AlOwain on Nostr: My personal gripe with traditional social media platforms is not the wealth generated ...
My personal gripe with traditional social media platforms is not the wealth generated through them, or the data-privacy issues (although they are both so important).
But the power / ability to form or skew public opinion [1]. Even small changes in their suggestion or censorship programs could have vast implications on public speech and opinion. I wish not to give them the power to hold my own beliefs, or to experiment with new ones.
[1] https://reason.com/2024/08/29/mark-zuckerberg-meta-letter-censorship-facebook/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber
But the power / ability to form or skew public opinion [1]. Even small changes in their suggestion or censorship programs could have vast implications on public speech and opinion. I wish not to give them the power to hold my own beliefs, or to experiment with new ones.
[1] https://reason.com/2024/08/29/mark-zuckerberg-meta-letter-censorship-facebook/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber