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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:23PM (#33987526)
> Or people could just not use the service and move onto a different one?

And people can just move to a different town, that doesn't stop us from having laws in place to guarantee rights in the current town.

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by smoldesu on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:29PM (#33987673)
You don't live in a town, though. You live in a privately owned-and-operated digital Olive Garden, which Elon Musk bought and made Confederate Flags mandatory or whatever. The town already decided that's okay a few hundred years ago, and reversing that stance would require pushing out all the restaurants people know and love.
Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:35PM (#33987782)
you can beat any analogy to death, it doesn't mean you should.
Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by smoldesu on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:00PM (#33988310)
Twitter is not analogous with a town, though. That's the thesis of my original comment, and I'm using your metaphor to explain how Twitter is not a public asset.
Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:32PM (#33990901)
You've gotten lost in the weeds, my original comment said town hall (or town square if you prefer), and twitter IS analogous to a town hall where people gather to speak to audiences.

Town got pulled in when I pointed out that rights over speech wrt to these places still exist even though someone can move to a different town (to presumably gain access to a different town hall).

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by spritefs on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:25PM (#33988753)
> And people can just move to a different town, that doesn't stop us from having laws in place to guarantee rights in the current town.

Towns are municipalities, twitter is a private company. The more I look at this metaphor, the less it makes sense