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Despite the super snark, I'll reply. "Value" is quite subjective, no? I don't think it makes sense to completely write off demand for something because you don
by bequanna 6y ago
Despite the super snark, I'll reply.
"Value" is quite subjective, no? I don't think it makes sense to completely write off demand for something because you don't understand the appeal. Don't kid yourself, there was (and still is) a considerable user base hungry for the service Parler provided. Something else will inevitably meet that demand.
- otterley 6y agoThere's no positive value to society in giving a commercial platform for communication of the type and to the people most frequently found on Parler. There are plenty of platforms for right-leaning conversation already, including Twitter and Facebook, for people who can communicate without resorting to racism, hate, sedition, and calls to violence. There's demand for spare organs for cash; there's demand for murder-for-hire; there's demand for child pornography. Just because there is demand for something doesn't mean it should be fulfilled.
- chillacy 6y agoThe search for a universal measurement of value (or even "positive value for society") has not yielded any results afaik, so some people are going to disagree based on their own morals.
- ArtisanOfWar 6y agoYou think nobody has been banned from those platforms that didnt resort to racism hate or calls to violence?
- dilDDoS 6y ago> I don't think it makes sense to completely write off demand for something because you don't understand the appeal Just because we've hit a point where enough people in the country want a platform to share their Nancy Pelosi torture fetish erotica doesn't mean there needs to be a platform to do so. I don't see why anyone should care about who is "hungry" for that.