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    Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

    (techcrunch.com)
    707 points patd | 13 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.673s | source | bottom
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    jdhn ◴[27 May 20 13:37 UTC] No.23322964[source]▶
    Putting aside concerns about overreach government powers, would ending social media as we know it really be a bad thing?
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    1. raziel2p ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323011[source]▶
    How? Forbid all of it? Forbid what, exactly - any app that allows communication between more than 1 person?

    Even if Twitter were to go bankrupt tomorrow, something else would come to replace it.

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    2. jdhn ◴[27 May 20 13:44 UTC] No.23323053[source]▶
    If Trump actually closed it (not going to happen), then something may come along to replace Twitter, but it certainly wouldn't act like Twitter.
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    3. ImprobableTruth ◴[27 May 20 13:47 UTC] No.23323104[source]▶
    Social media can only survive because of safe harbor provisions. If sites become responsible for the content they host, social media as we know would instantly die out.
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    4. w0m ◴[27 May 20 13:49 UTC] No.23323143[source]▶
    Why wouldn't it? Proven good formula and a hole in the market. A dozen clones would spring up immediately.
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    5. eloc49 ◴[27 May 20 13:51 UTC] No.23323195[source]▶
    Get rid of section 230
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    6. shultays ◴[27 May 20 13:52 UTC] No.23323210[source]▶
    You are not forced to follow or interact poeple you disagree with.
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    7. rwmj ◴[27 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23323218[source]▶
    So would a vast number of things. github, blogs, cloud, public web hosting of almost any kind.
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    8. orian ◴[27 May 20 13:58 UTC] No.23323297{3}[source]▶
    Funny you say, but on social platforms we know you are kind of forced, through suggestions and ads.
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    9. raziel2p ◴[27 May 20 14:04 UTC] No.23323408{4}[source]▶
    Newspapers "force" you to read articles by their writers and ads as well... This has nothing to do with social media.
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    10. jtbayly ◴[27 May 20 14:04 UTC] No.23323414[source]▶
    Making public comments anywhere online impossible? I don't think that's helpful.
    11. croon ◴[27 May 20 14:46 UTC] No.23324139{3}[source]▶
    Because the government closed something that acted exactly like it before?

    Aka chilling effect.

    12. ImprobableTruth ◴[27 May 20 15:22 UTC] No.23324700{3}[source]▶
    Sure. I'm not saying that I think it would be good, just that it's possible.
    13. anewdirection ◴[27 May 20 18:29 UTC] No.23327690{5}[source]▶
    Newspapers are curated and responsible for what they publish.