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This war shows just how broken social media has become — The global town square is in ruins (www.theatlantic.com)
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This war shows just how broken social media has become — The global town square is in ruins::The global town square is in ruins.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Do you think it should be run by the (US) government instead?

I'm pretty lefty and think the government should be large and powerful, but not like that.

Fediverse is the best compromise I've seen, still private but a little bit democratic because of instance hopping if you don't like the policies of the one you started on.