It seems to me that people are now trying to hold social media firms to much higher standards than we've ever held for other media, entertainment, and non-necessity products. Used to be that if customers liked your stuff, & you didn't overprice or hurt others, you were okay.
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Replying to @robinhanson
There is currently a strong push to regulate social media because they disrupt the convergence of public opinion, which is potentially destabilizing. Also, each organized political camp attempts to stake claims for their rights to shape the Overton window.
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Media have been disrupting the convergence of public opinion for centuries.
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Replying to @robinhanson
They have been the tool to achieve it.
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from Allston - Brighton, Boston
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