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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep Apr 6

      Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing nonstop for more than 15 years. It's always the same apology for pretty much the same act. When do we talk about the obvious: Facebook's decisions are primarily driven by its business model. Here's my latest for @Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/why-zuckerberg-15-year-apology-tour-hasnt-fixed-facebook/ …pic.twitter.com/wOsiXY5UEB

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    2. SeanJM‏ @SeanJMacIsaac Apr 7
      Replying to @zeynep @WIRED

      But, would it have grown this large had a paid subscription been an option? Upfront cost would seem to be a solution to the privacy problem. How much does my privacy really cost and can I pay it monthly by Visa or MasterCard?

      4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Helma‏ @ArtheosNL Apr 7
      Replying to @SeanJMacIsaac @zeynep @WIRED

      Why should we even have to consider to pay for privacy when it is a basic human right? That would turn into a nasty privacy-for-the-rich world.

      1 reply 4 retweets 16 likes
    4. SeanJM‏ @SeanJMacIsaac Apr 7
      Replying to @ArtheosNL @zeynep @WIRED

      They have to make money. So they sell your information to someone who will use that data to sell you something. How can they make a profit otherwise?

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Helma‏ @ArtheosNL Apr 7
      Replying to @SeanJMacIsaac @zeynep @WIRED

      They want to make money, they do not need to. They should pay me to make money of my private stuff. Not the other way around. If an organisation can't make money in a decent way, their policy is broken. Privacy as a market is a horrific future image #SurveillanceCapitalism @aral

      1 reply 4 retweets 17 likes
    6. SeanJM‏ @SeanJMacIsaac Apr 7
      Replying to @ArtheosNL @zeynep and

      If they don’t make money, how can they pay their developers? I agree that it’s horrific and the potential for misuse is pretty clear.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Helma‏ @ArtheosNL Apr 7
      Replying to @SeanJMacIsaac @zeynep and

      Such abusing companies simply should not exist.

      2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    8. Bill Hauck  🏳️‍🌈‏ @wbhauck Apr 7
      Replying to @ArtheosNL @SeanJMacIsaac and

      I look forward to the announcement of the free and ethical social media platform you create.

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    9. Simon Layfield‏ @simonevery Apr 8
      Replying to @wbhauck @ArtheosNL and

      I'm not sure it exists *yet* but I'd imagine before long @blockstack will have this sorted.

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 8
      Replying to @simonevery @wbhauck and

      They have VC, what’s their exit strategy? Rule of thumb: Actual solutions to this problem are not going to make those implementing them billionaires.

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        2. Ryan Shea‏ @ryaneshea Apr 8
          Replying to @aral @simonevery and

          Hey Aral, big fan of yours and respect your views on this matter. Specifically understand the concerns regarding VC funding and corporate-owned solutions that can be acquired, manipulated, etc. That said, please allow me to clarify a few things...

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        3. Ryan Shea‏ @ryaneshea Apr 8
          Replying to @ryaneshea @aral and

          Blockstack is a platform, community & movement, akin to Bitcoin & Ethereum. The software is open source and anyone can produce compatible, competing implementations. The largest employer of core software engineers is a for-profit public benefit corporation named Blockstack PBC.

          1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
        4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 8
          Replying to @ryaneshea @simonevery and

          Hey Ryan, thanks for elaborating. Blockstack is one of the few block* initiatives I’m actually watching. There are legitimate uses for decentralised trust. I’m sure you’ll agree none alone will fix surveillance capitalism—we must also topologically decentralise the network.

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 8
          Replying to @aral @ryaneshea and

          (It does sadden me that 99.99999% of the investment goes into block* solutions, 99% of which are right-libertarian get rich quick schemes, while any funding into topological decentralisation efforts is, statistically speaking, a rounding error if that.)

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        6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 8
          Replying to @aral @ryaneshea and

          (Mostly because, given the nature of topological decentralisation, no one who is actually working on legitimate solutions to this problem is ever going to be a billionaire. On the contrary, that’s one of the success criteria. So no VC is ever going to invest in that.)

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