The Public Square was much better served by forums and BBSs that came before them. Now that corporations have taken over the Public Square, they have become be

The Public Square was much better served by forums and BBSs that came before them. Now that corporations have taken over the Public Square, they have become beholden to those who complain the most. Amazingly, South Park predicted a lot of this with their Cartoon Wars episode[1] in that bowing to pressure from one group, means bowing to pressure from all Groups. Previously the web was thousands of independent forums and sites with their own rules. They were small enough and diffuse enough that you couldn't bring a large amount of pressure to force a forum or site to change. Now, everything is owned by a small number of companies that this is a feasible approach to silencing opponents. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Wars_Part_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Wars_Part_I