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originally posted by: doorhandle
a reply to: Edumakated
Do you guys think youtube is some national public service ? It’s a private company , it can do whatever it likes. It can replace the thumbs down with gifs of pandas clapping if it wanted. Same with Facebook, Twitter etc etc, don’t like it? Use something else, simples.
originally posted by: JinMI
originally posted by: doorhandle
a reply to: Edumakated
Do you guys think youtube is some national public service ? It’s a private company , it can do whatever it likes. It can replace the thumbs down with gifs of pandas clapping if it wanted. Same with Facebook, Twitter etc etc, don’t like it? Use something else, simples.
Fair point. A few questions if I may.
If tax money was dedicated to the development, infrastructure, maintenance, expansion or monitoring of above mentioned platforms, would that change your stance on "private company?"
If not, is there a threshold for allowable tax dollars to funnel through a business to determine if it is?
Lastly, if a business shares a tax status that is meant to provide public use and transparency, but they do not, should they still have all the benefits of that tax status?
originally posted by: mtnshredder
This is about one account and one account only. They’ll do anything to hide what people really think about the Brandon administration. Turning comments off just wasn’t enough.
originally posted by: Edumakated
Yeah. I noticed it yesterday. It really messes up the viewing experience. I used to look at like dislike count to get an idea of the video quality. Now you dont know as you cant see the like dislike ratio.
Does it really matter?
ATS only has like buttons.....
originally posted by: vonclod
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: vonclod
I always leaned left too but there is only so far you can lean before you fall over.
Libertarian left is my natural stance but that was hijacked years ago.
I'm somewhat there myself.