Garvit Garg  Nov 10, 2019
I wonder how Marshall McLuhan would have explained the whole twitter vs mastodon difference.
For example he said, 'the medium is the message' and the content itself does not matter in the long run.
Is it true for internet, for facebook or twitter or youtube?
Internet's long term effects, be it on any person, left or right, reader and watcher, are they similar or different?
Our whole perception of reality, has it been changed or not? Does it matter what you were watching?
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McLuhan also says, "once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit by taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left."
Is mastodon different from twitter in the case of trying to take benefit?
Are its designs not made to make one more addictive, or to add more people? or the aim is to really encourage honest conversations, even if the user uses it once a month.
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Nov 10, 2019 at 9:04pmWeb