Ask HN: How do I surface what’s outside my social media bubble?
Trying to understand what Qanon supporters are saying today prompted this question, but it’s probably an important question, no?
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...
People have been warning about this exact problem for ten years, and even predicted the problematic outcomes. Albeit, the problems that would generate from it SEEM pretty obvious in retrospect now.
Social media sites that 'make it' are beholden to advertisers who want to spend money on the platform, and Disney does not want to advertise on a platform that also permits any extremism of any kind.
Then, any upstart social media that comes along, faces summary execution, because a lot of rich and powerful people now face the possibility of losing their gravy train.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake in this arena.
Big money $$ always wins in the end.
Edit: of course this greatly simplifies a complex system and problem, but rereading it reminded me of this unattributed quote.
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”