Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight
I think part of the problem with social media is the disconnect from real world consequences. Maybe I should take a long lunch, Uber over to Cap Hill, find this guy and tell him what a piece of 💩I think he is for what he said.
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1026580187784404994
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp all this stuff is virtual reality to me.
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp there's a world outside
Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight
@SpookyR Yea, I really try to keep off a bunch of it, but there's something very real real to people with the power to pass legislation pushing the idea to silence people. The legislation is coming. That's the Rubicon.
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp and you all keep those governments around because..?
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp some battles are more important than others.
i don't think social media is one anybody should bother fighting. these platforms are actively harming people, and letting them rot is best.
as for legislation... well... action plans?
Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight
@SpookyR I agree with you that it's best to let these platforms go and that's why I deleted Faceborg like 8 years ago.
But I think we have to realize we can't put the genie back in the bottle. We have to figure out how to live with it.
When the legislation comes, we'll flood them on every avenue. The one that really makes them sit up and notice is when you saturate the phone switches for Congress.
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp (since i'm in a rant-y mood)
here's what i see:
1) it's private property, ergo they can control how it works
2) it concerns the public, the(our?) states/fed have say
3) something in between
if they are private services then they are free to do as they please. however, a lot of the population is on them. if a private institution can do as it pleases with most of a population... is that a concern of the state or not? else, abandon them on principle.
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SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp that our states/fed are concerned with passing laws to silence people either indicates a disconnect from the population, or an actual popular will.
from what i'm seeing, a lot of people enjoy silencing their enemies... i can't say for how much of a phenomenon this is, or if they're just really loud about it.
again, there might be something wrong with the government as is...
anyway.. rant-y
okay phone line saturation that's a thing.
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp (notice i make no reference to the existing constitution. all anybody tries to do is route around it, so i have issues seeing its utility as a governing force... i get the principles and ideology guarded within)
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp perhaps routing around it indicates some kind of force remaining? i dunno. hard to tell.
SpookyR
@Johnny_of_the_swamp i guess that leaves one other thing open...
who is represented by the silencing more? the companies doing it or the people desiring it? even if the people is a small crowd.
would legislation make it a-okay to do? if so, why would the companies need such protections or excuse to continue doing it? isn't it their property?
lots to think about on this topic.
Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight
@SpookyR It's pretty deep. I think the Senator from Connecticut is thinking that legislation is needed because the soc nets don't act fast or strong enough.
The Reason write up is far less sanguine
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