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> People who didn't like twitter's policies were smugly told "go start your own twitter". I really don't see how there could have been any other response. Twit
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
> People who didn't like twitter's policies were smugly told "go start your own twitter".
I really don't see how there could have been any other response. Twitter is a private company holding private assets and letting people use them in exchange for showing those people ads. What kind of free society would tell them that they can't decide what kind of content people get to put on their stuff? Should I be allowed to write KKK speeches on my work computer?
Unless we're going to declare social media a utility[0], what people are asking for is basically to have the government tell you what to put on your website.
[0] Which I personally think is ridiculous and entitled, but I'm open to the argument.
- refenestrator 5y agoTo the extent that our media and politicians live on Twitter, its become the public square and their policies are de facto policies for American public discourse. I personally would prefer that they didn't all live on Twitter, but they do and so here we are.