I’m a bit confused. As I understand it, your post is about large socialist platforms vs decentralized socialist platforms. Your response here now compares decentralized platforms with large capitalist platforms. How does the latter relate to the former?
It’s not about the size of the platform but how it’s managed. When I am referring to a “tame” internet, I don’t mean centralization per se, but the trend towards things like ID verification, demonetization, etc. If I’m not mistaken, Chinese platforms are stricter on this than their Western counterparts (at least how they used to be before ID age verification is getting shoved down everyone’s throats). I don’t think socialist China ever had an era of a “wild” internet, correct me if I’m wrong.
I hate to revive an old thread, but I want to at least provide you with a response.
You’re probably right that China never had the type of internet that you’re describing. My original point still stands though. What are we comparing here? From what I understand from the discussion, your gripes about the modern internet stem from the push for monetization and de-anonymization. I would argue that both are large issues in a capitalist society but not the same in a socialist one. I don’t care of a fascist gets deplatformed from Douyin or if a Taiwanese separatist gets outed on XiaoHongShu.
I’m a bit confused. As I understand it, your post is about large socialist platforms vs decentralized socialist platforms. Your response here now compares decentralized platforms with large capitalist platforms. How does the latter relate to the former?
It’s not about the size of the platform but how it’s managed. When I am referring to a “tame” internet, I don’t mean centralization per se, but the trend towards things like ID verification, demonetization, etc. If I’m not mistaken, Chinese platforms are stricter on this than their Western counterparts (at least how they used to be before ID age verification is getting shoved down everyone’s throats). I don’t think socialist China ever had an era of a “wild” internet, correct me if I’m wrong.
I hate to revive an old thread, but I want to at least provide you with a response.
You’re probably right that China never had the type of internet that you’re describing. My original point still stands though. What are we comparing here? From what I understand from the discussion, your gripes about the modern internet stem from the push for monetization and de-anonymization. I would argue that both are large issues in a capitalist society but not the same in a socialist one. I don’t care of a fascist gets deplatformed from Douyin or if a Taiwanese separatist gets outed on XiaoHongShu.