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    1.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      1/ Banning InfoWars was the right thing to do. They represented the realization of damage -- a successful exploit of the bad socio-informational architectures implemented by @Facebook, @Twitter, and @YouTube.

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      2/ But, the networks didn't take action to attenuate social harm. They did so because it finally became too economically costly not to do so. In the future -- and, surely, in the past -- these same networks will induce harm when banning to protect revenue or share value or both.

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    3.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      3/ But, that this is even perceived as a threat to free speech demonstrates just how disastrous these architectures are. You shouldn't know who Alex Jones is. You should never have encountered his vileness to begin with.

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    4.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      4/ That you do know of him is a consequence of these architectures profiting from social collisions which artificially induce salience and enable the commodification of attention.

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    5.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      5/ I don't think that's a patchable vulnerability. The concept of a for-profit, universal commons stands in obvious opposition to social reality.

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      6/ Free association is critically important. But, free association does not work if groups cannot enforce boundaries and dissociation. The way these architectures work precludes that possibility.

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    7.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      7/ Individual-level blocking or muting willfully ignores the effects of algorithmic curation. The consequences of the latter process incomparably swamps out the effects of the former defenses. And again that's the point. The networks profit from the inter-group rhetorical combat.

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       💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 6 Aug 2018
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      8/ So, if you're concerned about the remarkable power of these networks and the threat they pose: GREAT! You're paying attention. But, banning InfoWars wasn't an abuse of power. It was a defense of it.

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