Comment by Gordonjcp

4 years ago

Have you ever considered that if nobody wants to touch your content - nobody wants to even consider allowing it over their network - then it might actually be your content that is the problem?

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mlyle  4 years ago

Have you ever considered that you're straw-manning and not engaging with what I've actually said?

I'm not supporting Kiwifarms having a platform.

I'm saying speech being effectively squelched by a small number of powerful parties is problematic. If the small party is the government, this is obviously problematic. If Facebook is a huge part of people's discourse, and subtly tilts the playing field in various ways, this is problematic, too.

I can insulate myself (mostly) from the effects of Facebook's curation. But there are still profound social costs.

  • Gordonjcp  4 years ago

    But free speech is not being "squelched" in any way. Can you explain why you think it is?

    • mlyle  4 years ago

      I feel like it is thoroughly explained above and my other counterparts in conversation understand the point.

      I am also not sure you're conversing in good faith. You're tossing out pithy one-liners that demand greater effort to respond to than to say them. This was also my experience a long time ago when we used to discuss things on IRC (including, I believe, this exact topic).

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