Re:Now what? The collateral damage of a tech backlash
by jarjoura on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:00PM
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If it wasn't Twitter, YouTube or Facebook, it would have been something else. MySpace could have very easily turned into the same thing. The 2000s and 2010s were a massive worldwide experiment of what happens when you give easy access to amplify voices to everyone.
Unless there's a wholesale rejection of the internet, I just don't think you'll get your wish. Turns out it's a hard problem trying to stop people who want to make a lot of money manufacturing conspiracies to drive clicks.
Unless there's a wholesale rejection of the internet, I just don't think you'll get your wish. Turns out it's a hard problem trying to stop people who want to make a lot of money manufacturing conspiracies to drive clicks.