StrypeyApr 28, 2019
@RandomDamage it seems like we are talking about totally different things. I'm not arguing against the community *using* a space being able to set house rules for that space (eg subreddits having their own rules), in fact that's precisely what I'm defending. What I'm arguing against is outsiders enforcing their own agendas and biases on whole platforms (eg pitchfork-wielding Twitless mobs coercing Reddit into banning subreddits, or the Great Firewall).
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@RandomDamage when I helped run an #Indymedia site I was fine with deleting fascist recruitment videos that were leaching our bandwidth. They were violating our published editorial policy. But I wouldn't support banning them from distributing them from their own site with bandwidth they pay for. Because the same rules that can be used to ban "right-wing extremism" from the net can be used to ban "eco-terrorists" (eg #StandingRock or #ExtinctionRebellion) from the net.
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@RandomDamage so what about corporate #DataFarms like #Reddit? It's complicated, because they're not just a "series of tubes" like teleco companies, domain registrars, or other #CommonCarriers. But they're not just private communities either, more like a VPS host that people run their own inter-connected communities inside. I don't want governments or Twitless dogpile mobs deciding who can and can't get web hosting. That sets a precedent that threatens marginalized groups.
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@RandomDamage I don't want governments or Twitless dogpile mobs deciding who can and can't get web hosting. That sets a precedent that's much more threatening to marginalized groups than it is to the far right, who use the net because it's there, but whose backers can afford to use other media that geuinely grassroots movements can't afford.
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