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Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by chii on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:53PM (#29975269)
I do believe making a website is still cheap and easy. Not to mention some platforms like twitter do allow for political discourse on them (even if spotty).

The idea is that if the platform owners don't want it, a platform user should respect that choice.

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by jonathankoren on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:10AM (#29975371)
Respect is a bit too far for me. Accept, is more more style.

When you play in someone else's sandbox, you're going to have to deal with their rules. No one is guaranteed an audience.

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by naiwenwt on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:22AM (#29975448)
Conversely, if someone makes their sandbox publicly available, they accept some risk that someone else in it may behave in a way that they don't like.

You can argue that Blizzard was well within their rights in punishing Blitzchung, but then Blizzard's audience is well within their rights to be upset with said punishment.

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by jonathankoren on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:52PM (#29982901)
> Conversely, if someone makes their sandbox publicly available, they accept some risk that someone else in it may behave in a way that they don't like.

Actually, you don’t have to accept that. That’s what moderation is for.

Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by naiwenwt on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:50PM (#29983862)
Moderation is a method to manage the risk, if anything the existence of moderation indicates that platforms accept it to some extent.
Re:Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over w... by Levitz on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:00AM (#29977465)
>I do believe making a website is still cheap and easy

Is it now? Parler shows that if you rock the boat, your hosting will be pulled and your phone app removed. Google censors a certain page that was the successor to r/The_Donald on Reddit, along with another certain chan style site. Similarly Gab got payment processors and hosting pulled out.

Now I have never bothered to explore these sites, but if their public image is telling of the truth, then I deplore the political narrative within them. Yet they still paint a real clear example that companies can and will screw you over if they want to, with not a whole lot you can do about it.