We don’t need a new Twitter

Post by BlueTemplar » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 1:48 AM UTC

imbnwa wrote: post #99

chilmers wrote: post #37

The article presents small discussion forums as safe and cosy, which they can be, but their insular nature also makes them a perfect breeding ground for extremist views. We shouldn’t ignore that most of the radical politics and conspiracy theories swirling Twitter are born in such small forums.

I mean are we really comparing the niche impact of 00s 4Chan w/ modern Twitter? 00s 4Chan didn't radically alter political discourse in America, and as far as conspiracies go, I mean its not even comparable.

4chan isn't your typical forum though. Especially not circa 2014, though I would guess that Twitter might have a worse effect now.

Post by BlueTemplar » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 1:57 AM UTC

orwin wrote: post #85

Dan_Sylveste wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and it's restricted in the case of providers of infrastructure deemed essential to the operation of a civil society. Electricity and landline providers can't decline to serve either the KKK or the Black Panthers. Twitter, being the de facto modern public square, should soon be covered by this type of legislation.

The only left-wing group i followed on twitter was banned so quickly i thought they posted CP or violence. They did not[0]. [0] https://fr.crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethi...

> When Musk says he’s building Twitter 2.0, he is referencing the transition from the original iteration of the internet—message boards, indymedia, a more or less open and participatory model—to Web 2.0, in which all interactions are shaped by the algorithms of a few tech overlords. They aim to determine what we are able to imagine as well as what we are able to say and do. What has already happened on Facebook and Instagram and is now occurring on Twitter is the inevitable consequence of increasingly widespread dependence on corporate media platforms.

This has happened to Twitter already in 2013 (the "APIpocalypse", which notably, what started Mastodon), why did they keep using it for 9 years after that ?

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