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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by anoncake on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:57AM (#24305655)
A home is not a platform at all, let alone a public one open to everyone, anonymously and without needing an invitation. It's a personal and intimate place.
Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by drivingmenuts on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:10AM (#24305777)
Most service platforms are not public, either, requiring, at minimum, a way to identify the content creator, even if only to the admins. While consuming the content may be anonymous, production is not. The platform itself is only acting as a publisher. In this specific instance, Google is n the wrong.

4chan, being the obvious exception, since content can be created anonymously.

Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by anoncake on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:05PM (#24308082)
Irrelevant nitpicking. So it's pseudonymous, there is no practical difference.
Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by drivingmenuts on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:34PM (#24313195)
There’s a huge difference. The government has to let you speak. The corresponding duty on your part is that you won’t do harm (eg., shouting Fire, etC.)

That right, and duty, does not exist on a private platform that you don’t own. You are limited by the TOS and license that you, like most, willfully skip over. A private, non-government platform can tell you to STFU and Get Out and they don’t even need a reason, because it’s their platform.

You can easily set up your own free speech platform, but nobody is required to listen. That’s the main attraction of social media, a more-or-less guaranteed audience. At least until someone tells you to GTFO if you’re not hosting.

Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by anoncake on Saturday August 29, 2020 @10:47AM (#24316455)
You must have replied to the wrong comment.