Nobody complained, and maybe things were a little better... but cigarette companies seemed to have plenty of money without people's best interest in mind.
What if someone invents a very bad product, and you effectively censor warnings about it?
I guess the way around it would be donations built into the platform, but then you're back to people sharing crap.
Anything that makes more popular posts more likely to disappear than less popular posts is going to feel like central control by whoever has money, I don't think that will increase trust.
I think central control by whoever has money is inevitable in any case right? This is the nature of society - money buys power, power makes money. If we will be pretending it can possibly not be the case we will just be shooting ourselves in the foot, because life can't be built based on lies.
What if someone invents a very bad product, and you effectively censor warnings about it?
I guess the way around it would be donations built into the platform, but then you're back to people sharing crap.
Anything that makes more popular posts more likely to disappear than less popular posts is going to feel like central control by whoever has money, I don't think that will increase trust.