference in degree between Musk and someone like a Tim Cook or a government bureaucrat turned Trust and Safety committee member, at least so far. Even if he only turns out to be less censorious, that would represent a positive development and reversing of a trend. The above tweet is a few weeks old, but I can't remember if this was before or after he said we was no longer working with the censorship organizations. In any case, It was dumb for several reasons.
He also got raked over the coals in the replies by free speech advocates who have supported him. Perhaps this will educate him on the error of his ways.
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