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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by nopriorarrests on Monday December 24, 2018 @01:44PM (#18753563)
"communities could form their own rules and norms around what's acceptable - like in the forum era - without relying on a central authority"

Far-right tried to do exactly that with gab.ai. Turned out, there are another central authorities besides facebook..

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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by cabalamat on Monday December 24, 2018 @08:58PM (#18755406)
It wasn't really the far right doing it, it was Gab's management, because they control Gab. When federated social networking becomes a reality, anyone will be able to set up their own server and communicate with anyone else (who chooses to peer with them).
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