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1. p410n3+Y2[view] [source] 2021-02-08 08:46:19
>>benhur+(OP)
This happens again and again. I have had that happen to my twitter account. I see this regulary on HN.

My suspicion is that this is mostly happening because platforms that big like google or twitter rely very heavily on machine learning and other AI related technology to ban people. Because honestly, the amount of spam and abuse that are likely happening on these platforms has to be mind boggling high.

So I get why they would try to automate bans.

But after years and years of regular high profile news of false positives, one would think they eventually would change something.

I mean the guy had direct business with Google going on....

Why would they continue like that. Isn't there one single PR person at Google?

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2. Crypto+r6[view] [source] 2021-02-08 09:17:43
>>p410n3+Y2
Their size insulates them from competition, which means less accountability.

We need to give them competition in the form of neutral and permissionless decentralized platforms. Such platforms should be the primary forum for commerce and communication, and privately owned permissioned platforms like Google should be small/bit players in comparison.

Right now the situation, in terms of whether the digital commons are primarily controlled by private companies or by public networks, is the opposite of what it should be.

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