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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by threatofrain on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:46AM (#23940870)
Does this point to a social media platform which is publicly funded, publicly funded internet infrastructure, and publicly funded web access?

Do we not want a public square?

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by godshatter on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:11PM (#23941184)
I don't trust governments not to coopt such a system and make it political in one way or another.

I'd prefer we go a federated route, like Mastodon. That way the servers are private, but the system as a whole is not controlled by a central authority. Can't find a server that will let you express what you want to express? Roll your own. Don't want to hear about Emacs ever again, join a vi-only server, or a never-emacs server.

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