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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by johnchristopher on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:02PM (#25805932)
What I don't get is how treating social media platforms as utilities will prevent resharing, liking and content promotion (either based on paid influence or organic upvoting).
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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by kiba on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:05PM (#25805955)
Remove the liking and content promotion and any sort of ranking, and you will likely reduce much if not all the megaphone effects.
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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by johnchristopher on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:52AM (#25809738)
But there are no incentives for current platforms to do that, not with their actual business model.
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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by qeternity on Saturday January 16, 2021 @06:17PM (#25806470)
Why would we treat them as utilities? A utility has roots in economic theory, and that doesn’t apply to social media.
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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by johnchristopher on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:52AM (#25809742)
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...
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