I don't think it's the demographics that have changed, but the state of the internet, and the awareness that big tech's stranglehold over our media is a problem.

Of course the likely end result is going to be that legitimate news will disappear from Facebook and there will only be misinformation left. I'd rather see them address the spread of misinformation instead of the spread of quality news.

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akersten 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> awareness that big tech's stranglehold over our media is a problem.

The legacy consolidated news organizations getting a sweet free new revenue stream are glad that they've been able to convince so many people that big tech linking to them is actually a "stranglehold" and a problem!

	▲	shevy-java 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well, while I am not saying this is incorrect, I also fail to see why US mega-corporations should proxy-control europeans. I trust neither involved side here, ever since the EU tries to push for age snifing and abolishing VPNs. At the same time US corporations ruin a LOT of the world wide web, and that continues. I don't think we need to accept this anylonger. Out with them.

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gruez 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>I don't think it's the demographics that have changed, but the state of the internet, and the awareness that big tech's stranglehold over our media is a problem.

The less charitable interpretation is that interest groups are just harnessing the current kneejerk reaction for anything anti-"big tech" to serve their own interests. See also: people being theoretically in favor of affordable housing, but are also against "greedy developers" and "luxury condos" so nothing gets built.

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anigbrowl an hour ago | parent [-]

Why not just build affordable housing instead of luxury condos, you're creating a weird false equivalence.

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gruez 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

Because in practice that just means nothing gets built at all. It's like having a food shortage but not wanting to buy/grow more food unless it's fair trade, organic, permaculture certified, non-gmo, certified kosher/halal, and cruelty free. All of those are laudable goals, but if the combined effect is that nothing gets done, that's counterproductive.

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anigbrowl 25 minutes ago | parent [-]

That's just another false equivalent. People want affordable housing. Luxury condos are clearly Not That. Your food analogy is backwards. You're actually saying that people want affordable food, but object to building more luxury restaurants, so that nobody gets fed at all.

	▲	gruez 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		>People want affordable housing. Luxury condos are clearly Not That Luxury condos increase supply, driving down the price of all housing. It's economics 101. >You're actually saying that people want affordable food, but object to building more luxury restaurants, so that nobody gets fed at all. The point is that all the stipulations people have on top eg. "organic" makes it harder to create more supply.