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As someone who doesn't use Facebook, Twitter, or their subsidiaries, the debate is kinda laughable. Sure break them up for antitrust. Write privacy regulation.

by imh 8y ago

As someone who doesn't use Facebook, Twitter, or their subsidiaries, the debate is kinda laughable. Sure break them up for antitrust. Write privacy regulation. But regulating the content shared there? If you don't like it, it's so easy to opt out, and it feels great. People write like these are utilities necessary for a good life, which sounds crazy from the outside.

whatislovecraft 8y ago
> As someone who doesn't use Facebook, Twitter You do use them, even if you didn't sign up or agree to it, you do use their services. Your contact info is already there and every chance FB or whoever gets to learn something new about you, they take it. Most accurately, they are using you, but you're also using their services indirectly by being a part of society at all. Many of these companies are major news publishers/platforms, etc. The news your friends read and talk to you about is filtered by some of these companies, some of the time. You're a part of this too. > the debate is kinda laughable It's very dangerous to laugh off a major societal debate merely because you consider yourself outside of it. This is the entire crux of the "first they came..." poem. [1] > from the outside. You are not on the outside. [1] First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
- imh 8y ago
  Of course I don't consider myself insulated from these platforms. > You do use them, even if you didn't sign up or agree to it, you do use their services. Your contact info is already there and every chance FB or whoever gets to learn something new about you, they take it. That's what I mean by "Write privacy regulation." That's separate from the whole news/propaganda/content thing. And the "first they came..." poem is a ridiculous comparison. I'm not laughing about the oppression of people who have beliefs or traits they stand up for. I'm laughing about people who don't like an unnecessary product but aren't willing to walk away.

by imh 8y ago

whatislovecraft 8y ago

> As someone who doesn't use Facebook, Twitter You do use them, even if you didn't sign up or agree to it, you do use their services. Your contact info is already there and every chance FB or whoever gets to learn something new about you, they take it. Most accurately, they are using you, but you're also using their services indirectly by being a part of society at all. Many of these companies are major news publishers/platforms, etc. The news your friends read and talk to you about is filtered by some of these companies, some of the time. You're a part of this too. > the debate is kinda laughable It's very dangerous to laugh off a major societal debate merely because you consider yourself outside of it. This is the entire crux of the "first they came..." poem. [1] > from the outside. You are not on the outside. [1] First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

imh 8y ago
Of course I don't consider myself insulated from these platforms. > You do use them, even if you didn't sign up or agree to it, you do use their services. Your contact info is already there and every chance FB or whoever gets to learn something new about you, they take it. That's what I mean by "Write privacy regulation." That's separate from the whole news/propaganda/content thing. And the "first they came..." poem is a ridiculous comparison. I'm not laughing about the oppression of people who have beliefs or traits they stand up for. I'm laughing about people who don't like an unnecessary product but aren't willing to walk away.