For me this is everyone else figuring out why the web 1.0 was so great. If you have your own place you have to make an effort. People might still visit but they

For me this is everyone else figuring out why the web 1.0 was so great. If you have your own place you have to make an effort. People might still visit but they will not return if there is nothing interesting going on. Platforms in stead use a system of guaranteed readership. Effortless publications that look like they belong because they are consistent with the rest of the garbage heap. (Advertisement is the biggest turd. If there are ads there is even incentive to keep the content crappy enough.) Its like being invited for dinner by a friend vs a soup kitchen. Why is it not the same? Why are the people at the soup kitchen less friendly? -- are you kidding me? Moderation has to be the most obvious advantage. If you bring the hate you wont be invited for the next dinner. It feeds back into it self: People who don't run websites just for fun fail to understand or appreciate what it takes which makes their judgement unreasonable. They desire others to live up to standards they themselves do not meet. A professor publishing on twitter? > Exposure to hate can help legitimize hate, in part because our views of the other political groups becomes biased. This was the whole point! Expose one camp to the most stupid argument made by the other camp for ENGAGEMENT! On your own website you wouldn't just quote the most stupid things you've found on the internet.