> It would also be better if social media didn't block users here in the U.S. Would it, though? Do you think social media should be a completely unbounded ve

> It would also be better if social media didn't block users here in the U.S. Would it, though? Do you think social media should be a completely unbounded venue for discourse? HN has rules; if I violate them by attacking others or otherwise being a jerk and get banned, is that really a bad thing? I don't think so, personally. We've all been places online with lax standards and absent/ignorant mods, and, generally, it's a shitshow race to the bottom of personal attacks and racism.