It was first described to me by Erik Martin, one of Reddit's first community managers:
The emergence of many new hypocrisies typically heralds an emerging new cultural synthesis.
Are you disturbed that you agree with one of those viewpoints? Or perhaps that other people you respect do?
1/x
\u2014 HYPOCRISY \u2014
— emily (@emnode) January 9, 2021
\U0001f4cdFree market conservatives outraged that a private social media company can decide who has access to its service.
\U0001f4cdSo called liberals overjoyed at the prospect of powerful corporations taking control of the content and information we're allowed to see.
It was first described to me by Erik Martin, one of Reddit's first community managers:
We have become so accustomed to the notion of “free speech, except” that we do not realize that free speech is ALWAYS limited, and that every limit arose from an Omega Event.
Early on any platform’s history, spam is an Omega Event: it will ruin the platform unless it is curtailed. No principle other than survival is relevant.
Any platform (or organism) that does not prioritize survival, explicitly or implicitly, will die - and so all living platforms do so.
There is no slippery slope, and tech’s actions do not reflect “left vs right” or a backlash by “the powers that be” or any such thing.
Incite an insurrection to stop the lawful and orderly transfer of power in the world’s most powerful democracy.
Tech depends on the continued existence of the United States being, however imperfectly, a democratic nation of laws.
The fact that they continue to take action against other people who support the insurrection is merely them making SURE that this threat is ended.
It was act or die. Tech companies don't thrive in countries where the loser of an election can take power through a coup.
Omega Events don’t mean your old systems aren’t worthwhile or about to be destroyed. It just means it is time to synthesize a new system from first principles.
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