Should social media be nationalized?

[Ziggurat]

Should social media be nationalized?

 

[Solitaire]

Should Fox News be nationalized and turned into a darker version of the BBC?

 

[LSSBB]

No.
Nyet.
Nein.
Nuh-uh.
Nope.
Not.
No way, no how.
Never.
That's a negative.

 

[Belz...]

Problems with the idea:

There's already competition. Don't like Youtube? THere's Vimeo.

That's like saying "Don't like Walmart? There's Jerry's on the side of the street."

There's competition, but the competition is far from being as large as the most popular site, and has much, much less content.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Unless you are Ayn Rand, regulation isn't the same as nationalization.

 

[gabeygoat]

Regulated? Maybe. Nationalized? Nope

 

[LSSBB]

Regulated? Maybe. Nationalized? Nope

If you do either, folks will stampede to the black-market, underground version.

I know, because I will be one of the stampede, possibly leading the way or even setting up the underground version.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Does anyone want Trump to have authority over social media?

I would love to see the cable companies treated like utilities. Comcast is out of control nickel and diming customers.

 

[Beeyon]

It is beyond belief that the side thinking that ISP sevices should not be treated as public utilities wants individual sites to be treated as public utilities.

 

[kellyb]

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Yeah, social security, federal highways, and stop signs sure are diabolical.

 

[TragicMonkey]

It is beyond belief that the side thinking that ISP sevices should not be treated as public utilities wants individual sites to be treated as public utilities.

We can leave healthcare to the mercy of the markets, but Facebook is too important!

 

[kellyb]

If you do either, folks will stampede to the black-market, underground version.

I know, because I will be one of the stampede, possibly leading the way or even setting up the underground version.

Will it be free?

 

[kellyb]

I'm a fan of publicly funded and run alternatives with ISPs and social media, I think.

 

[Trebuchet]

Does anyone want Trump to have authority over social media?

Trump does.

 

[phiwum]

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Are you seriously suggesting that the government oversight of everything makes it worse?

I like interstates. I mostly like the phone system. I think these things benefited from government oversight.

Not everything, mind, but the EPA back in the day did a decent job. The National Parks System is a treasure. The military is perhaps not always used properly, but I have no doubt that they are the best defense of these shores we could have. I'm not thrilled with how ICE has been used recently, but I do think it's a necessary department, though with perhaps some changes in focus.

You're opposed to all that? Or was this just another little joke which you won't defend?

ETA: Any defense, as well as this post, might oughta be moved to an appropriate thread.

ETA2: I'd just as soon my neighbor doesn't have a nuke. You?

 

[Ziggurat]

Are you seriously suggesting that the government oversight of everything makes it worse?

Everything? No, not everything. Though I fully expect social media to be included in what it makes worse, if it ever tried.

You're opposed to all that? Or was this just another little joke which you won't defend?

It's obviously a joke. And it's funny. That's all the defense a joke needs. And if humorless scolds can't take a joke, well, that just makes it funnier.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump does.

Scary thought, isn't it.

 

[LSSBB]

Will it be free?

Define free

 

[BobTheCoward]

ETA2: I'd just as soon my neighbor doesn't have a nuke. You?

No

 

[fagin]

Bob's back.