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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by shanebellone on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:29AM (#35612547)
I yearn for an exclusionary Internet. Most voices don't matter.
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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by manuelmoreale on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:01AM (#35612824)
Would you mind explain 1) why you want that and 2) who decides which voices do matter?
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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by shanebellone on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:13AM (#35613548)
"1) why you want that"

Universal broadcast does not work (beneficially for society) in an industry built to monetize reach.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but voices are not equal in utility or worth.

"2) who decides which voices do matter?"

This is always the problem, isn't it? I don't have an answer for you.

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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by manuelmoreale on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:07PM (#35618513)
Isn't 1 just the result of 2? It's because we don't have an answer and because there probably isn't an answer to the second question that we need universal broadcast as you called it.

We could get away from it only if we figure out an answer to the second question but I suspect we'll never get to an answer.

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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by shanebellone on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:26PM (#35621284)
"Isn't 1 just the result of 2?"

Only in that reach will continue to be monetized regardless of its impact on society.

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Re:Marginalia: Search the Internet by pulpfictional on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:40AM (#35613859)
Isn't it already?
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