Subj : Re: Back at it
To   : Adept
From : Dr. What
Date : Wed May 03 2023 07:59:57

-=> Adept wrote to Dr. What <=-

 Ad> On the other hand, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act came
 Ad> about because of politicians not liking the no-moderation that was
 Ad> Compuserve, and preferring the greater moderation of Prodigy.

That doesn't seem right.  The CDA came out in 1996.  Prodigy died for good in
2001 (and was never really popular).  And while Compu$erve still seems to exist
today, it was pretty dead by then as well.

But then our "representatives" were never timely in their legislation.

It seems, though, that the CDA was aimed mostly at BBSs - especially the ones
that wanted to move from hobbist systems to commercial systems.  Thinking of
EXEC-PC and Rusty & Edie's here.

 Ad> Ignoring anything political there, I'm guessing Compuserve still had
 Ad> its rough edges, though maybe it wasn't so much with trolling?

No.  Guessing... More like private areas for illegal activity.  Compu$erve was
big enough that people could use it for illegal activity and not be noticed.

 Ad> I saw a stat recently, that I'm not at all certain on the accuracy of,
 Ad> but that claimed that Facebook made more revenue per-user than Netflix.
 Ad> Which... yeah, I would find Facebook incredibly easy to cut if it
 Ad> suddenly cost as much as Netflix.

That claim would pass my BS filter.  Facebook doesn't have to create content,
so its costs would be much less than Netflix.  And at "free", Facebook would
have more users.


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