No, that argument makes total sense to me as well. You're right that there are plenty of hate sites like the two you mentioned that don't have issues. I also w

No, that argument makes total sense to me as well. You're right that there are plenty of hate sites like the two you mentioned that don't have issues. I also wasn't trying to attack the existing social media sites, either. I think it makes absolute sense for them to kick the trolls and hate crowds off their platform; strong moderation makes for strong communities (HN being one good example). Mostly, I think I was trying to point out that "go somewhere else" is a solution that only works to a certain extent. Against a relentless enough opposition, there isn't really a true "public square" you can absolutely fall back to on the modern internet. I don't know what the actual argument behind my pointing that out is, just… contributing a fact, I guess.