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We're Getting the Social Media Crisis Wrong (programmablemutter.com)
4 points by mcfunley 526 days ago
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The founders weren’t pro universal democracy. They were pro mitigating a coming riot and knew they had to unify disparate interests into a rabble that wouldn’t become a mob. The result is as weak a democracy as you could fashion.

Social medias ultimate result will be a mob. When that reaches a majority, they’ll go after any minorities. It’s their nature.