Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by RonanTheGrey on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:38PM
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> The more I reflect on things the more I think social networks are just a thing that shouldn't exist.
I keep ending up there too honestly.
We'll always build something "like" socializing online. Humans don't stop "humaning" if you get my meaning.
We really do need to figure it out though... either mostly agree it's a bad idea, or figure out how to do it without it being as destructive as it is.
In this instance, the solution has already reached beyond the realm of "don't allow certain things to be amplified". You literally cannot share this information even in a private 1-on-1 chat.
> we go back to uncurated things
Yeah. The more I reflect on things the more I think social networks are just a thing that shouldn't exist. Although, of course, here we are on hacker news talking about it. So IDK. Maybe you just can't unring that bell and we're just screwed.