This is the power of network effects. Being kicked of one service is survivable. Getting kicked off all the major ones is a real existential threat to any compa

This is the power of network effects. Being kicked of one service is survivable. Getting kicked off all the major ones is a real existential threat to any company. Network effects aren't just users talking to other users, but platforms with overlapping terms of service clauses and what they allow and don't allow. Find yourself in the Venn diagram of what most of them won't allow and your system becomes functionally unworkable in today's society. The flip side of this is that if, years from now there's a "free speech" payment processor, cloud host, social network and all the rest, de-platforming for a different subculture than the current mainstream service providers allow becomes harder. We talk about the balkanization of the internet, but there's a possible future where there is a balkanization across cultural lines based on overlapping ethos, not just geographical divisions.