A free press is one free of political control. The literal machines have to be controlled by not-the-politicians. A free social media otoh... is one that cannot be captured by mass movements. So I think there’s a moral philosophical case for media distancing.
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I think this will do it. It’s also a mechanism that’s understandable and governable by tech-illiterate politicians assisted by bureaucrats. Moving “reach prices” around is like setting interest rates. So simple even economists could run it. Policy goal: no mobs.
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That’s it. Not super complex. May not even need constitutional amendments. Does not affect first amendment since we’re not touching speech, only reach. Can include traditional media too somehow. Talk radio, TV, newspapers. They are slaves to RTs and likes too now anyway
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Hmm. Wild idea. You could connect money and reach. Make likes and RTs (“proof of distance”) the *basis* for currency itself somehow. Abuse leads to inflation and makes prices go up. A blockchain based on quality of public life. Both too much and too little talk are costly.
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Second wild idea. Mobs are actually institutional black holes. If you take Coasean transaction costs theory of the firm, what happens when you lower transaction costs inside a higher-cost boundary? You get an organization. Pay more to get in, pay less to transact once you’re in.
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What happens when you lower the cost of both to near zero? You get a social black hole. A degenerate institution that can produce nothing, but can eat everything in sight.
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@noUpside series The Feed to get up to speed. Then follow her writing on Wired and elsewhere for the play by play evolution.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/series/the-feed/ …Show this thread
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as far as 1 person, 1 voice/mitigate the mob, Reddit's persistent pseudonymity offers an interesting model. Their Federalist moderation structure and enforced distancing, as you've called it, for new accounts are both worth emulating.
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What’s the best place to develop this into a viable political proposal
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Curious how one might close the copy+paste / screenshot loophole. But maybe that's not as big a deal as I'm thinking it is??
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When I like/rt/share your talk I reveal my preferences publicly. Good enough cost. When I want to dislike/un-rt your talk... there is no way to me to reveal that preference publicly on fb/twitter. (youtube, reddit, forums, have such). But fb/twtr were meant to just aid groups.
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