> There is a vast difference between the government banning you and reddit banning you (which they are not actually doing here, but for the sake of argument).

> There is a vast difference between the government banning you and reddit banning you (which they are not actually doing here, but for the sake of argument). It isn't all about public vs private. There is another frame to view this subject in which is shared culture. In China the majority of those running the firms agree with the government's positions on Internet use. In the USA, Washington and large parts of the media have identical political perspectives. The problem with this is insidious. Where you're surrounded by like minded people you grow kinds of assumptions that in another context are absolutely crazy. Recently for example I heard a university professor claim biological sex does not exist. Further he claimed all scientists believe that biological sex does not exist. This tends to happen in groups where dissenting opinion has been culled. Isolation does not generate balanced perspective. > You do not have the right to free expression on someone else's platform. reddit is not the Internet The problem with this reasoning is that the entire Net is private. The feeling of the public sphere is a kind of collective illusion similar to how we perceive the Net to be a 'space'. I would hope that doesn't mean the use of a server doesn't have to be contingent on what political views I held yesterday or today.