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Yeah, that's not going to solve twitter, facebook, instagram, etc.

I'll make my position clear: many parties try to influence people, and quite a few of them do so with grave consequences. The swing to extreme right politics cannot be seen separate from internet interference. In the words of the article: it's already not "technology serving people", but rather "controlling" them.

If extreme right (or left) parties come to power, your freedom of speech and privacy is over. So it's either moderate moderation, or authoritarian moderation. And if it's up to me, it's not your choice.

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> Yeah, that's not going to solve twitter, facebook, instagram, etc.

It sounds like that would precisely be a solution to the problems of using these platforms.

I think we may assume these sites won't go away, and also that a personal blog is not a solution for the vast majority.

> I think we may assume these sites won't go away

So? If you can disengage from them, then your problem is solved.

> and also that a personal blog is not a solution for the vast majority.

It's not reasonable to presume that any specific thing is the best solution for the "vast majority". A healthy ecosystem arises when lots of people with different use cases and preferences build the optimal solutions for themselves; when people try to build universal solutions based on speculation about what's optimal for "the vast majority", that's when things start to go off the rails.

I think blogs are quite viable for many more people than are currently using them; on top of that, the emerging "fediverse" is increasingly replicating the UI and functionality of social media platforms without the centralized middlemen, and if amidst this rapidly diversifying set of options, some people still choose to use centralized social media, then that's their prerogative.

LOL And here, folks, is the problem. This person is absolutely certain the far "right" is the problem ... not his beloved echo chamber censoring totalitarian "left".

An insane take. If you could read, ypu would have understood I'm not in favor of dictatorship nor censorship. Nor am I part of any echo chamber. Thou doth project too much, methinks.

> The swing to extreme right politics cannot be seen separate from internet interference

Correct, specifically, Elon removed widespread (and thoroughly documented) left wing interference on Twitter.

Unfortunately he did eventually add back his own (in the form of boosting his own account), but it's much freer than it was, and for whatever reason Zuck decided to follow suit.

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