Paul Graham on Twitter: "Everyone wants to blame Mark Zuckerberg for polarization and fake news. But if social media were fragmented into a thousand smaller companies instead of a few big ones, wouldn't polarization and fake news be worse?"

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1. Ch1nn1ie Duchess‏ @Rhumeey 31 Jan 2020
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  A million dollar question!
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1. Yes_vikash‏ @Yes_Vikash01 31 Jan 2020
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  We are the cause of this we can't blame single person or company
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1. Executive MasterPlan‏ @ExecMasterPlan 31 Jan 2020
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  Our own nature, maximized in the form of recommendation algorithms is responsible for that. Facebook is just another brick on that wall
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1. Éibhear Ó hAnluain‏ @eibhear 31 Jan 2020
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  I'd expect it's an open question, really. However -- leaving aside the polarisation question -- the disadvantages of centralisation among a small number of services seem to be clear: increased intrusion; walled gardens; higher barriers of entry for innovative alternatives; etc.
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1. James Hawkins‏ @james406 31 Jan 2020
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  The verification of news quality should just sit as an independent layer to the social networks, to really work. Could be a startup!
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1. Ben Blaine‏ @BenjiBlaine 31 Jan 2020
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  @paulg do you think it would be better?
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1. Ivor Paul‏ @Apie 31 Jan 2020
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  I don't think surveillance and behaviour modification would have been so easy if we were dealing with a bunch of different companies.
  
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1. Tobias Goulden Schultz ‏ @turbotobias 31 Jan 2020
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  Less centralized power if fragmented. But more polarization and fake news? Hard to say. Which parallels would be an example of that?
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