S4T4NICP4NIC t1_jdg9ed4 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 4:16 AM

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Unfortunately, it's the official sandbox for virtually every single government/municipality/official/lawmaker in the goddamn country.

[deleted] t1_jdglqcb wrote on March 24, 2023 at 6:40 AM

But there's no reason whatsoever it has to continue to be.

S4T4NICP4NIC t1_jdhpsxx wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:04 PM

I agree 100%. There needs to be some kind of publicly funded platform (fuck off libertarians), otherwise things would just move to another huge company.

Either way, it would (will?) be a major undertaking to extricate everything from Musk's madhouse.

[deleted] t1_jdjr9tx wrote on March 24, 2023 at 10:03 PM

Maybe I'm showing my age here but I would argue there really doesn't need to be this type of platform at all. It wasn't that long ago that society functioned just fine (I would argue in some ways better) without it.

S4T4NICP4NIC t1_jdkkwnl wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:46 AM

That's a fair point. I'm also not young, so I get where you're coming from. But alas, we live in a social media world now, and we can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

50mm-f2 t1_jdgime7 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:59 AM

there is so little real value there nowadays though. it’s all memes and shitposting .. even at the high level. at least that’s what’s popular. there are lots of valuable things being said and shared on the DL, but it’s all drowned out by the loudest dumbest voice.