Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by ranger_danger on Saturday May 18, 2024 @12:13PM
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If you had swarms of people that wished you dead and did everything they could to mess with you for years and years, you'd get angry at people too. You may not agree with his conduct but I think he is still fighting a good fight nonetheless. It's not like he has fled the country for no good reason.
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Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by thrwaway1234567 on Saturday May 18, 2024 @12:39PM
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If he just wanted kiwifarms to be a gossip forum he could have banned doxxing.
He doesn't allow doxxing out of a commitment to free speech. The forum doesn't actually have that much free speech. If you criticize him you will get banned pretty fast.
There isn't much transparency either. Banned users aren't marked as being banned. And bans are often done without public notification. So unlike most forums, you can't tell if someone has been banned.
Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by ranger_danger on Saturday May 18, 2024 @04:04PM
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> he could have banned doxxing
> He doesn't allow doxxing
Which is it? Not sure what you are getting at here.
Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by thrwaway1234567 on Saturday May 18, 2024 @05:08PM
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>He doesn't allow doxxing out of a commitment to free speech.
To rephrase that sentence: Free speech isn't the reason he allows doxing on the forum.
Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by ranger_danger on Saturday May 18, 2024 @06:21PM
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Do you have a source for that claim?
Re:Online Censorship's Institutional Power
by thrwaway1234567 on Saturday May 18, 2024 @06:29PM
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It's like I explained above. It's safe to assume they don't care that much about free speech, because Null has banned people for dissent.
An example: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JcaLQ
I don't think a free speech absolutist would secretly ban people for criticizing him.