Twitter didn’t just make a simple communication platform, they made a platform and wrote algorithms that (intended or not) elevate extremist and divisive voices.
If they just made a simple chat app your metaphor would hold but they are directly responsible because they choose which content is shown and which isn’t.
Agreed. It is one of the worst types of scam and people get taken advantage off. But if you exile Alex Jones, you also exile its users and their ability to get out of there is severely dimmed.
"There must be some truth to what he says if he gets that much backlash" is always a convincing argument. I don't even mean that ironically.
Better have that in the open because on the internet there will always be at least one person that disagrees with any view that is espoused.
If they just made a simple chat app your metaphor would hold but they are directly responsible because they choose which content is shown and which isn’t.
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