The idea that there’s a public interest in compelling private businesses to promote speech they don’t like is authoritarian in nature, regardless of the high-minded language proponents of this position drape it in. Reject authoritarianism. Let the market work.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1068697650550071299 …
If the market worked in the social media domain, where network effects are paramount, we wouldn't have an oligopoly that crushes all rivals.
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My opinion is that these technology “monopolies” (Amazon excepted) are far less stable than folks think, particularly social. Regardless, I think the folks who think non-market forces should fix this might find any cure worse than the disease.
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The idea that social platforms are common carriers is absurd. I could not build a competing railroad in a million years but I could spin a twitter clone today (then if it got traction, get funding to build the infrastructure)
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"Network effects" aren't enough to get you to a model of market failure.
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Payless makes fools of fashionistas. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-01/fake-news-fake-shoes-how-payless-pranked-so-called-influencers …
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Ok, but then regulation should target the oligopoly. Regulating speech consolidates the oligopoly further.
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