They also spread the truth as well even when government and media have conspired to obscure it. Social media has led to people beating companies, governments and politicians simply by providing an avenue to share reality. Social media defends democracy and protects democracy. There has always been an enormous power balance issues between the elites and the peasants and social media for the first time is allowing the peasants to speak to each other rather than the only voice being the elites through their media platforms.
for the first time is allowing the peasants to speak to each other rather
That’s what the tavern was for…
You know, the place where the elites couldn’t manipulate the topics of conversation and shared sentiment by adjusting algorithms and shadowbanning ideas they don’t like…
Your main point might hold if people were mostly using fediverse platforms, but such is not the case
They also spread the truth as well even when government and media have conspired to obscure it. Social media has led to people beating companies, governments and politicians simply by providing an avenue to share reality. Social media defends democracy and protects democracy. There has always been an enormous power balance issues between the elites and the peasants and social media for the first time is allowing the peasants to speak to each other rather than the only voice being the elites through their media platforms.
They did. That’s why they spent so much effort to ruin the internet these past few years.
That’s what the tavern was for…
You know, the place where the elites couldn’t manipulate the topics of conversation and shared sentiment by adjusting algorithms and shadowbanning ideas they don’t like…
Your main point might hold if people were mostly using fediverse platforms, but such is not the case