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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by burnte on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:32PM (#22206018)
> I don't know if I know the solution, but I know one thing that isn't the solution: silencing everyone who disagrees with you.

I'm not a fan of trying to SILENCE anyone, however as a private entity, no corporation is required to allow anyone to use their platform for (nearly) any reason. Twitter can ban me today because they don't like my shoes. Facebook can ban me because Mark Zuckerberg thinks I look funny. Google can ban me because I prefer my Alexa to Google Home. Youtube can ban Alex Jones because he spews hate. Cloudflare can ban whoever those white supremacists were for being racist. Taking away their right to choose their customers is just as much an affront to free speech as government censorship.

Several years ago Sprint kicked off a small number of customers because they were costing the company lot of resources due to their behavior with the company. I absolutely agreed with them, and that's their right. Same with social media, hosts, etc. Nothing stops these people from finding another way to get their message out, but my company nor anyone else has to help them.

Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by djanlermats2020 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:11AM (#22211217)
The fact that corporations can silence whoever they want doesn't change that silencing everyone who disagrees with you is a bad solution that won't work, sorry.
Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by burnte on Saturday February 01, 2020 @08:21PM (#22214501)
Me not helping someone speak is not the same as silencing them.