I wasn't talking about free speech per se, but about the fragmentation of public discourse. Having multiple popular platforms makes fragmentation easier.
All your friends are here. All nazies/wokes are there. There's nothing and nowhere to discuss.
It's a strawman argument, of course there are many groups that have nothing to do with politics and echo chamber is wholly inappropriate. Think about your hobby or friend groups, certainly seems fine to have those be little islands in the internet sea.
You are also correct there is nothing new here, groups have been able to create very small echo chambers if they want, many options today.
Nor do they have to be "echo chambers", there are places in the middle which largely remain unexplored. This is where I've charted my course in ATProto
I'll take the echo chamber over being force to read racist and nazi propaganda any day, though kinda hard when the US government is one of the sources of this content.
k4rli|7 days ago
Pre ~2020 4chan was rather open and unmoderated, but also had CSAM issues.
red75prime|7 days ago
All your friends are here. All nazies/wokes are there. There's nothing and nowhere to discuss.
verdverm|7 days ago
You are also correct there is nothing new here, groups have been able to create very small echo chambers if they want, many options today.
Nor do they have to be "echo chambers", there are places in the middle which largely remain unexplored. This is where I've charted my course in ATProto
verdverm|7 days ago
red75prime|7 days ago