All companies worth above a trillion should be treated like public agencies. There’s no reason they should have this kind of unchecked power, especially with all the OTHER ways in which they’re anti competitive ALREADY. Including simply existing. Let’s not pretend that their huge cash reserves and ability to copy others is “fair competition”.
I just don't think it's practical to treat a social media site like a public agency. I sympathize greatly with the author reading this story, but anyone who's moderated a public website can tell you it would be completely impossible if your most combative users could escalate to the government and demand you prove why you should be allowed to ban them.
Aline describes her experience in 2023 of getting permabanned from LinkedIn for several days, until finding a human contract through one of the investors in her startup.
Possible reason for the ban is her content makes mention of LinkedIn in a way that wasn't expressly approved by LinkedIn, and it all happened only after she took their offer to pay $500 to promote the post.
TIL FB isn't the only network to be asking for government-issued IDs all of a sudden.
This is the problem with becoming reliant on large monopolistic companies.
Due to business interests, they become enshittified, and have no incentive to provide you any value.
Social media apps are incentivized to turn you into a zombie who spends every waking second scrolling.
Dating apps are incentivized to keep you single and using their app forever.
You don't need LinkedIn if you get a good job.
If you aren't mindful about this, you will be treated as the compliant commodity you are.
But the truth is you don't need them. The best jobs aren't on LinkedIn, the best friendships or party invites aren't on instagram or facebook, the best romantic partners are not on dating apps, etc.
Doing things in real life pays a massive dividend now, and fewer people than ever before are doing it, because the barriers to the enshittified life are minimal, and the costs are downstream.
All companies worth above a trillion should be treated like public agencies. There’s no reason they should have this kind of unchecked power, especially with all the OTHER ways in which they’re anti competitive ALREADY. Including simply existing. Let’s not pretend that their huge cash reserves and ability to copy others is “fair competition”.
I just don't think it's practical to treat a social media site like a public agency. I sympathize greatly with the author reading this story, but anyone who's moderated a public website can tell you it would be completely impossible if your most combative users could escalate to the government and demand you prove why you should be allowed to ban them.
Aline describes her experience in 2023 of getting permabanned from LinkedIn for several days, until finding a human contract through one of the investors in her startup.
Possible reason for the ban is her content makes mention of LinkedIn in a way that wasn't expressly approved by LinkedIn, and it all happened only after she took their offer to pay $500 to promote the post.
TIL FB isn't the only network to be asking for government-issued IDs all of a sudden.
This is the problem with becoming reliant on large monopolistic companies. Due to business interests, they become enshittified, and have no incentive to provide you any value.
Social media apps are incentivized to turn you into a zombie who spends every waking second scrolling.
Dating apps are incentivized to keep you single and using their app forever.
You don't need LinkedIn if you get a good job.
If you aren't mindful about this, you will be treated as the compliant commodity you are.
But the truth is you don't need them. The best jobs aren't on LinkedIn, the best friendships or party invites aren't on instagram or facebook, the best romantic partners are not on dating apps, etc.
Doing things in real life pays a massive dividend now, and fewer people than ever before are doing it, because the barriers to the enshittified life are minimal, and the costs are downstream.