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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I would like to talk about whatever you are talking about here, but I haven't heard the podcast, so maybe you could explain to me what the point about Zuckerberg is?
Yes, he's good. Friend of a good friend, too.
My problem with them is that I prefer text to audio. That's about me, not them.
Podcasts are part of a broader trend in media we have discussed before, which is that the costs of the equipment needed to publish have come way, way down.
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Ruble was challenging the argument that Zuckerberg had a duty to police content. She argued it’s not his responsibility unless regulation or law makes it so, so rather than beat him on him, pass a law (likely unconstitutional) or shut up.
I think podcasts are also a way to produce content that skips past traditional gatekeepers in a world where text is less relevant. They’re very niche, and they also allow for criticisms of institutions and challenges to “attempted forced consensus” that can’t occur in a medium controlled by corporate ad dollars.
