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OneZero / Michael Waters / Dec 17, 2020
“Unlike social media giants, which have an incentive to maximize user engagement, BBS admins had an incentive to curb misinformation on their boards. If misinformation appeared on their server, they couldn’t so easily claim third-party neutrality because the BBS was explicitly theirs. ‘For a bulletin board system, they have everything to lose if they have misinformation on their system,’ said Driscoll. ‘It doesn’t seem that’s as true as much for the major platforms.'”
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