- Time to publish, it’s not instant like the internet
- Allows people to editorialize and review, even if they allow publishing
- Allow critics to voice their opinions before the book blows up
I’m in no way saying we need to have a CCP level control over what gets published or not, but I am just pointing out the virality of social media that didn’t exist before the internet.
You can make many arguments around it, the fact is that the internet fundamentally changed the way conspiracy theories propagate.
Even if controversial books are published, someone is going to a bookstore and buying it. There are reviews on ebooks. There is so much discussion. No such thing is exists in echo chambers.
> We had echo chambers long before we had an Internet.
Yes indeed. The Internet, as well as some other more modern communication technologies, has greatly optimized the proliferation and psychological impact of the echo chambers.
- Time to publish, it’s not instant like the internet
- Allows people to editorialize and review, even if they allow publishing
- Allow critics to voice their opinions before the book blows up
I’m in no way saying we need to have a CCP level control over what gets published or not, but I am just pointing out the virality of social media that didn’t exist before the internet.
You can make many arguments around it, the fact is that the internet fundamentally changed the way conspiracy theories propagate.
Even if controversial books are published, someone is going to a bookstore and buying it. There are reviews on ebooks. There is so much discussion. No such thing is exists in echo chambers.