Moderating the internet is traumatic

Yes, that was covered elsewhere at some length.

I do think it’s worth mentioning that world scale companies like Facebook and YouTube have a very different mandate, where they “must” include everyone because they are building a platform that, in theory, is supposed to work for every human being on the planet. It’s a part of their Corporate Directive.

If you are not building a site that must be inclusive to “everyone” – no matter how hateful or full of bile – but a clubhouse for “cool people” or “happy mutants”, then you don’t need to contort your rules to support the free speech of people who are being jerks.

Free speech is a government-level right, so any platforms overly concerned with this indirectly think of themselves as a form of government, to wit:

So platforms like Facebook think of themselves as so global that they can’t show anyone “the door” unless they are literally criminals.

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