03-16-2019, 01:53 PM
Just to be clear...
If you own a private site and want to rule it with an iron hand, more power to you.
If you want to build a huge social media platform that claims to serve 2 billion people equally and impartially, you probably need to rethink the "my way or the highway" attitude, not to mention the whole idea of you being the one to decide what the "community standards" for 2 billion people should be. Otherwise you're not really offering people a compelling reason to switch from Faecesbook, Twatter, and ThenTube.
This is why huge social media sites can never work. Every single one of them started out with the best of intentions. Every single one of them wanted to provide a platform for free expression and the free exchange of ideas and information. But...
Money changes everything. Every single time. Give an idealist power and influence and the ability to see people's most private thoughts and manipulate them, and he will use all of that to try to mold the world in his own image. Every single time.
If you own a private site and want to rule it with an iron hand, more power to you.
If you want to build a huge social media platform that claims to serve 2 billion people equally and impartially, you probably need to rethink the "my way or the highway" attitude, not to mention the whole idea of you being the one to decide what the "community standards" for 2 billion people should be. Otherwise you're not really offering people a compelling reason to switch from Faecesbook, Twatter, and ThenTube.
This is why huge social media sites can never work. Every single one of them started out with the best of intentions. Every single one of them wanted to provide a platform for free expression and the free exchange of ideas and information. But...
Money changes everything. Every single time. Give an idealist power and influence and the ability to see people's most private thoughts and manipulate them, and he will use all of that to try to mold the world in his own image. Every single time.
