Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
by cmroanirgo on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:39PM
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All analogies fail given certain conditions. However for the choice of which search engine to register with and which ad company to choose, most companies would choose G first. So, back to the analogy (which I found strange, but certainly not dumb) a company (or person) looking to be heard would certainly have far smaller reach if G actively blocked them from their services.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
by JAlexoid on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:18PM
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This analogy fails in principle.
For this analogy to be correct, there can be no equally populous squares. But there are equally populous squares.
Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
by Naracion on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:59AM
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The assumption was:
"Anyone could easily choose to switch to hold demonstrations somewhere else, but the result of holding it where only 8% of people will see it will make that less of a choice for the ones organizing the event."
So, no. One square dominates viewership (ie the town square <-> Google). You can switch to another square (ddg) if you want, but you don't get the viewership that you'd want to get the reach that you need.