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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by jessaustin on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:46PM (#25947909)
As if an IRC channel wouldn't be shut down if it threatened oligopoly profits...
Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by jsilence on Thursday January 28, 2021 @06:31PM (#25951042)
All of the big social media networks are corporate property. It is not a public space. So it is their house rules. And rightfully so. If you took their free cookie, choke on it, but don't complain.
Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by jessaustin on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:17PM (#25952809)
Wow, that's aggressive.

All journalists, nearly all politicians, and lots of other people as well communicate largely on social networks owned by these giant amoral artificial creations. What does "public space" even mean anymore? Should we stand on the stroad median with the panhandlers? Would anyone even read our signs?

It is possible for citizens to impose conditions on the existence of the corporations their elected government creates.