I hate to revive an old thread, but I want to at least provide you with a response.
You’re probably right that China never had the type of internet that you’re describing. My original point still stands though. What are we comparing here? From what I understand from the discussion, your gripes about the modern internet stem from the push for monetization and de-anonymization. I would argue that both are large issues in a capitalist society but not the same in a socialist one. I don’t care of a fascist gets deplatformed from Douyin or if a Taiwanese separatist gets outed on XiaoHongShu.
I hate to revive an old thread, but I want to at least provide you with a response.
You’re probably right that China never had the type of internet that you’re describing. My original point still stands though. What are we comparing here? From what I understand from the discussion, your gripes about the modern internet stem from the push for monetization and de-anonymization. I would argue that both are large issues in a capitalist society but not the same in a socialist one. I don’t care of a fascist gets deplatformed from Douyin or if a Taiwanese separatist gets outed on XiaoHongShu.
I think it’s actually cool to revive old threads
My gripes about the modern internet come from big companies deciding what forms of creation are deemed worthy of being able to live off of
So why don’t we see early-stage socialism have a more lax stance on demonetization compared to capitalism