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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by keiferski on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:01PM (#24899833)
Honestly, I see this kind of action as good. The sooner the population at large realizes that Big Social aren't neutral players in the marketplace of ideas, the better. We need decentralized solutions, ASAP, and the only way that's going to happen is when normal people start caring.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by throwawaygh on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:48PM (#24900495)
> We need decentralized solutions

TBH maybe we just need to move on from social media instead.

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by manquer on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:54PM (#24900570)
It like the printing press, more wide spread availablity of content distribution is not going to go away.

For all its flaws abilty produce content cheaply has created value too.

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by hamsterOnWheel on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:19PM (#24900104)
The market-based solution depends on assumptions about people acting "rationally," which isn't possible with such asymmetry of information between the parties involved (media companies and individuals wanting information), and so much inertia to keep using services like Facebook long after the user even likes the service. Some kind of regulatory pressure will be absolutely necessary.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by barumi on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:23PM (#24900152)
> The market-based solution depends on assumptions about people acting "rationally," which isn't possible with such asymmetry of information between the parties involved

It seems to me that having a respected publisher call out another publisher for having tried to peddle bullshit is an important contribution to reduce that asymmetry.

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by originalvichy on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:48AM (#24905815)
Any marketplace is dependent on the people acting in good faith and in favour of the marketplace. It is naive to think that marketplaces are immune to bad actors and that bad actors should be allowed to thrive.

There's a reason there are basically no "freedom of speech, marketplace of ideas" sites that a) don't have a single ounce of moderation done by people and b) are popular.

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by jeffreyrogers on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:52PM (#24900541)
I don't see how decentralization is feasible. The current technological trends are all towards more centralization.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by tqi on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:22PM (#24900920)
Advocating for decentralization feels like presenting filter bubbles and echo chambers as a positive feature.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by keiferski on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:34PM (#24901053)
No, it means advocating for independent methods of verification that aren’t controlled by biased, unelected, unaccountable corporate entities.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by tqi on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:52PM (#24901250)
Wouldn't decentralization just give people the option to choose from several different biased, unelected, unaccountable corporate entities?
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by keiferski on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:06AM (#24904403)
Sure, but then people have options, and entities are forced to be competitive.
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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by tqi on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:43AM (#24915629)
But critically, the entities are not competing for the same audience. People are not choosing between Fox News and MSNBC, people are choosing between Fox News and Brietbart. While it would seem like there is an opportunity for a service that caters to the middle, in reality I think people largely prefer to have their world views and priors confirmed rather than challenged.
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