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RE: This is why decentralized platforms like Steemit can succeed | Youtube's blatant censorship of this artist's song shows us why platforms like Steemit and DTube are essential
You only have to look as far as who the tech giants, Google (YouTube), Facebook, ect. supported in the last election to understand why they are censoring. Content posted to their own networks enabled the opposition to win and their chosen candidate to lose.
I know, I'm posting stuff against Google on my blog :)
In my view, they can like whichever candidate they want, just don't censor the people that support the other, they have the right to their own opinion, as much as tech giants do. But I guess we can't have that, now can we?
For the record, I assume you're talking about Trump, who I think is not presidential material, but sure as hell better than that corrupt murderous cunt, Shillary. And I've grown to support the guy purely because of the constant, baseless hit-pieces against him.
No you can't have your opinion on these networks... because they are commercially owned and are not a public service.
I'm no fan of Facebook or Google, but it is their own right to choose what is their network, as much as it is your right to choose to use it or not. Each and everyone of use who use their services signed and agreed to their terms and conditions before we started. We were told up front that they reserve the right to censor. And now they are.
So, the answer is simply to forget them and move other platforms like this one.
But the problem is, some people have unwisely invested so much time and energy into one platform, one that they do not own, have no legal rights to, and their online presence collapses if that one network censors them.
I have my content across multiple social networks. My online presence will not disappear if one network chooses to censor me.
I get what you're saying, but Google basically is the internet these days. They're so big, they're not just a private entity. If you're not on Google search, than you almost don't exist.
So while I love Steemit, let's face it, it's a tiny speck. And the ToS of those companies are so damn vague, that anything and everything can be censored regardless. Not to mention that now YT can just put your stuff in limbo even if you don't break their ToS. So that contract you signed into, well it's useless now.
Seriously think about it. If you are a YouTuber, and that is your main bread and butter, that's nuts! It is like a bakery relying upon one customer who resells your bread.
Always, always on any social network, one must try to convert their followers into subscribers on your own mailing list, otherwise they are not your own. Period. That is how FB manages to cheat people with their shite advertising. You have no direct access to your own fans.
So, even here on Steemit, people should be building their own mailing lists. At the end of every post I make here, I add a call to action, inviting people to subscribe to my mailing list.
Sure, but that requires a domain, again, centralised by Google and the like. And they have already shut down sites as they didn't agree with their views. I for harbour no sympathies for those retarded nazis, but, same as the retarded commies, they have the right to speak.
In my opinion, decentralisation is good, but so is some moderate regulation, but not on thoughts. And social media, should be like a utility, like a public square. Everybody should be allowed to say whatever, as long as it's not blatant plagiarism or direct calls to violence.
Big corporations are no different than big government, but the latter can be voted out of office. The same cannot be said about businesses so large that they practically control public opinion.
And the way business is controlled is by not using their business. You vote for business is with your attention and dollars.
The likes of Google and Facebook are not almighty gods of eternity. Remember MySpace? It was once the king of social media. Where is it today?
The only reason Google and Facebook have so much power is because we gave it to them, by participating. It can easily be taken away by putting your time and energy elsewhere, as what happened to MySpace.
No empire lasts forever. All one day returns to dust.
I know. That's why I'm here :)
But we're a long way before Google or Facebook goes down. And they're overlords over so much tech industry, that I doubt that even if nobody uses YT anymore, they still would be gigantic. We'll see where this goes. Till then, I'll keep up my crusade against their shitty practices!
Are we? A long way? I remember it took about a year for everybody to jump ship from MySpace to Facebook. MySpace were gigantic. But where is it today? The internet is a graveyard of tech companies.
Just my humble opinion for all it is worth, your time and energy would be better spent promoting platforms such as Steemit and DTube.
But that is what we are discussing here, freedom to choose. ;-)