It’s not about the size of the platform but how it’s managed. When I am referring to a “tame” internet, I don’t mean centralization per se, but the trend towards things like ID verification, demonetization, etc. If I’m not mistaken, Chinese platforms are stricter on this than their Western counterparts (at least how they used to be before ID age verification is getting shoved down everyone’s throats). I don’t think socialist China ever had an era of a “wild” internet, correct me if I’m wrong.
It’s not about the size of the platform but how it’s managed. When I am referring to a “tame” internet, I don’t mean centralization per se, but the trend towards things like ID verification, demonetization, etc. If I’m not mistaken, Chinese platforms are stricter on this than their Western counterparts (at least how they used to be before ID age verification is getting shoved down everyone’s throats). I don’t think socialist China ever had an era of a “wild” internet, correct me if I’m wrong.