Re:Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's ext...
by root_axis on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:53PM
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> I wish that we're still viable
It is perfectly viable, it is now cheaper and easier than ever to host your own website; people do it all the time and sometimes even host their own platforms.
> It's pretty much impossible to compete with the reach a major platform gives today
I don't see why anyone should be entitled access to "the reach of a major platform". There are many thousands of "non-major" platforms thriving all around the internet that service many different needs and communities; this system works.
On a personal level, I don't see the idea of guaranteeing access to social media websites as a worthwhile use of government resources, certainly, I think if we are using the government to force companies to offer free service to everyone no-questions-asked, there are more pressing needs that this level of government intervention could fulfill before even considering stepping into the realm of social media.
It is perfectly viable, it is now cheaper and easier than ever to host your own website; people do it all the time and sometimes even host their own platforms.
> It's pretty much impossible to compete with the reach a major platform gives today
I don't see why anyone should be entitled access to "the reach of a major platform". There are many thousands of "non-major" platforms thriving all around the internet that service many different needs and communities; this system works.
On a personal level, I don't see the idea of guaranteeing access to social media websites as a worthwhile use of government resources, certainly, I think if we are using the government to force companies to offer free service to everyone no-questions-asked, there are more pressing needs that this level of government intervention could fulfill before even considering stepping into the realm of social media.