If 230 went away, this site wouldn't be needed. Twitter and Facebook are only liberal echo chambers because of conservative censorship. They silence the voices that dont promote their fucked up agenda in an effort to appear to be the majority. It's just more gaslighting.
If they didn't censor, those platforms would be overun with common sense and reason because we are and always have been the majority. They can never win on merit so they have to find other ways. Why do you think their news sites don't allow comments and polls anymore? Because when they put out a bullshit article or story, people called them out on it. Their agendas could never win in an open forum of ideas. But if you close the forum and silence dissent, it becomes easy to pretend you hold the moral highground.
After years of people rejecting their bullshit at every turn, they've become increasingly adept at covering up the smell.
A complete repeal of 230 would in no way encourage social giants to curb their censorship, it would have the opposite effect. The only reason social giants feign openness is to retain 230 protection. Without 230 I don't see any viable startegy outside of them going into full audit mode and embracing being a publisher. Getting rid of 230 is a liscence for these companies to go full 1984. At the same time without 230 I expect the left to weaponize the new found litigious internet, forums become a thing of the past, even small fun ones for games. Alll it takes is one death threat and one lawsuit and most forums become unviable. Repealing 230 forces every moderator on the internet to go into full audit mode, no smale site can withstand the pressure. it will socialize communication on the internet. What we need is a minor 230 reform that fully defines what "offensive" content is so these giants can't use that language to wrap up anything they don't like and retain legal immunity.
I still think this place isnoverall a net positive so I don’t really want it to go away exactly. Social media just has too much extra noise to get distracted from while this place is SOLELY focused on Trump and the election crisis.
If 230 went away, this site wouldn't be needed. Twitter and Facebook are only liberal echo chambers because of conservative censorship. They silence the voices that dont promote their fucked up agenda in an effort to appear to be the majority. It's just more gaslighting.
If they didn't censor, those platforms would be overun with common sense and reason because we are and always have been the majority. They can never win on merit so they have to find other ways. Why do you think their news sites don't allow comments and polls anymore? Because when they put out a bullshit article or story, people called them out on it. Their agendas could never win in an open forum of ideas. But if you close the forum and silence dissent, it becomes easy to pretend you hold the moral highground.
After years of people rejecting their bullshit at every turn, they've become increasingly adept at covering up the smell.
Anonymous message boards are still good though imo
A complete repeal of 230 would in no way encourage social giants to curb their censorship, it would have the opposite effect. The only reason social giants feign openness is to retain 230 protection. Without 230 I don't see any viable startegy outside of them going into full audit mode and embracing being a publisher. Getting rid of 230 is a liscence for these companies to go full 1984. At the same time without 230 I expect the left to weaponize the new found litigious internet, forums become a thing of the past, even small fun ones for games. Alll it takes is one death threat and one lawsuit and most forums become unviable. Repealing 230 forces every moderator on the internet to go into full audit mode, no smale site can withstand the pressure. it will socialize communication on the internet. What we need is a minor 230 reform that fully defines what "offensive" content is so these giants can't use that language to wrap up anything they don't like and retain legal immunity.
I still think this place isnoverall a net positive so I don’t really want it to go away exactly. Social media just has too much extra noise to get distracted from while this place is SOLELY focused on Trump and the election crisis.