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AHMagic

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    Comment #16727096

    How can you tolerate CNN’s sophomoric clickbait plastered across their home page? http://knn.press looks better, and that’s saying something.

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    Comment #16685366

    You don't really know what's going on. You only know what you're told, and there's many ways to interpret the source data. You really can't have a good sense of corporations and go…

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    Comment #16679335

    The world was better when people paid for communications. It's why the internet was better in 1995. Most of the people who had access needed to afford a landline and likely had to …

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    Comment #16679303

    I hear what you're saying, but the analogy doesn't hold because we no longer need horses. In order to use Facebook, you have to sign up with an e-mail and typically a phone number …

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    Comment #16679290

    Interesting, thanks.

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    Comment #16679283

    You're right. I think I'm referring more to "federated" than "decentralized".

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    Comment #16673896

    Your point is valid, but we still live in a world where we can call Verizon phones with AT&T phones; send e-mails to Gmail users with Yahoo; and send mail with UPS instead of USPS.…

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    Comment #16673877

    Here's why I don't think decentralization is a red herring: in a centralized service, if you disagree, you don't have another option. If you didn't like AOL and quit, there was no …

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    Comment #16673649

    We already have decentralization in three primary forms of communication: phone, mail, and e-mail. They worked great in 1998. Why can't they work great in 2018?

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    Comment #16673491

    Do you really want to live your days feeling dependent on this sort of "service"? Do you really want to say, "but I need Facebook!". In today's age, you need a phone number and e-m…

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    Comment #16673487

    Do you really want to live your days feeling dependent on this sort of "service"? Do you really want to say, "but I need Facebook!". In today's age, you need a phone number and e-m…

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    Comment #16672618

    Delete and forget it existed. Ignore and move on. Give up the benefits and pay the cost. Do you really want to live your days feeling dependent on this sort of "service"? Do you re…