[10/*] So you don't have to wonder what the future of communication looks like! It looks just like the past. If books were banned, movies will be banned; if movies were banned, YouTubes will be banned.
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[11/*] So computers didn't really offer anything different. The only thing they were was _new_. And something new has a brief period when the majority of people aren't using it, so their desire to force people to conform isn't applied.
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[12/*] I'm not sure if that makes me more or less depressed. It's a depressing thought, but maybe also one that is slightly motivating: it means we can always make a new - albeit shortly lived - place free from the demands of social conformity.
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[13/*] We just make a new medium for communication, and for a brief time, before it becomes popular, people will be able to be themselves there. The depressing part is, of course, that it will only last for a short while.
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Replying to @cmuratori
The internet is much bigger than Twitter and Facebook though. There should still be a place for hacker-ethic like communities. They're just harder to find now.
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But that's not what the thread is about, right? What I'm saying is, there will not be a thing that everyone uses but that is also not repressive. The reason you can find hacker-ethic communities is because they are small.
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Replying to @cmuratori
Another possible explanation is the minority rule. People who want everyone to conform are loud and dedicated and use moralizing language that no one wants to bother annoying them or stand in their way.https://outline.com/g6UHXA
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Replying to @hasen_judy
But that is just an explanation for the dynamic. It doesn't matter _why_ more humans equals more repression. It could be any number of reasons, including "minority rule". The point is simply that it _always_ happens, as far as we can tell.
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Replying to @cmuratori
Well, understanding the dynamic allows you create a space that does not degenerate (at least not so quickly) into the same thing as the established media. You have to keep certain people out: the kind who use moralizing language.
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Say you create a forum for like minded people, and someone comes along and say "hey guys we should adopt code of conduct". What do you do? Immediately kick and ban. No questions. No further discussion.
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But that is obviously not what happens, whether it "should" or not. Most development projects on the internet, and all conferences, now have a "code of conduct". So that is all there is to it. This is what I mean when I say repression is inevitable.
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Replying to @cmuratori @hasen_judy
As soon as anything is mainstream, other people will control your behavior. Full stop. I don't see any counterpoints to this.
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