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> What. Part. Of. You. Are. Not. Entitled. To. A. Platform. Do. So. Many. People. Have. A. Problem. With. Understanding. Yeah. I get it. Used to be there. Th
by throwawaygh 6y ago
> What. Part. Of. You. Are. Not. Entitled. To. A. Platform. Do. So. Many. People. Have. A. Problem. With. Understanding.
Yeah. I get it. Used to be there.
The part where some companies get Section 230 protection. I mean, that's just a political debate away from death. Get it?
> The idea that "conservative" voices are being censored when the largest news station on the planet is a mouthpiece for "conservatives" and the 9 out 10 of the most shared articles on Facebook come from "conservative" sources is the most laughable argument.
Yes.
> I seriously can not wrap my head around any argument being made about "free speech" and platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Platforms.
> We learned forever ago from that allowing forums to go unmoderated leads to the absolute worst people taking over that forum.
Sure. So why not jut enforce politically neutral moderation? Why is that so hard?!
You get the point, I hope. The argument that "politically neutral moderation" is impossible needs to be made. Not to people who were on BBSes, but to people who grew up on FB.
I used to have your view. The debate has... moved on. There's a really damn good point about the role that networks and platforms play in social discourse, which I think can't just be "you don't understand the internet!"'d away.