and that s why they are "monopolies" - they each dominate a format. It's like saying IRC is a monopoly - which it is, just not owned by a central entity. It's not really going to work with people having 2 facebook-like accounts - they 'll eventually gravitate to one. What will work, is if there are viable , better open source and decentralized alternatives.

So if we granular defined monopoly - HN could be defined as a monopoly.

But the fact that people have LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc accounts does show that people will use more than one service.

How many people are in multiple Slack groups.

Hn and reddit are the same format. And linkedin could easily merge with facebook. But facebook and twitter don’t mix

> How many people are in multiple Slack groups

Aren’t they using a single app?

> Hn and reddit are the same format.

No they are not. there are no sub-HNs.

Hn is very similar to r/programming r/starups etc

And you expect legislators to understand that distinction?

if they can't understand the tech, why would they be fit to legislate ?

As if most legislators are elected for their ability to understand technology....