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[–] xyzzy 2 points (+2|-0)

Not only the US and Israel, also the EU, Russia, etc.

Laws against "fake news", cyber bullying and taking political influence force those companies to take accounts down if they want to be active in those countries. I find this quite dystopian, but they didn't aks me.

[–] jobes 2 points (+2|-0) Edited

It's almost as if consolidation of power into single monopolistic companies leads to corruption and manipulation of public discourse. Who would've thought that would happen?

[–] xyzzy 3 points (+3|-0)

Looks like it, totally not was scifi warned us about. But what can you do about it? Post on smaller sites like Phuks?

[–] jobes 2 points (+2|-0)

Post on smaller sites like Phuks?

Well, yeah. Do you remember the internet before MySpace and Digg popped up? Interacting with people was generally visiting different specific bulletin boards, newsgroups or chat rooms. There was no central repository for "I go here to internet" (unless you used AOL). That method worked quite well for a long time, but it didn't have mass appeal because the interactivity was scattered and required effort. That was generally a good thing though because it led to more dedicated people talking to other dedicated people. I actually had a writing class when I was at university where the only research we were allowed to do was via alt. newsgroups. This was like 20 years ago, but I was honestly shocked at how good the information was on some of those newsgroups. It changed the internet for me.

Now you have people who's only idea of the internet is Facebook, Twitter and Google. The simplicity and consolidation dumbed down the entire internet culture to a point where I had made an effort to separate entirely from the toxicity those massive sites created.