It should be clear now that it was and remains a catastrophic mistake for people to view privately owned social media platforms as any kind of public resource. People didn't know better a decade ago. They have no excuse now.
@dangoodin They didn't know if they weren't paying attention.

#Usenet had existed (and still does), as had #forums (same deal), the scenario had already played out in various ways. Anyone not purposely ignoring the history of communications on networks knew full well what would happen.

#WebForum #Forum