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Re:Social Media Is Warping Democracy: Why It Feels Like Ever... by entropea on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:31AM (#21514831)
Wait what? I don't have any of these. Sarcasm? :)
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Re:Social Media Is Warping Democracy: Why It Feels Like Ever... by smbowner on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:58AM (#21515074)
Let's pull back a bit from the FB/Twitter.

Are you _free_ not to use javascript in your browser? Of course you are free to do it. What do you lose by turning off javascript?

Now, go back to FB/Twitter/Google/Amazon/Microsoft/Apple/etc... are you free to not use them? Yes. What do you lose?

Is it practical to throw the baby out with the bath water in this context?

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