Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social

I wrote a thing about why if you're nervous about Google and its AI results, it's a good reason to embrace decentralized social media like this one. Taking control back from giant intermediaries is important for the future of the web. www.techdirt.com/2024/05/21/d...

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RogueX23🍉 @roguex23.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 04:48 UTC

Fuck social media, let's go back to forums and chat rooms all over the place. Gods, I miss the internet of my teens!!

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サージャントヒッピー @sgthippie.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 02:51 UTC

Even decentralized systems (like email) ultimately become largely centralized by only a few big players.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 02:25 UTC

I also honestly think that a huge reason why Google abandoned the "move people along ASAP" theory is at least partially because they realized how hard (and expensive) it is to fight inauthentic results manipulation and they're trying to find a way to reduce the burden of doing so.

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Ipsita Chatterjea (she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 05:51 UTC

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❤️🖤 tiffani 🤍💚 @tranniehathaway.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 05:32 UTC

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

I agree but it's a damn shame that giant intermediaries are such bad actors because they allow people with niche interests to find each other and embrace their shared interests so much more easily. Also expand awareness of the topic. Then again it does allow the nazis to find one another too.

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