{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Alcoholic Beast (drinkingpony)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-19 01:40:15 UTC","author_name":"Alcoholic Beast (drinkingpony)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/drinkingpony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/5464936","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/60\" class=\"url\" title=\"Scribus\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">scribus<\/span><\/a><\/span> Isn't modern comminucation way too decentralized and chaotic to ever be considdered a Forum Romanum in any form ?<br \/><br \/>Reddit vs 4chan.<br \/>Twitter vs Gab.<br \/>YouTube vs kiwiute.<br \/><br \/>I could probably go on but I just think I realized something as I put those 6 names down. One side seems really authoritarian compared to the other which is more rebellious and screams 'free speech'. Hmm. If only there was a chapter about that in &quot;The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire&quot; series of books. Oh wait, there is.<br \/><br \/>History is scary."}