Dan GoodinNov 16, 2023
It should be clear now that it was and remains a catastrophic mistake for people to view privately owned social media platforms as any kind of public resource. People didn't know better a decade ago. They have no excuse now.
Show threadThadNov 16, 2023

@dangoodin People *should* have known better a decade ago; we went through this same thing with AOL back at the turn of the century.

I'm afraid the necessity of open platforms and decentralization is something people are going to have to re-learn every generation.

Show threadCassandrichNov 16, 2023
@Thad @dangoodin Untill stuff like this is taught in school like it should be. That's how we're supposed to avoid each generation repeating the same mistakes.
Show threadLisPi
@dalias @Thad @dangoodin In the same vein, it certainly is quite interesting how the history of labor rights, corporate abuses and monopolies & our own equivalent of antitrust was completely absent during the entirety of my schooling.
Nov 16, 2023 at 10:47pmWeb