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newbie2017on Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?

But Facebook is not "free as in speech" but is "free as in beer". That's why it is a "Structural Threat."

newbie2017on Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?

Thanks for the correction.

newbie2017on Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?

>IMO this is a side product of the "software must be free" mentality.

"Software must be free" usually means free and in speech not free as in beer.

newbie2017on Reverse Engineering the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm

> it sounds like what happened with the original submission was that a moderator accidentally put "(2010)" in the title and users flagged it because they incorrectly thought it was old

mhm, I'm sure that's what really happened

newbie2017on How did Europe become the richest part of the world?

Europe became rich through brute military conquest/colonization of the Asia, Africa and South America. They capitalized on free labour, free flow of ideas and goods from their colonies.