Moderation/censorship/whatever you want to call it is a heavy-handed solution to a societal problem. The fact is that science isn't a linear process and the gen

Moderation/censorship/whatever you want to call it is a heavy-handed solution to a societal problem. The fact is that science isn't a linear process and the general consensus will flip all the time and this is normal. Coordinating a public health response while the science is still being conducted in real time necessitates some educated guesses which might be wrong. An effective response also requires adaptation in the face of new evidence. All of this uncertainty is in direct opposition to how large groups of humans behave. There was a HN post recently using MSFT Azure as an example about why executive/C-level communication is so repetitive and basic; you simply can't announce something to a thousand people and expect them to understand context and nuance. The example there was that the execs zeroed in on new features above all else, resulting in tons of bugs. But trying to focus on both features and bugs was a lose-lose, people would find excuses to not do things using whichever focus was more convenient. Executive Q&As at big companies are another example. I'm not sure why we still do them. It's simply not possible to have a deep dialogue in this environment. You wind up with disgruntled employees tossing up call-out questions, CEOs dodging any sort of concrete answer, and nobody walks away better informed. Let me be clear, I loved these at a smaller company where the CEO actually knew me personally, but they are a colossally cringe waste of time at a 2k+ person company. The big platforms are also in direct opposition to one of the solutions to this problem, which is breaking down communication to small groups of people that actually know each other, and rationally discussing context and nuance is possible. Twitter is built around having the entire internet respond to a tweet. Of course this results in chaos. Moderation is the only solution. It doesn't have to be balanced, as long as people stick around and keep using the service.