> People in the "everyone" categories you mention can be heard if they want to, the world and Internet are big enough for everyone. Which was exactly my point.

> People in the "everyone" categories you mention can be heard if they want to, the world and Internet are big enough for everyone. Which was exactly my point. "Facebook" is not "the world and Internet", is it? The question is about whether moderated forums have value to people (they do, you're reading one right now). Demanding that your moderated forum not be moderated affects whether or not people see it as valuable. Facebook wouldn't be Facebook without moderation to make it so. HN wouldn't be HN, Reddit wouldn't be Reddit, etc... > you think you are the owner of the truth [...] For you free speech is a bad idea Go. Away. This junk doesn't belong on HN. And I'm gonna bet you get flagged for that by the very moderation we're discussing.