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>If The_donald wants to make a site and push bullshit, go ahead, people that only want to see The_donald can read it, but coordinating so that hundreds of milli
by Thorrez 6y ago
>If The_donald wants to make a site and push bullshit, go ahead, people that only want to see The_donald can read it, but coordinating so that hundreds of millions of redditors see bullshit and spread bullshit is ridiculous.
How would that work? If reddit loses its 230 protection, then this The_donald-only reddit alternative would also lose its 230 protection.
Additionally, I'm concerned whether reddit could exist at all. Would every single comment need to be human-moderated before it's posted? That doesn't seem feasible, and seems likely to kill reddit.
- mionhe 6y agoThe threat of revoking someone's 230 protection would ideally make them think about everything you just said, and hopefully decide to abide by the conditions of that protection. That is, they get to choose for themselves: either support free speech on their platform and receive the benefits of that protection, or don't. If they don't, then they'll need to figure out how to address the kinds of problems you mentioned.
- michaelmrose 6y agoWhy should we force twitter to carry your speech instead of asking you to get your own site?
- Thorrez 6y ago>The threat of revoking someone's 230 protection would ideally make them think about everything you just said By someone you mean the site owner? I don't know what you mean by "support free speech". Does it mean every non-illegal post must be allowed? There will probably be a ton of spam. Possibly porn in every subreddit. The entire idea of subreddits will die, because moderators of individual subreddits will no longer be able to moderate. There can no longer be rules about what is on-topic vs off-topic for a subreddit. >If they don't, then they'll need to figure out how to address the kinds of problems you mentioned. I don't think they can be addressed.