Yes of course.

But by what method or algorithm does this DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL MEDIA system protect us from propagandists and censors?

What is a method in THAT?

Distributed tagging and voting? The grace of our benevolent moderators? Something else?

I mean, combatting propaganda and censorship is the #1 issue here.

How do we protect ourselves from propagandists and censors? Large, small, popular and individual.

Everything written by Greg Egan for the first decade or so of his writing career

Just say it. It’s easy. I mean I assume it’s easy. Asking me to pick through your “meme” is ridiculous. Just state your dumb accusation already.

I know because I know what the medium is like. I have that perspective.

Oh good lord, is it the tiny text at the top? I’m just not seeing it.

How about you just tell me.

I’m sure it was deeply fulfilling. Or some relative equivalent thereof.

And what hearsay am I accused of believing?

There is infinitely more to human interaction than a stream of symbols and images. Trust me on this.

Actually they are more honest. It’s harder to lie. And easier to detect lies. And the repercussions for lying are greater. This makes for less lying.

And that’s without bringing actual firsthand experience into the argument.

No, social media is good for many things, but it is ultimately just a child’s cartoon. A ghostworld.

Just state it plainly. Succinctly. Clearly. Then there will be no room for uncertainty.

I’m really not understanding your argument

Your leap of logic is rather tenuous. Can you rephrase?

Surely you are familiar with the difference between real life and social media.

It’s just weak evidence. Hearsay.

In real life you can talk to people that you know and see things with your own eyes. This is better than essays written by anonymous people on the internet.

What?

I have downvotes because I dare to contradict this gibbering mob.

Until you actually meet the witnesses or see the evidence, that’s all you’ve got. A story.

You could suspend judgment.

You don’t actually need to have a hate party. It’s so 1984.

If I’m going to revile somebody, yes.