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To: fireman15

the internet IS the great equalizer. Failing to innovate more than a few social platforms is the problem. How many times do we hear, facebook did this, twitter did that, patreon, GoFundMe, etcetcetc. Why aren’t there a hundred facebooks or twitters or patreons? Why do we settle? What happened to American ingenuity that they get the final word?

We graduate thousands of really smart IT guys every year from thousands of colleges. And then stagnate into the status quo, the acceptable, the convenient, the easy street.

why are you smart people letting others control all the market share when the market is screaming for alternatives? What one man can do another man can do. So do it.


10 posted on 01/12/2019 11:52:22 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: blueplum

“the internet IS the great equalizer. Failing to innovate more than a few social platforms is the problem. How many times do we hear, facebook did this, twitter did that, patreon, GoFundMe, etcetcetc. Why aren’t there a hundred facebooks or twitters or patreons? Why do we settle? What happened to American ingenuity that they get the final word?

We graduate thousands of really smart IT guys every year from thousands of colleges. And then stagnate into the status quo, the acceptable, the convenient, the easy street.

why are you smart people letting others control all the market share when the market is screaming for alternatives? What one man can do another man can do. So do it.”
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So, dude, when are you planning to open up your Facebook competitor? Or do you plan to start with your Twitter competitor first?

Just kidding, of course. See comment 8 above. We’re facing problems today with the internet similar to the problems the nation faced with the railroads back in the day. Your not-well-thought-out libertarian “solution” won’t work. A well-thought-out legislative solution is needed for the internet problems just as a legislative solution was required for the railroads back in the day.


14 posted on 01/13/2019 3:22:46 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: blueplum

Platform is only one node of control. The real power lies with the credit card issuers/banks. Paypal sits between the actual platforms and the payment processors.

Someone actually did briefly set up an alternate payment site (I forget the name) and the credit card processors refused to let their system interact with it.

Our side is reduced to checks in the mail and at that point, the banks can institute the choke points if they wish.


15 posted on 01/13/2019 3:43:52 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: blueplum
Money. Those really bright innovators take up very well paid positions with the big media & tech companies.

Or their startups are bought out by the big media & tech companies.

I don't blame them, I'd probably do the same.

20 posted on 01/13/2019 6:04:52 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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