Comment by intended

You know, I think lots of us on HN, can at least be the people who can and should go to next levels of this discussion.

So yes - we should definitely agree that all new technology for publishing (publishing? COntent creation?) result in issues of free speech.

I will say that each of these, have had different issues, and that from Radio onwards, we are dealing with several issues (side effects ?) that become more intense with each new media developed.

I'll jump to the end, but Social media is definitely different from the printing press.

We certainly get new and improved benefits, such as the distribution of publishing power to individuals.

At the same time, we are getting issues with an abundance of content, that people need content to be eye catching, in order to gain an audience.

Theres also a tendency for networks to consolidate over time, so at the start of the radio era, or TV era, you have a bunch of cable networks, then over time they start collapsing into larger groups, which are better able to survive.

Fully admit that these are highly generalized, I am just thinking of what others can chime in with.