I don't, but I don't see how a rewilded internet would let them have more free reign than they have now. I mean look at fascists on X, pedos on Roblox, etc. Xitter and Roblox are far removed from the "wild" platforms of the 00s-10s, especially considering Roblox's new ID verify shtick that actually makes it harder to catch predators because now predators can just pretend to be kids and now their messages will be hidden from well-meaning adults who can report. Tangent aside, the "taming" of the Internet that started with the Adpocalypse was not targeted at these groups. It was targeted at creators who were trying to make a livelihood but said things that went against corporate PR. This was a move orchestrated by corpos against small creators because corpos feared they wouldn't profit as much if they platformed brand-unsafe creators. The Adpocalypse would not have happened under later-stage socialism because the DotP would have recognized the contribution and upheld their right to make a livelihood "from each according to their ability, to each according to their labor".

[–] TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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?

[–] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

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.