Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Discourse

The Heat Mirage: My least-favorite internet maneuver (dynomight.substack.com)
Often on the internet, someone will make a thing and someone else will make a reply with this pattern:
Internet Culture, Online Discourse, Social Media
3 points by crescit_eundo 4 days ago | 0 comments
History of social media platforms splintered into smaller communities (noemamag.com)
For the past two decades, most online discourse has occurred on a handful of social media platforms. Their dominion seemed unshakeable. The question wasn’t when a challenger to Twitter or Facebook might arrive but if one could ever do so successfully. Could a killer new app, or perhaps the cudgel of antitrust, make a difference?
Social Media, Community, Technology, Online Discourse, Business
9 points by megamike 119 days ago | 0 comments
After Authenticity (2018) (subpixel.space)
Has it occurred to you that nobody talks about sellouts anymore?
Culture, Authenticity, Social Commentary, Online Discourse
36 points by antoviaque 123 days ago | 8 comments
Why freedom of speech is a wicked problem (ghost.io)
The recent online discussion on "freedom of speech" that has flared up after Pavel Durov's arrest has forced me to dig this topic out of the backlog.
Online Discourse, Censorship
12 points by speckx 252 days ago | 46 comments