Gregory's ServerSubstack has a policy against porn, which is also tricky to define, and yet somehow they're able to limit content when it comes to adult material, but nazi shit is fine. They're perfectly happy to limit some content but not other content, so it's telling what they think is part of free speech and what isn't.
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 @fraying What's frustrating to me is that Substack at launch was courting / paying assholes to use their platform. Most people only even heard of them because they were suddenly home to Andy Ngo, and other assholes. Yet people still signed up to publish there.   @fraying Exactly! The right to free association includes the right to with whom to associate. Its easy. Iβm not lying. I ran a BBS in the 1990s and have been blogging (with comments enabled) since 2003. I donβt take shit. I toss offensive people out. I delete their crap, I ban them, I block them. Anything I have to do to get rid of them. Itβs my show and my rules. Easy peasy. https://xkcd.com/1357/  @fraying@xoxo.zone Nazi stuff is may be harder to detect than porn, but they should still be able to get rid of it if they were so inclined. Not 100% of it, all of the time, but they could do it. It might even constitute a proper use for LLMs alongside human moderation. |
The most frustrating part is, it's so easy to say "take that shit somewhere else" when you run a bar or a website or any other group. That's literally your job when you create a space like that. I've seen people do it. I've done it. It's so fucking easy. You just go, "get out." And then they do. They have to. It's your place!
Anyone who says it's not easy is lying, and it's usually because they don't want it taken someplace else. They like it right where it is.
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