
Originally Posted by
walrus
The power these companies hold is amazing. Google has 75% of internet searches. Facebook has well over a billion users. I hear people say I don’t use Facebook anymore I banned them I use instsgram. Well Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ns_by_Facebook
And there are forces at work (in the company and on the platform) that utilize those platforms to silence dissent and browbeat any and all people into conformity.
In '1984' Winston Smith is a records editor at the Ministry of Truth where he rewrites and sanitizes history for the benefit of INGSOC and Oceania....this corporate fascism paired with outrage culture and the nanny state is part of how we wind up there. Another part is when beliefs become larger than people and the humanity you see in someone fades away thereby giving life to endless possibilities of the horrors that could occur without anyone stepping up and challenging those who demand you be offended or demand someone be deplatformed.
I've divorced myself from these social media giants. There's little if any good about them. Twitter is a hellscape worthy of it's own horror movie. There are bubbles in twitter and they lie in wait for anyone to disturb them. They contain wasp nests of victimhood and they'll nail you if you disturb them and at the end of the day they don't want an apology, they don't want to kiss and make up, they don't want a handshake and 'no hard feelings' they want to ruin you, ruin your life, ruin your job, ruin your company, shun you from society......it's wicked and sadistic.
I wonder when or if we will find out the SPLC are giving these techies some leads on "hateful content" ?
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