DevoHusker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 6 hours ago, funhusker said: I think The last thing this world needs is another social media platform to spread whatever ill-informed thought pops into Aunt Betty's senile old skull... How many platforms do we need?: Twitter, Facebook, Parlor, Youtube, TikTok...If you Google "social media platforms" there are dozens of options available. So, you would limit the available platforms? Who is to say how many is too many? 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, DevoHusker said: So, you would limit the available platforms? Who is to say how many is too many? Limit? Hell, I’d take it to zero! 1 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 58 minutes ago, DevoHusker said: So, you would limit the available platforms? Who is to say how many is too many? More seriously though, Elon makes it sound like Twitter is the only place people can go. That is not true at all. He also makes it sound "taboo" if anyone were to start a new platform. Many folks have already done that, and many more will. 1 Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, funhusker said: Limit? Hell, I’d take it to zero! This, while sensible, isn't likely. Maybe the 'Holy grail" is still out there, somewhere? Link to comment
nic Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 hours ago, funhusker said: I think The last thing this world needs is another social media platform to spread whatever ill-informed thought pops into Aunt Betty's senile old skull... How many platforms do we need?: Twitter, Facebook, Parlor, Youtube, TikTok...If you Google "social media platforms" there are dozens of options available. Since 2020, Facebook is where you go to lose friends. Link to comment
nic Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, funhusker said: More seriously though, Elon makes it sound like Twitter is the only place people can go. That is not true at all. He also makes it sound "taboo" if anyone were to start a new platform. Many folks have already done that, and many more will. New platforms don’t gain much steam. Parlor was shut down by Amazon and others that refused to provide servers for their platform. Musk has enough $ to avoid the monopolies ganging together to kill the competition. 1 1 Link to comment
Lorewarn Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Facebook, Instagram, youtube, Tik Tok, Telegram, Marco Polo, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora, individual messageboards of which there are hundreds of thousands... Plenty of "town square" options available. Hell, your actual town square is also available! But as far as I know millions of people from all across the world don't congregate in your town square and never did, so the sanctimonious whining is very much based off a strawman idea. 5 Link to comment
nic Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 18 hours ago, Lorewarn said: Facebook, Instagram, youtube, Tik Tok, Telegram, Marco Polo, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora, individual messageboards of which there are hundreds of thousands... Plenty of "town square" options available. Hell, your actual town square is also available! But as far as I know millions of people from all across the world don't congregate in your town square and never did, so the sanctimonious whining is very much based off a strawman idea. What is "your town square"? The only social media I am on is LinkedIn, and this forum is literally the only place I post anything. My wife is on Facebook. I used to read those posts until 2020 and 2021 when I got sick of all the hypocrites. I suspect you approve of how the Twitter police run their show, and are actually worried Musk will follow through. Musk is rich enough to create a platform with instant popularity. Heck, I bet my teenage boys would get on it just because it's Musk. I would not join it, but it would make me smile because the big techs could do nothing to stop it. If he needs servers....he will just buy a bunch. 1 2 Link to comment
Lorewarn Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 2 hours ago, nic said: What is "your town square"? The only social media I am on is LinkedIn, and this forum is literally the only place I post anything. My wife is on Facebook. I used to read those posts until 2020 and 2021 when I got sick of all the hypocrites. I suspect you approve of how the Twitter police run their show, and are actually worried Musk will follow through. Musk is rich enough to create a platform with instant popularity. Heck, I bet my teenage boys would get on it just because it's Musk. I would not join it, but it would make me smile because the big techs could do nothing to stop it. If he needs servers....he will just buy a bunch. re: the bold, I think Twitter has done a horrendous job being inconsistent with their enforcement and lackthereof of their terms and conditions, and I think there's a massive conversation/reckoning about how badly social media companies operate and how bad their platforms are for us. But the 'town square' argument is just an incredibly weak and lazy one. The town square still exists, and you've got every right and opportunity there that you ever have. If you have to make it an analogy Twitter is closer to the modern day newspaper stand, aggregating/amplifying entertainment and news channels which... those have always been privately owned too. 4 Link to comment
nic Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Interesting. Twitter's shares jumped more than 25% in price following Monday's news. Musk now controls nearly 73.5 million shares of the company, making him the largest shareholder, and individual stocks were priced at $49.81 on Monday morning. 2 Link to comment
teachercd Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 7 hours ago, DevoHusker said: what a clown Really, the only issue with Disney is the 20 dollar funnel cakes. Link to comment
Enhance Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 8 hours ago, DevoHusker said: what a clown These hot takes coming out about how Disney should be punished are so cataclysmically moronic. Disney employs approx. 80,000 Floridians (which, interestingly enough, DeSantis only won Florida by roughly 30,000 some odd votes... something he should maybe think about). Not to mention the fact that Disney's economic well-being is tied into assets far out-ranging their theme parks, copyrights and filmmaking. So while these dingbats are so focused on hurting Disney's financial well-being, they should make sure they stop watching ESPN and cancel any cable/streaming services they have... 2 Link to comment
teachercd Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Enhance said: These hot takes coming out about how Disney should be punished are so cataclysmically moronic. Disney employs approx. 80,000 Floridians (which, interestingly enough, DeSantis only won Florida by roughly 30,000 some odd votes... something he should maybe think about). Not to mention the fact that Disney's economic well-being is tied into assets far out-ranging their theme parks, copyrights and filmmaking. So while these dingbats are so focused on hurting Disney's financial well-being, they should make sure they stop watching ESPN and cancel any cable/streaming services they have... The only thing Disney should really worry about is the freaking crocks that eat kids. 1 Link to comment
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