Reading a lot of criticism that the $5 billion fine against Facebook is inadequate, but written by people who keep posting to Instagram every day. No fine is big enough to solve this. Taking back our posts and photos is the best way to reduce Facebook’s power.
@manton also the gov should donate that money. otherwise its just people getting money for something that the payee doesnt care about. its like the bully telling the other bully: you gotta pay some money since you punched that weakling!
@manton Agreed! The only solution to this problem is if people stop relying on these platforms for personal use, that's it.
@microflow I was wondering that too... Where does the money go? $5 billion could fund thousands of IndieWeb projects for years.
@manton @microflow On top of those projects you could also fund better tech and digital life education, "How To Manage Your Digital Life", etc.
@jasonekratz When we talk about Facebook problems, there are really 2 separate things: 1) the massive size and concentration of power; and 2) privacy concerns. The 2nd could be improved, and I think will be, but the 1st is unfixable. The only long-term solution is to build for a web without Facebook, even if it never goes away.
@jasonekratz I would love to see it! I've just become skeptical that meaningful regulation will happen. Or another way to look at it: that's 2-3 years away at best, so I want to focus on all the progress we could make in the meantime.
