Luke LeBrunNov 18, 2022

The collapse of Twitter for (basically) self-inflicted reasons makes a strong case for building online infrastructure structured as a non-profit or public utility.

People rely on these platforms for public information, use them for democratic debate and many invest their livelihoods in them.

These platforms are too important to public safety, peoples’ livelihoods and democracy to leave in the hands of eccentric billionaires or the whims of stock markets.

Show threadAli Collins
@llebrun This isn’t a new problem. Black women and other marginalized folks have always been more likely folks to get their free speech cancelled on all these apps. We basically have plutocratic oligarchs moderating who gets to exercise the right to participate in public discourse. Just because it’s an app doesn’t mean it’s not a “public space”.
Nov 18, 2022 at 8:10amWeb
Show threadYodaNov 18, 2022
@alimcollins @llebrun that is indeed true. There is no sanctuary from anti blackness and the digital space is where everything is logged is even more dangerous. But this whole fiasco is exciting.