🌱 Why Moderating Content Actually Does More To Support The Principles Of Free Speech

once you separate the “principles” or the “philosophy” of free speech from legal consequences, you’re simply down to debating competing speech and associations

if a website is overrun with spam, it’s actually detrimental for speech overall, because how can anyone communicate when all of the communication is interrupted or hard to find due to spam

what content moderation does is create spaces where more people can feel free to talk

allow a thousand flowers to bloom—not that a single website has to represent every conceivable point of view

Permitting websites to choose their own viewpoints is [the way to ensure diversity]

free speech should support a diversity of communities — not all speech on every community

people who demand that someone else’s community must conform to their standards aren’t supporting “principles of free speech,” they’re demanding others bend to their wills