Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by lostmsu on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:58AM (#23333912)

I don't think it is impossibly hard. The platform can just let users pick what they want to see. E.g. be it trolling, hate, or pornography (search engines already do the latter).

Another concept is just following a set of moderators.

Either way there is already Secure Scuttlebutt.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by ashtonkem on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:57AM (#23336662)

There seems to be a substantive difference between search engines and social media networks in this area, probably because search engine users don’t interact with each other.

Distributed social media might solve this problem, but to be honest I don’t know a single person in my life on one. And I’d never heard of Secure Scuttlebutt before.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by lostmsu on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:31PM (#23343687)

I would say SSB (Secure Scuttlebutt) is not ready for prime time yet, as it lacks cross-device identities.

[ Parent | on HN ]