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There’s an interesting conversation to be had about this.

I certainly see the “At first they came for X, and I said nothing…” side of this, but I also think the traditional libertarian view of private businesses having the sovereignty to withhold their services if people violate their terms has merit too.

It’s easy to imagine that countries who have their voices on these American platforms muted will want to create their own similar services and prevent their citizens accessing the global versions so as to try and control the flow of information – which could lead to the death of the internet as we know it.

This is one of the things that most interests me about the crypto currency space right now, as there are platforms similar to Twitter and Facebook which are stored on the public blockchain (with each post, comment, and reaction being coded into micro-transactions to both prevent spam and combat the ad-revenue model which has encouraged so much devicive content these past 12 years). There’s no company or country in charge of the content and the pseudonymous nature of crypto right now would mean that just like the internet of old it would be the wild west for a while, but the nature of the blockchain makes everything eminently traceable once an identity is tied to a person, so it wouldn’t be completely lawless.

The major limiting factors for this solution at the moment are the fractured and politicial nature of the crypto scene as it stands right now, the first mover advantage of the big 3 corporate social media platforms, and the complexity involved in setting up a wallet for non-technical users.

There are other issues as well, but for me this seems to be the most promising route as it doesn’t rely on governments or companies as powerful as governments being benevolent and unbiased.

After we’ve tackled this, Reddit, let’s take a look at search engines, AGI, economic inequality, and climate change as well.