Facebook going down meant more than just a social network being unavailable

Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by krapp on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:30AM (#28756766)

>All of this was possible before the internet.

Sure, and before the invention of the telephone and telegraph you could just write someone a letter, and before the invention of the printing press you could just hire a scribe. Before the automobile you could just ride a horse. Before the cotton gin, just put some slaves in a field. Nothing is new under the sun.

Having all of this information available at one's fingertips and having the ability to communicate and publish globally, and practically for free, has been revolutionary in and of itself.

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by cudgy on Friday October 08, 2021 @04:36AM (#28797000)

Revolutionary? By what measure? The pace of true core innovation has slowed by many measures. The largest and most valued businesses today are largely marketing organizations masquerading as “tech” companies.

Finally, I would argue that more, easily accessible information is not necessarily better information.

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