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I don't understand how companies can reconcile the fact they want free and open internet where people can express their thoughts and ideas yet make moves to act
by cprayingmantis 10y ago
I don't understand how companies can reconcile the fact they want free and open internet where people can express their thoughts and ideas yet make moves to actively restrict expressiveness. When has expression become a bad thing?
- smt88 10y agoWhat can you express with a gun emoji that you can't express better with words? Emojis are jokes/toys/punctuation. They're not a way to express actual ideas.
- deadowl 10y agoEasy, just repeat the gun emoji 21 times and it has plenty of meaning.
- SamReidHughes 10y agoLook at people using them and you'll see they do express actual ideas.
- psychometry 10y agoSince when do you think you have a right to expression on entirely private platforms? They have no moral, ethical, or business obligation to provide you an emoji for everything you want to say. You can still use words, you know? There's nothing inconsistent there.
- pjlegato 10y agoThe point was not that they don't have the right to do that, but rather that that these companies are hypocritical for advocating "free and open" when it applies to themselves, but then imposing censorship upon their customers at the same time.
- forgottenpass 10y agoThey don't need to reconcile it. Their messaging never reflected their motivations in the first place. They don't want anyone else to have any power over them when they have to compete. It's not a principled position, it's simply using the closest principle to advocate a self-serving goal. When they're in control, they don't care about upholding principles until it starts impacting sales.