Category: Social
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Talk back: Why should we have more restrictions on “harmful” speech on social media?
Dear all, This is a different sort of blog post. Rather than me writing yet another essay to you, I want to open the floor to you. I want you to answer something […]
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If you want government censorship through the back door, advocate for social media regulation
Last week, Facebook permanently blocked the accounts of a motley assortment of conservatives, libertarians, and anti-Semites. This set the Internet, especially the free speech loving parts of the Internet, in an uproar. (That […]
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An opinionated FAQ about Facebook’s censorship of the alleged “far right”
A lot of people understand neither free speech nor what the far right is. Here’s a beginner’s guide. Yesterday, Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by the same company, announced a purge—a fair […]
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There are no NPCs
International travel drives home that insight that, contrary to a put-down used by immature people, and consistent with Jordan Peterson’s frequent observation that our biographies are all fascinating, there are no NPCs in […]
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A reply to Mark Zuckerberg’s “Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking”
Yesterday (March 6), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined Facebook’s new “vision and principles around building a privacy-focused messaging and social networking platform.” The essential problem isn’t that they need a new app; rather, […]
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How to decentralize social media—a brief sketch
The problem about social media is that it is centralized. Centralization empowers massive corporations and governments to steal our privacy and restrict our speech and autonomy. What should exist are neutral, technical standards […]
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Why I quit Quora and Medium for good
It’s not a temporary rage-quit; I’ve deleted both accounts. I have zero followers, no content, and no username. I’m outta there. This is going to be more interesting than it sounds, I promise. […]
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How to stop using social media
Updated January 28, 2019. It’s no longer a matter of whether—it’s a matter of how. It’s sad, but for social media addicts, quitting seems to require a strategy. By now, some of us who have tried […]