Philosophically, isn't it wrong to process billions of events in real time? I mean, the magnitude of the moral hazard is astounding. The alternative isn't to stop sending messages, but rather to not put them through a bottleneck like Twitter. This would have the dual benefit of a) not giving central control over messages and b) not requiring exotic solutions.
I fear that technologists (including myself) are fascinated by the exotic solutions required by extreme centralization, and are more than happy to solve those rather than question the need for them in the first place.
I fear that technologists (including myself) are fascinated by the exotic solutions required by extreme centralization, and are more than happy to solve those rather than question the need for them in the first place.