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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by vkou on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:41PM (#28109905)
It'll immediately fill up with pirated content, porn, porn of dubious legality, spam, and harassment, ensuring that all the normies would stay on Facebook.

It'll be a social network for people who were banned from all the other social networks, which is not a great town to live in.

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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by toiletaccount on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:55PM (#28110026)
it could, but the internet in general is like this and everyone still uses it. imagine if user/content discoverability is impossible without a fingerprint or token.
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