True. I wasn't specifically talking about hate speech though. I was talking more about launching a site/app/business or spreading an idea. More often these happ

True. I wasn't specifically talking about hate speech though. I was talking more about launching a site/app/business or spreading an idea. More often these happen entirely through a few closed channels (social networks, Reddit, app stores) and/or are completely reliant on a few closed channels to get any traction. The Internet used to have more of a creative and community driven focus when people ran their own websites and found information through link networks. Now it's a continuous stream of information fed through a few closed platforms. If you don't submit yourself to the follies and whims of these platforms, you will never be seen. I think that's most of what made Reddit so successful which is reminiscent of the old days-- its subreddits and link network of those communities. I wish RSS, or something like it, hadn't failed.