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If what was true?

• themitigating 4y ago
  "...absolutely could be the modern town square and would be great if it supported real freedom of speech, in my opinion." My claim is that (in the US) if a platform allowed everything that was legal it wouldn't be popular.
  • throwawaylinux 4y ago
    I don't see how a comparison with 4chan is any evidence for that. There are also heavily regulated forums which are not popular. So clearly that's not the reason for whether or not one is going to be popular.
    • WithinReason 4y ago
      It's not difficult to understand the argument: 4chan is the largest unregulated platform, much smaller than the largest regulated platforms.
      • throwawaylinux 4y ago
        And it's a fallacy because there are many differences between them.
        • WithinReason 4y ago
          Statistics is not a fallacy
          • throwawaylinux 4y ago
            Non sequitur.
    • themitigating 4y ago
      Per you: how regulated/censored a platform is doesn't have an effect on its popularity However your first comment says "far better in my opinion for twitter..."
      • throwawaylinux 4y ago
        I didn't say it doesn't have an effect.