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"Yes we completely trashed the online ecosystem and ruined multiple societies, but we met our national security objectives and made oligarchs very rich."
Go forth, my legion of fingers, and hammer the "follow" button...
overall this article strikes me as just... *sees something about the author* *searches Bluesky* Yeah that tracks. A "digital town square" where communities can do actual consensus building and lock you out must suck, huh?
...personally, I went to twitter back in the day because I wanted to be able to listen to people. That's the advantage of "big platforms". Lots of people you can follow. A place where minorities can boost and organize their voices. Elon Musk actively wants to trash that, amongst other things.
Calls to mind "ChatGPT is bullshit": link.springer.com/article/10.1...www.wired.com/story/italy-... Models, and men, that don't care for the past.