> if you do then I think you’re a different kind of medium than a platform, more like a newspaper Disagreed. Newspaper-like and unmoderated, unbiased “utility

> if you do then I think you’re a different kind of medium than a platform, more like a newspaper Disagreed. Newspaper-like and unmoderated, unbiased “utility like” don't work as exhaustive categories. If I run a BBS, an IRC channel, an internet forum, a subreddit, etc, I would like to be able to moderate without having to pre-approve all messages before publication. I also don't want to have to go to court because someone has posted something illegal which I did not remove in a timely manner, or get sued because I removed something that I thought crossed a line, but was eventually determined by some court not to. I see nothing wrong whatsoever with online services open to the public enforcing house rules. It only becomes an issue when a single service grows so large that it starts to essentially subsume the public sphere. That might require some intervention, but please do so in a nuanced way that isn't based on some imaginary binary distinction between 'publishers' and 'platforms' that hasn't accurately described how online spaces work since the late 70s...