Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack...
by blueflow on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:53AM
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Youtube and Twitter are not Society. They are like the dark corner where people shit on each other.
Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack...
by IanCal on Friday September 29, 2023 @02:01PM
(#37707943)
I think you've fundamentally missed the point. You can call for more open platforms on a closed platform, there's nothing hypocritical or problematic about that. It's just accepting the reality of where people are.
Like it or not, YouTube and twitter are enormous with huge audiences.
Yes?
This is sort of the opposite of the "yet you participate in society, interesting" comic.
You can non-hypocritically call for people to move away from something you also use. It's especially important when it comes to communication because how on earth are you supposed to tell people to change behaviour if they never hear you? Running an ad on fox news calling for people to listen to say NPR instead isn't hypocritical.
An absolutist approach diminishes itself, as it's saying "hey don't use twitter, then just like us you'll have no reach".