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Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

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Re: Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

#2

Post by oifjsidjf »

If the gov't will be in charge of it then it will be shit as all government services are in general.

If there is no profit in it for someone the platform won't improve.

It's the classic "the capitalist owns a restaurant vs the people own a restaurant, but which has better food".

Re: Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

#5

Post by kranke155 »

oifjsidjf wrote: post #2

If the gov't will be in charge of it then it will be shit as all government services are in general. If there is no profit in it for someone the platform won't improve. It's the classic "the capitalist owns a restaurant vs the people own a restaurant, but which has better food".

I’ve been to restaurants owned by communists and the food was great.

You’re just repeating cliches IMO

Re: Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

#7

Post by throwaway59601 »

kranke155 wrote: post #5
oifjsidjf wrote: post #2

If the gov't will be in charge of it then it will be shit as all government services are in general. If there is no profit in it for someone the platform won't improve. It's the classic "the capitalist owns a restaurant vs the people own a restaurant, but which has better food".

I’ve been to restaurants owned by communists and the food was great. You’re just repeating cliches IMO

Because they operated on the free market around them, forcing them to have good quality or they wouldn't get paid.

I lived in communism where the state owned practically everything - and everything, not just the food, was shit, and you couldn't get it anyways, we didn't even have toilet paper. Don't get me started on women's hygienic accessories. The recommendation from government was to use old newspaper - because propaganda is more important than hygiene, right?

Re: Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently Moderated and Hosted

#9

Post by FranzFerdiNaN »

oifjsidjf wrote: post #2

If the gov't will be in charge of it then it will be shit as all government services are in general. If there is no profit in it for someone the platform won't improve. It's the classic "the capitalist owns a restaurant vs the people own a restaurant, but which has better food".

Can’t be worse than privately owned Twitter or Facebook.
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