When this is over, we're going to owe Musk a debt of gratitude for demonstrating not just the folly of relying on sociopath billionaires to give us places to speak and collaborate.
He's demonstrated the danger inherent in all centralized services where one person or company can control what we say and do.
@dangillmor But like our wider media crisis, we're not going to fix it because too few of us keep talking about these things. How do we make everyone else realize just how dangerous this situation is? What does it take? How do we make the point, and where do we make it so anyone sees it? I rarely say this, but I'm running out of ideas.
@shoq @dangillmor I think this is part of a larger trend that has slowly ruined a lot of things. Profit over people. This has affected:
- wildlife
- native people
- land use / abuse
- city / road design
- food safety
- medical safety / cost
- and now journalism
The continued impunity of Facebook is a good example of how money can suppress any backlash over obviously dangerous/toxic propaganda.
Dan Gillmor
Shoq
Larry (Mr.Optimization)