its a marketing strategy, caused by fear of shame

@.B stick to that position.

I think companies that do that will eventually die out in a free market, But in silicon valley they have created a sort of trust.

The companies that go down this road are going to get hurt

but I don't really have much of an answer to a bunch of companies in the market speaking among themselves and banning everyone they disagree with

I mean its basically
"We're the company that loves everyone who is nice and god, and everyone should come here"

vs

"We're the company thats okay with nazis, everyone is free here"

its Social media damage control

I think so to, that the free market will take care of it

they don't want hate-mobs

but in the short time, I'm not too sure

they'll lose money in the long run and revert

or they'll die off 😄

what do you guys think of the banning of Gab?

There is almost no freemarket though. Since half a dozen companies control everything.

i saw that coming from a mile away

Banning it is wrong.

they even stole their domain

Gabs market is their issue

if I heard correctly

Gab will innovate I hope.

To get around this bullying.

I think Gab is shit, specially on the tech side. But I'm now kinda siding with them after what they did to them

Yes, its a free speech platform for all,

But if other platforms ban criminals/nazis/trolls/hatemongers etc

They'll automatically be drawn to the one that doesnt, and you'll get a permanent stain on your label


Cuz even if the people of gab don't like those people, they have to be allowed on for Gabs mission statement

and their competitors will gladly get rid of them for that

i mean it IS the issue

"If you don't like twitter, start your own twitter"

and when peopel do, it gets banned

so you can't have a free market

the problem is that if you embrace free speech, they will ALL, as a collective, label them as criminals/nazis/trolls/hatemongers

yes

thats what i said

you'll just get stained

If the first amendment if extended to the internet that might fix it?

this kinda makes me think we need some platforms that are more underground

For the US anyway

and to become bigger gradually

to the point of being too big to shutdown at that point

They will all be called nazi sites/groups if they are found out though @.B

they can't do it if they have millions of users

the narrative doesn't stand

I'm a dev, I'm tempted to start one tbh