From the original Show HN[1] a commenter wrote: """ As an intermediary in 2020, you're likely to see a lot of people target you in various ways because they do

From the original Show HN[1] a commenter wrote: """ As an intermediary in 2020, you're likely to see a lot of people target you in various ways because they don't like things that people are using your platform for. They may threaten you with lawsuits, complaints to law enforcement, boycotts, DDoS, trying to get your payment relationships cut off, trying to get your other platform providers to cut you off, etc. If your platform has a high profile or is used to sell something high-profile, journalists and politicians may publicly second-guess your content decisions (both things that you did remove and things that you didn't remove). I don't want to alarm you about this, but it would be nice if you could figure out any content and moderation policies ahead of time, explain them clearly to prospective sellers, and then see if you can stick to them when other people disagree with them. """ Seems a bit prophetic - at least for the need for content moderation policies (and maybe not so much grandfathering) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25482168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25482168