• schnurritoOP
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    6 hours ago

    I mean I agree with that in principle, but: before the Internet, of course big corporations influenced kids and adults! Before the internet only big corporations had the resources and practical ability to distribute any information to a lot of people.

    The promise of the internet was that we would have a society where we could all have a say and the flow of information would be democratized. You are right that, because of “algorithms”, that promise hasn’t really been fulfilled.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m not anti-internet at all, I’m all for the internet; I just think it’s best when it’s by and for individuals.

      If I had my way, I’d ban corporations from operating anything online but digital storefronts. :P

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        5 hours ago

        I certainly agree that the Internet should be by and for individuals; whether we can in the long term do completely without corporations, I am not sure, but the current “algorithmic curation” is definitely a problem.