Post #1365420
2022-12-19 18:07 UTC
@michaelchampion @cdub @danbri
Part 2, governance.
At this kind of scale, what G does isn't just about quality but also governance. A nice property of governance systems is accountability. Again, sticking mostly to search since that was the example, I think that we have enough evidence of misgovernance (note that I'm not at all saying malicious, just bad) to expect accountability — but the browser/search feedback loop guarantees dominance so it just isn't possible.
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@robin@mastodon.social 2022-12-19 18:14
@michaelchampion @cdub @danbri The easy example of this is AMP. If this had been produced by some kind of elected governing body for search, we'd all be expecting them to be kicked out. But not only is the responsible "party" still there, the specific people who caused that harm didn't face any consequences for it. I'm not (at all) saying that we should have an electoral system, just that if key parts of the Web have the accountability of post-Brexit Britain, it's a problem!
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@danbri@mastodon.social 2022-12-19 18:14
@robin @cdub @michaelchampion I assume you’re not expecting me to comment on most of this?