What about TikTok, Facebook or Reddit? One is operated by an adversarial government, one harbors and aids scammers to steal millions, and Reddit is 4chan light.
Banning platforms is not the answer, it opens the door to banning as an easy solution to any issue.
I don’t advocate for banning any of those platforms (though I think Meta should be broken up due to being a monopoly) because they’re not literal mouthpieces for one dude. X is essentially now Elon’s blog and he has illegally interfered with the US election and is trying the same with other countries.
I guess, as an alternative to banning X, I’d settle for it being forced to be sold to someone else or just Elon Musk leaving the picture entirely.
He is the problem. He has too much influence and power.
He is a problem but people who vote based on what they read on Twitter were already going to be a wasted vote. Education at an early age on how to think critically, ask questions and find answers is how you mitigate this kind of crap.
So these people who education has already failed… is it helpful and healthy to expose them to the raw bullshit of a staunchly eugenicist nazi? Should we buy them all copies of mein kampf because it couldn’t do any more harm?
I agree that the right long term solution education…
maybe instead, pass a law. one with substantial penalties for failure to comply, that requires ‘social media companies’ of a ‘certain size’ to do (reasonable) ‘things’ in order to operate or make themselves available in canada. things that spaceman fireball would never do
I’m against banning things. It’s better to teach users how not to use these platforms.
Just because there’s deeper root causes, doesn’t mean the end result shouldn’t be banned if its immoral or destructive. In particular, we figure out what parts of it are problematic enough to be worth banning, and ban those: I.E. the heavily biased algorithm which users have no control over.
Aside from that, theres also the option of providing alternatives. Said alternatives don’t even have to be publicly run. It could come in the form of something like a one-time grant to Mastrodon and opening up a server exclusively for government departments to share announcements or PR with the public.
America is the best example that you just can’t teach some people. Doesn’t matter if it is scientists and doctors doing the teaching. If anything in the eyes of idiots that makes them even less credible. Don’t underestimate stupidity.
I honestly know what you mean. But I have my principles. It’s not good to use censorship to fight disinformation. It’s a social problem and it’s better to fight the root cause, not the symptoms.
I get updates on X from my local news and police stations about traffic, weather, etc. We’d need to get this type of stuff into another single platform before many people would switch.
How will they switch if they’re already consolidated where they are? People are employed to manage these accounts, it’ll just be their responsibility to migrate to the new platform.
That’s the problem, we need a platform that’s popular enough to catch their attention/make it worth the effort to post twice - which is half the reason anyone is still using Twitter. Trust me, I’m no fan of it and I avoid the comment section like the plague :/
If you have to use Twitter I recommend using squawker if you have android. Unfollow everyone from Twitter just use squawker to subscribe to accounts which provides a subscription feed that is local without adding the account followers.
Not a good idea to use the official Twitter app anyways with all the data collecting it can do and adding to follower counts adds added pressure to keep a presence there. Just turn into a ghost when it comes to Twitter usage.
I’m against banning things. It’s better to teach users how not to use these platforms.
It’s more effective, because it has a long term effect.
I like the Danish idea to label EU products in supermarkets. Information is a good first step.
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I am in favor of banning X because it’s run by someone who has threatened our sovereignty and, to be honest, a lot of people are pretty fucking dumb.
What about TikTok, Facebook or Reddit? One is operated by an adversarial government, one harbors and aids scammers to steal millions, and Reddit is 4chan light.
Banning platforms is not the answer, it opens the door to banning as an easy solution to any issue.
I don’t advocate for banning any of those platforms (though I think Meta should be broken up due to being a monopoly) because they’re not literal mouthpieces for one dude. X is essentially now Elon’s blog and he has illegally interfered with the US election and is trying the same with other countries.
I guess, as an alternative to banning X, I’d settle for it being forced to be sold to someone else or just Elon Musk leaving the picture entirely.
He is the problem. He has too much influence and power.
He is a problem but people who vote based on what they read on Twitter were already going to be a wasted vote. Education at an early age on how to think critically, ask questions and find answers is how you mitigate this kind of crap.
So these people who education has already failed… is it helpful and healthy to expose them to the raw bullshit of a staunchly eugenicist nazi? Should we buy them all copies of mein kampf because it couldn’t do any more harm?
I agree that the right long term solution education…
That idea is beautiful in theory, but useless in practice.
maybe instead, pass a law. one with substantial penalties for failure to comply, that requires ‘social media companies’ of a ‘certain size’ to do (reasonable) ‘things’ in order to operate or make themselves available in canada. things that spaceman fireball would never do
He’s the richest man in the world. You couldn’t set a fine he wouldn’t just pay as the cost of doing business.
+1.
This just suggests to censor us. I’m all for an open and free internet. If you censor it, you look ight as well join the book burning club.
Education is key. Just look at what they doing in the United St… Oh wait, nevermind.
Just because there’s deeper root causes, doesn’t mean the end result shouldn’t be banned if its immoral or destructive. In particular, we figure out what parts of it are problematic enough to be worth banning, and ban those: I.E. the heavily biased algorithm which users have no control over.
Aside from that, theres also the option of providing alternatives. Said alternatives don’t even have to be publicly run. It could come in the form of something like a one-time grant to Mastrodon and opening up a server exclusively for government departments to share announcements or PR with the public.
America is the best example that you just can’t teach some people. Doesn’t matter if it is scientists and doctors doing the teaching. If anything in the eyes of idiots that makes them even less credible. Don’t underestimate stupidity.
I honestly know what you mean. But I have my principles. It’s not good to use censorship to fight disinformation. It’s a social problem and it’s better to fight the root cause, not the symptoms.
That nice in theory but hasn’t worked in practice.
Why not both?
I get updates on X from my local news and police stations about traffic, weather, etc. We’d need to get this type of stuff into another single platform before many people would switch.
How will they switch if they’re already consolidated where they are? People are employed to manage these accounts, it’ll just be their responsibility to migrate to the new platform.
That’s the problem, we need a platform that’s popular enough to catch their attention/make it worth the effort to post twice - which is half the reason anyone is still using Twitter. Trust me, I’m no fan of it and I avoid the comment section like the plague :/
If you have to use Twitter I recommend using squawker if you have android. Unfollow everyone from Twitter just use squawker to subscribe to accounts which provides a subscription feed that is local without adding the account followers.
Not a good idea to use the official Twitter app anyways with all the data collecting it can do and adding to follower counts adds added pressure to keep a presence there. Just turn into a ghost when it comes to Twitter usage.