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I support free speech but I also don't want flat-earther or nazi-supporting opinion columns in my newspapers/websites. Or at least not more than one a week or s

I support free speech but I also don't want flat-earther or nazi-supporting opinion columns in my newspapers/websites. Or at least not more than one a week or so. I don't want to spend my time consuming rubbish, or having a lot of conversations why those columns are rubbish. The columns can be published sure, but in some fringe publications that I don't have to know about. I also don't like the idea that all people with rubbish ideas should be able to demand distribution via any popular network/publication/institution. However when someone with rubbish ideas is already known, refusing debates or stuff like that is just silly. Also it's good to remember that free speech means you shouldn't be persecuted for your words. Not that you can't be disliked or made fun of.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
> I support free speech but I also don't want flat-earther or nazi-supporting opinion columns in my newspapers/websites. Some people don't want nudity in their platforms as well, so be prepared for those sites to deplatform with extreme prejudice. Tumblr users publishing the sexual and nude content that they do makes them what the general public would consider a fringe publication. It should be unsurprising that Verizon/Oath intend to nuke all of it.
- phailhaus 8y ago
  It's a _little_ surprising because of how "decentralized" Tumblr is, more like reddit. Reddit has all sorts of nsfw subreddits, but users have to actively seek them out. Tumblr has the same sort of model, where each user is in control of their own blog that others would have to find. Simply marking a blog or post as NSFW (much like marking a subreddit as NSFW) should have been enough for Verizon. Purging the platform seems completely unnecessary.
- freeone3000 8y ago
  It's more than a little surprising, considering the amount of content that is of this variety. It's a bit like Verizon buying Hustler, then objecting to all the sex.
  - zimpenfish 8y ago
    > It's a bit like Verizon buying Hustler, then objecting to all the sex. In this situation, it's more like Verizon buying a bookshop (Yahoo) and half the basement is erotica (Tumblr).

toomuchtodo 8y ago

> I support free speech but I also don't want flat-earther or nazi-supporting opinion columns in my newspapers/websites. Some people don't want nudity in their platforms as well, so be prepared for those sites to deplatform with extreme prejudice. Tumblr users publishing the sexual and nude content that they do makes them what the general public would consider a fringe publication. It should be unsurprising that Verizon/Oath intend to nuke all of it.

phailhaus 8y ago
It's a _little_ surprising because of how "decentralized" Tumblr is, more like reddit. Reddit has all sorts of nsfw subreddits, but users have to actively seek them out. Tumblr has the same sort of model, where each user is in control of their own blog that others would have to find. Simply marking a blog or post as NSFW (much like marking a subreddit as NSFW) should have been enough for Verizon. Purging the platform seems completely unnecessary.
freeone3000 8y ago
It's more than a little surprising, considering the amount of content that is of this variety. It's a bit like Verizon buying Hustler, then objecting to all the sex.
- zimpenfish 8y ago
  > It's a bit like Verizon buying Hustler, then objecting to all the sex. In this situation, it's more like Verizon buying a bookshop (Yahoo) and half the basement is erotica (Tumblr).