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HN is a forum for nerds, not a public square. Even then, it's quite pro-freespeech.
by cato_the_elder 5y ago
HN is a forum for nerds, not a public square. Even then, it's quite pro-freespeech.
- case0x 5y agoI hear the twitter = public square analogy a lot but I fail to understand it. Here and on Twitter discussions take place. What is the difference?
- oska 5y agoOne very obvious difference is that twitter does not purport to be a forum for any particular community or field of interest. So in that sense it's much more of a town square in that ppl can (or should be able to) tweet about anything.
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- zaphirplane 5y agoWho is volunteering and binding them to be a public square with slippery slop values